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Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 274
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 07:58 am: |   |
I added and improved graphic and made litle improvements, now should be pleasure to look on board 
Version 0.33 http://bughousechess.wz.cz/DCB/ mirror on http://web.sten.cz/2x64/holandany/DCB/index.htm |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 275
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Friday, August 13, 2004 - 07:30 am: | |
Hi, I tested it together with friends and have to say:
1) Its working fine for simul bughouse
2) It working fine for 3 or 4 players also,
but it has still not robust-way solved cases when somebody disconnecting or losing connection, in such case is needed to restart NetGame server and again all which wish play have to normally join. Otherwise appearing errors like role mischmas.
Btw. I played several bug simuls from different starting position also, and was funny interresting game |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 276
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 07:50 am: | |
I solved and tested problems on server part of NetGame if disconnecting, but will release later with other improvements, and after some more testing. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 277
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - 11:44 am: | |
Version 040 released,
many improved and now should be very comfort already
Now its such microICS for small group of players.
And added new nonstandart positions, very funny
http://bughousechess.wz.cz/DCB/
http://web.sten.cz/2x64/holandany/DCB/index.htm |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 278
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 06:18 am: | |
041 released, some bugs fixed
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Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 280
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 06:57 am: | |
0.42 released
Implemented feature bughouse double chess internet game LAG Compensator ! Now if You will play bughouse chess game when You have diagonally better time, You can sit and wait for partner's board moves and lag waves will not affect the game, will only slower the game like lags do it in standard internet chess.
Its maybe first multiplayer chess game that support something like this
http://bughousechess.wz.cz/DCB/
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DrZukhar (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 10:21 am: | |
I have no idea what your program does, but it's cool you're so enthousiastic about it. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 281
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 12:24 am: | |
My program is working similar like NetBlitz for example, but with full bughouse chess support, so its multiplayer bughouse chess game which allows to play bughouse over internet or (local) network. You can try on single computer also if you will run 1x as server and 2x or 3-4x like client. It allows to sit to virtual chessboard table and play chess on one board or bughouse on both for 2 (bughouse simul) to 4 players. And the most important is that its first try to solve lag problems in bughouse and to log all bughouse chess game info. So idea is have better possibility to play with friends bughouse and be independed on FICS which not logs lags and which have this way very poor tools to be easy for arbiter to assist in bughouse chess game - for example on FICS is game logged like to partial PGN games without lags, so is very hard for potentional arbiter make any decision based on doublechess position + time + lags. And my software have inplemented my idea how to solve it. Its not in 0.42 still 100% perfect, but playable already I think. The motivation for me was to try and show way how to play bughouse over internet with comfort similar like in standard chess, where lag only slowing the game but not damages it totally. Also very important was my idea to have virtual space for training OTB bughouse chess, so in NetGame is possible to make illegal move by let king in check, what is often mistake made by chessplayers that not playing over the real board often, so idea was to have some fine virtual OTB like bughouse chess environment. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 283
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 09:04 am: | |
0.43 released: fixed bug in Phalanx position and some little improvements added. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 285
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2004 - 10:57 am: | |
0.44 released, now movi input mouse true drag drop implemented (repaired bug that made from drag-drop touch move (Cranith found)), also some little improvements added. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 286
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 02:47 am: | |
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Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 287
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Friday, September 03, 2004 - 02:03 pm: | |
0.45 released.
Added posibility to set color of squares, auto bpgn save and Save/Load Profile, so now You can or select board visage from predefined profiles or make your own.
http://bughousechess.wz.cz/DCB/
mirror on http://web.sten.cz/2x64/holandany/DCB/index.htm
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Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 288
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 09:09 am: | |
0.46 released, finally fixed problems that in some case click-click move method make touch move, now 3 input move methods and all should work fine. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 289
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 04:20 am: | |
Alamar founded bug, that if BughouseLagcompensator is ON (what means the sum of actuals times in every moment on both clocks are the same like OTB and lag only slowing the game, but You can still think that if You are 5 sec up and You sitting its clear how much moves is opponent on partners board and partner able make - its what making bughouse lag compensator - no lag waves has influences on game, only slowing the game, but not damages it): on clients is time showed OK (using [T:][L:] section in BPGN), but on server and in {time} section of BPGN is showed bad time not including lag compensator function. So all clients see the valid times with lag compensator, but on server and in BPGN its now bad.
Will be repaired soon, to be even in BPGN and on server showing the same |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 290
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 01:26 pm: | |
0.47 released Previous bug repaired. And some minor improvements made. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 296
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 03:51 pm: | |
0.48Beta released
Some improvements added.
And added 2 very weak (in develop) newbies computer players, but can be fun to try. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 346
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, December 04, 2004 - 07:35 am: | |
Version 0.49 released.
