Add-On Releases - [PBPG] Chess

What does it do?
This is a chess plugin for my Play by post gaming mod. It allows members to play chess against each other within a forum thread.

What can I use it for?
The main aim of games is fun but you could also run tournaments as well

Live Demo
A live demo of this mod can be seen on my own forums here: http://www.giveupalready.com/forumdi...r-Gaming-Forum

Features

• Javascript powered chess game within a fourm thread.
• Admin options:
  • Board Rotation (play with white at top or bottom)
  • Force board rotation (decide if players can override the default setting)
  • Private mode (only players can comment while game is in progress)
  • Image directory
  • pbpg_path
• Admin help for chess specific options
• Interface for setting options by members
• Member options:
  • Board rotation (if allowed by admin)
  • White player username/userid
  • Black player username/userid
  • Private mode (only players can comment while game is in progress)
• Status changing commands (resign, stalemate,check,checkmate)
• Tournaments and ladders integration. (Requires T+L v 4.0-0.1 a3+)
• Member statistics (games played/won/lost/drawn)

Planned features
[s]Struck out[/s] items in this list are implemented in my latest development copy and will make the next release. *** items are planned for next release.

• Admin options:
  • Enforce rules on/off/ignore first
  • Input format (support for PGN and other standard input formats)
• User options: (all can be forced to a certain value by the admin)
  • Enforce rules on/off/ignore first
  • Input format (support for PGN and other standard input formats)
• Javascript move forward/backward through moves.
• Ajax updating of board
• Updated member FAQ
• Full phrasing of front + back end to help translations.

Installation
1. Install Play by post gaming core product
2. Upload contents of upload folder.
3. Import product file.
4. Select the Manage Plugin Configurations option from the play by post gaming menu
5. Against Chess, select the create new configuration option.
6. Fill out the settings and save.
7. Create or edit an existing forum and assign the configuration you just created to it.


Uninstallation
As of beta 1, the product will not allow you to uninstall it while it is still in use. (this would break your board.)
1. Edit the forums that have a configuration of this plugin assigned and remove it from the list.
2. Now uninstall the product.
3. Delete the chess directory in pbpg_plugins.

Changelog

• 4.0-0.1 b5
  • Fixed a number of minor issues.
  • Fixed issue with reset being hit half way through making a move.
  • Added comms support; this allows the plugin to share information with other plugins. Currently, this is used to provide automatic tournament results to the tournaments + ladders plugin.
  • Added statistics (wins, losses, draws and games played) These can be mapped to profile fields using the interface in the core product.
  • Now requires PBPG core b4
    
• 4.0-0.1 b4
  • Fixed bug with javascript paths
  • Fixed extra move exploit in stalemate code
  • UI enhancements
    • Comment and post move button now appear along side chess board
    • Reset button added to reset board to current game state.
    • move list prevented from growing to big
    • Check/checkmate statuses highlight king
    • Status buttons go green when selected; can be toggled on and off.
  • Status changing commands for check and checkmate
  • Admin help
• 4.0-0.1 b3
  • Added status changing commands, players can now resign and request a stalemate.
  • Added private mode; hides comments from none players while the game is in progress, once the game ends (stalemate or a player resigns) the comments are shown.
  • Private mode can be set/locked by admin
  • Directory for images can be set
• 4.0-0.1 b2
  • Fixed bug with javascript in IE + chrome.
  • Plugin will now not install if you do not have core product installed and upto date.
  • Added option hinting to option boxes.
  • Fixed bug with castling/en passant causing the game to skip the next players turn.
  • Added highly defensive install/uninstallation code.
  • Now requires version 4.0-0.1 b3 (Beta 3) of pbpg core.
• 4.0-0.1 b1
  • Added uninstall code with safety check to prevent you breaking your board.
  • Added JS interface for users to set game options and choose players. This only shows for the thread starter. (ajax autocomplete on usernames)
  • Fixed bug causing default value for white square to be transparent.
  • Numerous user interface improvments; now shows players who are playing, move number and who's turn it is next.
• 4.0-0.1 a3
  • Fixed aditional database error in install code
• 4.0-0.1 a2
  • Fixed database error in install code
• 4.0-0.1 a1
  • Initial release

Notes

• enforcing rules was a hot request for my vb3.6 chess mod. This version has INCOMPLETE rules enforcing that is disabled. You could enable it by editing the code, however this will probably render most games unplayable at some point.
• This version is quasi-compatible with the vb3.6 version; however it requires some messing around to get it to work. At some point in the future I will release /something/ to convert between the two, however I don't have an ETA on this. Anyone asking for one without making a donation is likely to be ignored. UPDATE: this wasn't needed on my board, as members weren't interested in saving their old games, I will only work on this if requested by a donator.