Added Bronstein time controll.
So now You can try what offered Errantfischer few years ago,
and what i discovered when solved question : why not chessplayers like bughouse so much as me ?
http://www.thebugboard.net/messages/343/1715.html?11014 62621
http://bughousechess.wz.cz/DCB/ |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 358
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2004 - 09:54 am: | |
Now can server as (bughouse double) chess mini server for several peoples, 4 can play at any moment and other observe the games.
(I added possibility to start new game if agree both teams sitting at table. And also function for calling server administrator person by playing sound ).
Double Chess Board NetGame edition: DCBN 0.50 (1.5 MB) http://bughousechess.wz.cz/DCB/DCBN050i.exe
mirror
http://web.sten.cz/2x64/holandany/DCB/index.htm |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 496
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2005 - 12:04 pm: | |
0.51 released
Fixed 2 little bugs:
The user square color of 2.board.
The computer dont spam now with 0 nodes searched when is computer player on.
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Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 569
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 03:01 pm: | |
First Beta version 1.00 released:
Thin Server/Client version of DCBN.
Completely rewrited graphic management, now You can select any pieces and any size. You can use BugStuff pieces bitmaps graphic which using Thief or BPGNView.
http://web.sten.cz/2x64/holandany/DCB/DCBN1Beta01i.exe
And implemented first try to play bughouse on single PC :
Allows now play bughouse chess with and against xboard engines.
PS. It working, if any problem try run all again.
PS2: Best way is to run DCBN 3x: 1x as server 1x as client and select Sjengs as for example WhiteA,BlackA,WhiteB and 1x as client for You where You can play as BlackB. If You will use only
1x server + 1x client and on client will be all 4 players joined, then here is little unpleasant bug in present : breaking mouse move when on partners board opponent play, so u have to start move again by clicking on start square and then target and finish faster than opp of your pard will move. If You are 1 on client or 2x as team (or simul) this bug is not here.
Of course if You have more PC, You can use all
Try play bronstein 1 minute + 3 sec per move and have 1 minute on the clocks still in the moment of win.
This is first try, but is always funny for peoples that wish training but dont have inet in home.
And the improved graphics I hope can allow now to try play bronstein 3sec sometimes on internet ...
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Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 570
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 21, 2005 - 08:01 am: | |
Many bugs fixed and second beta version released:
(If You will find any bug give me know please)
Added time controll bronstein 10s+3s, no more sitting ? hehe
Now I hope NetGame part of DCBN is enough comfortable ti try play some bug using it.
Especially for newbies is highly recomended to run DCBN 1x as server and 1x as client and then menu
NetGame/Special/HotSeat : Training
http://bughousechess.wz.cz/DCB/index.htm#DCBN
or
http://web.sten.cz/2x64/holandany/DCB/DCBN1Beta02.exe |
Wir
Senior Member
Username: Wir
Post Number: 65
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 21, 2005 - 10:02 am: | |
Why dont you add configurable TS? Like x min + y sec, bronstein or standard. (0 min means 10s) |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 571
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 03:23 am: | |
General time controll is not implemented because I have not team of programmers But If You are really interrested (means You will organize some tournament in DCBN for example, or You will test DCBN) in some special time controll I can atleast fast modify in menu some item for example .... |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 572
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 12:42 pm: | |
Two bugs fixed and 3. beta version released:
http://bughousechess.wz.cz/DCB/index.htm
or
http://web.sten.cz/2x64/holandany/DCB/DCBN1Beta03i.exe
(If You will find any bug give me know please) |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 575
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 28, 2005 - 08:40 am: | |
Version Beta04 released.
Two bugs fixed and added readme. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 607
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 25, 2005 - 01:06 pm: | |
Players Voices added :
Added new feature that making DoubleChessBoard more close to chess over the real table: Players voices. Optional different voices of player, his partner, opponent, second opponent, observer or in general per name of logged player. Now You can listen all players voice similar way like if You playing over the real board. For example if will be logged in netgame Sandokanom, then are used \PlayersVoice\Sandokanom\*.WAV files ... But if You can You can use also voices from installed Thief (fics client), only simply select directory Thief\WAVE which contains voice WAV files, DCBN understand for example not only exactly "+P.WAV" but also Thief synonym "PGOOD.WAV".
Also i added more font,color and some size options. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 608
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 25, 2005 - 03:19 pm: | |
Packed files have now (with sounds) about 10MB.
http://bughousechess.wz.cz/DCB/index.htm#DCBN
or
http://web.sten.cz/2x64/holandany/DCB/#DCBN
I hope now colors will be not as big problem
little more custom options now. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 694
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Monday, August 29, 2005 - 03:53 am: | |
Training bug on single PC with winboard engines - fast help added. Especially for newbies this can be useful to get first overview about speed and thinking.
This fast help is published on DoubleChessBoard web page and explain step by step what to do to play bughouse on single PC with DCBN with 1 human and 3 winboard engines. I hope now have everybody chance to training bughouse chess even without be actually connected to internet like for example from czech players countryman doing it.
http://bughousechess.wz.cz/DCB/DCBNTrainingBughouseOnSi nglePC.htm
or mirror on
http://web.sten.cz/2x64/holandany/DCB/DCBNTrainingBugho useOnSinglePC.htm |
Grishezz
Senior Member
Username: Grishezz
Post Number: 91
Registered: 09-2001
| | Posted on Monday, August 29, 2005 - 06:45 am: | |
Funny ptell keys SKAcz. I don't understand the purpose of half of them. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 695
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Monday, August 29, 2005 - 07:30 am: | |
Well are not perfect, but half of it could be enough for playing bug. It depends on partner of course
PS. Maybe I will do it in the future editable, but i am not able to do something so big like thief.
You can send me list of buttons You prefer also, it could help me in future.
PS. vawes files works universal, so if will sent to pard for example "Only grishezz will win.wav" and then to chat window say this, everybody will listen it who has that wav file in directory of PlayersVoice he using. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 706
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Friday, October 21, 2005 - 10:13 am: | |
Lag
In versions newest that DCBN 0.51
found that lag per move is increased by client by about 500ms when sound is turned on.
In bronstein time controll 3 sec per move or if all using sound, its not problem, but if u wish have lag only 20-60ms (it making lag also on 1 PC with server and 2 clients, if sound on on server, all clients lagging this way) instead of 600 (tested on WinXP) so turn please sound of or use version DCBN 0.51 where is only move sound and has not this problem.
I will try solve it in next release. |
Mori (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Friday, October 21, 2005 - 06:27 pm: | |
One button that Thief failed to use(and should have) in its default button layout is the 'Nevermind' ptell...I can't recall how many games I'm searching for the Nevermind key and have to settle on 'ok now' so you might include this in your interface. Also those colors really could use some work...When i stared away from the monitor I think i developed sunspots in my vision. |
Observer (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 02:31 am: | |
"Nevermind" is part of of thiefs extended button layout which incooperates several other useful extensions to the normal buttons.
Preferences->Customize partner communicator buttons->apply extended button |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 707
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 07:02 am: | |
Ok, i will add "Nevermind".
Re colors: the only colors i could change are maybe pieces (maybe using chess font with color), all other colors are customizable (including window and chat window), i made several predefined profiles, so try some or make new which u like, and send it to me (or add .ini profile file here) i will add it into next release.
Btw. the lag i wrote about is made the way that sound time is calculated like lag, what is not as bad, but i already repaired it, so lag will be exactly the lag only. Until this moment i calculated into lag also all what happened before opps move was made on board, what did seems fair, but will be better to calc lag like time losed on the way only. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 708
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 02:20 pm: | |
DoubleChessBoard 1.00 finally released
You can download it on
http://web.sten.cz/2x64/holandany/DCB/
http://bughousechess.wz.cz/DCB/
PS. All 3 subwindow are now dynamic way joined to one application and i made some improvements.
Also Nevermind button added, but I had no time to add sound for it, so now if somebody telling Nevermind, You will listen default "Hey" instead I will add it later. Or of course simply copy it from Thief, but this way You will not have different voices for different players.
Lags should be now very small, the client processing of incoming messages from server are now not counted as part of lag.
This version is tested most on WindowsXP. I Repaired the bug that RTF automatic BPGN didnt make diagrams in bughouse chess font under WinXP, Now should it work on both Win98 and WinXP.
Improved replaying games from BPGN (best on energy board ) - now You see Players and ratings. Added register bpgn files such way that now You can use simply great BPGNView3 and my energyboard view together (right click menu on file). Added posibility of analyse 1 board position with pieces in hand. PS. this has bug when rooks in hand and is possible castling, otherwise it works fine seems. Added some graphic and profile. More some day in next release if will be |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 709
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 08:44 am: | |
In release 1.00 found bug:
Register BPGN files making in registers DCB.exe %1 instead of "%1", so files like "D:\mydirectory\x\y.bpgn" are opened ok, but "C:\my directory\x\y.bpgn" are not open, and only DCB opens. This was very unpleasant for viewing with DCB fast (in DCB is possible scroll in the game when seeking some pos very fast, not many clicks needed) some position from game from JB's database. In 1.00.1 release its repaired.
PS. for quick view is DCB good, for analysing game is better BPGNView3.