[Carnage]

Originally Posted by N1tr8

I have the same failure that wittebolx, we can do?

Do you have the latest version? Alpha 2 fixes that issue; or should do...

[wittebolx]

Originally Posted by Carnage-

That is what comes of assuming that 2 lines of code cannot possibly have a bug in them uploaded a fixed version...

nope still nothing:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO pbpg_plugin (title,dir) VALUES ('Chess','chess')';

MySQL Error   : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ''' at line 1
Error Number  : 1064
Request Date  : Thursday, January 14th 2010 @ 10:18:12 AM
Error Date    : Thursday, January 14th 2010 @ 10:18:12 AM
Script        : http://www.wittebolx.com/community/admincp/plugin.php?do=productimport
Referrer      : http://www.wittebolx.com/community/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP Address    : 86.91.97.228
Username      : wittebolx
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.1.34

[ArcadeSyndicate]

Originally Posted by wittebolx

nope still nothing:

try this...

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....0&postcount=10

[Carnage]

-_- Should work this time...

[joopster]

I got it installed but how do you actually move the pieces and set up two players against each other?

[WEBDosser]

reserved

[Carnage]

Originally Posted by joopster

I got it installed but how do you actually move the pieces and set up two players against each other?

From the admin side; I'm going to assume you followed the install instructions and have managed to create a configuration and assigned it to a forum.

From there, you need to goto the forum you assigned it to; create a new thread. There will be a list of avaliable games to play on the post new thread form. Select the chess configuration you just made. Make a post, at this point it dosn't really matter what you say in it.

The thread will then display as a chess board, with a comments box at the bottom and a moves list at the side. Clicking any piece on the chess board will select it (red border) and selecting an empty space (or space containing an enemy piece) will move it there. You will notice that some characters representing the move you just made were put into the quick reply box and the move was added to the moves list. You may now add a comment to the quick reply box (maybe something like 'check' or 'good move') and post a reply.Only when you've posted the reply has the move become commited.

Anyone who views the thread can now see your move. By default the first two people to post valid moves become white and black respectivly, but you can change this by adding the string (option,white,<username for white>) and (option,black,<username for black>) to your first post.

[ShawnV]

Hey Carnage, very nice Mod. Any Idea when you will have this and the core fleshed out and all the features in?

The version on your site seems to work very well.

[Carnage]

The core has all the features required /at the moment/ It will at some point need expanding to support leaderboards and ladders.

My major focus for this mod atm is getting the user interface tidied up; i'm currently supporting 5 vb4 products and working on 3 Projects for university. This combined with getting my own site upgraded to vb 4 leaves me somewhat unable to make any predictions. In no particular order, my next 3 planned releases include a feature update for this mod, a none beta version of my advanced ip ban manager, preferably with some more features included and a version of my friendly url customisation mod that allows customisation of the uri as well as the start segment of the url. I also want to release some more games; go, checkers/draughts, othelo/reversi are high on my priority list due to their similarity to this mod (lots of reusable code :P)

[ShawnV]

Installed, noticed that it doesn't have the how to game notes in the post with the board as it does on your site, ergo how to play it, commands.

Would be great if whatever side the player started as was auto set to that side, I moved a black piece first and it recorded it as whites move, I forgot to use the option,black,<username> to set myself to black beforehand, something which I'm sure allot of players will do.

Also, it works fine for me as Admin, however when a registered user clicks on the thread with the game I get this database error as do they.

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.1:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT post.postid
FROM post AS post

WHERE post.threadid = 113
AND post.visible = 1

ORDER BY post.dateline
LIMIT 0, 1.0E+14;