Now is 1.00.1 on the webs. Who has 1.00 can download only light version and reinstall (its copy installer) the existing files. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 753
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 02:32 am: | |
Blitz & bughouse chess mini server multiplayer software DoubleChessBoard (where You can training bughouse with computers also) web page moved to:
http:// bughousechess.wz.cz/ DoubleChessBoard
mirror on
http:// web.sten.cz/2x64/ holandany/ DoubleChessBoard/ |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 867
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 04:38 am: | |
New version is here:
DoubleChessBoard - alternative chess mini server for blitz and bughouse chess v. 1.10 released.
Main thema of 1.10 version is big improvement of graphic, now is improved, very customizable and support using of any chess font
(which can be downloaded for example from:
http://www.chessvariants.com/d.font/index.html
http://www.enpassant.dk/chess/fonteng.htm
). Was improved many graphic pieces that was included in previous versions of DoubleChessBoard and added several totally new, including the main one.
Also was made some little improvements in other functionalities, but biger changes in this will come in some next release.
I hope now graphic board looks much better and not worse than Thief for example. So everybody can enjoy training bughouse with computer engines on Single PC, or (what is most important) to play with friends blitz bughouse chess thru internet or local network game peer to peer.
You can download freeware version on faster mirror:
http://web.sten.cz/2x64/holandany/DoubleChessBoard/
or on main page
http://bughousechess.wz.cz/DoubleChessBoard/ |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 871
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 11:43 am: | |
Little bug found, well it is not exactly bug, but could be little mazy for somebody:
badly set the default font for stuff numbers.
It will be repaired soon,
for this moment if You dont see number of pieces in stuff, simply change the font.
Its curiosity that this custom options is exactly one which for Example Thief dont support |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 872
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 29, 2006 - 06:54 am: | |
Was not bug. Tested again and it works. Well maybe it happened because of some windows problems, now impossible to repeat it.
So looks all works fine. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 873
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 12:55 pm: | |
hi, all, friend found some little bug in coordinates, its funny that me and alamar nobody discovered that on second board when coordinates are ON, its reverse. Heh well its shows that sometimes when somebody has something in memory dont ead it. This simple bug will be fixed soon, and probably will be added some little improvements together with it
Well the version on web is free and I think this little bug is not as important, still this version is damn big improved comparing to previous! |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 875
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 04:41 am: | |
Version 1.20 released.
Fixed second board coordinates bug.
Added Profile for all Boards windows.
Improved some way winboard engines menu
and for example added possibility to set speed of winboard engines.
So now You can training positions with bigest trades on partners board also. Especially for bughouse newbies its recomended
PS. my simple funny weak Newbie-Computer engine is not bad as opponent for childs to learn play chess or for beginners.
Free download of this bughouse chess software here :
http://web.sten.cz/2x64/holandany/DoubleChessBoard/
http://bughousechess.wz.cz/DoubleChessBoard |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 876
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 10:02 am: | |
In today early package i released on web the directory BPGN missed, what has no influence on functionality, the default documents is offered instead to save/open BPGN games. Now its OK. So who downloaded full self-extract installer, can download only light version now, which will reinstall and add BPGN directory structure with some interresting games.
Sorry for inconvenience. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 877
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 03:26 pm: | |
If I can recommend something:
Try this profiles:
Winboard
and
DoubleChessBoard Fire
 |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 878
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 05:17 am: | |
Bug found,
in 1.20 the connection to different server then local PC for training with computers dont work,
I will fix it ASAP, until this moment, use please older version fro internet playing, for example http://bughousechess .wz.cz/DoubleChessBo ard/DoubleChessBoard 1iL.exe |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 879
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 08:10 am: | |
Heh its trivial bug, one row shifted when i made connecting more robust. Tomorrow i suppose will be fixed version on web. |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 880
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 11:29 am: | |
DoubleChessBoard 1.22 Released:
Fixed bug that was not possible connect to other server than localhost (what was brutal but very easy fixed bug). Also improved BPGN View that now can read times from new format with tenths of seconds 999.999. (Of course I dont wish programming BPGNView database, but is pleasant to have this for quick bpgn view)
Who downloaded previous version,
can simply download 1.22 Light Package and copy all files from 1.22 over full 1.20 amd all will be OK.
DoubleChessBoard multiplayer network peer to peer software for blitz, alternative starting positions and especially bughouse chess You can for free download here:
http://web.sten.cz/2x64/holandany/DoubleChessBoard/
or here
http://bughousechess.wz.cz/DoubleChessBoard/
DoubleChessBoard - play blitz and bughouse chess with friends without restrictions made by any ICS admins - play for fun, play to enjoy, play to improve the game. We doing it PRIMARY FOR THE GAME and for thinking ! |
Skacz
Senior Member
Username: Skacz
Post Number: 886
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 01:22 am: | |
DoubleChesBoard free is now possible download also from czech freeware/shareware server:
http://www.stahuj.cz /hry_a_zabava/logick e/deskove/doubleches sboard/ |
