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Subject: Re: Can I change graphics in Winboard?

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 07:55:53 07/14/00

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On July 14, 2000 at 10:51:05, Pete Galati wrote:

>On July 14, 2000 at 00:53:01, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote:
>
>>Is it possible to change the appearance of the board, e.g., can I change it to
>>something like marble as in Shredder, Chessmaster, Power Chess and Fritz? Can I
>>also change the pieces? How can I do that?
>>
>>A. Ponti
>
>You can change the colors of the pieces and the squares, but that's about it.
>See the options pulldown menu, there's something in that menu that you'll see
>right away.  But you can't actually change textures or pieces, sorry.  But the
>source code is available for download, so if you have a compiler you could put
>some elbow grease into it and come up with something different.  But it's
>probably not worth the trouble.
>
>Pete

Yes, that is true. It might be a good idea to contact the person responsible for
WinBoard Plus regarding something like that. It should be possible to implement
a few piecesets.

Best wishes...
Mogens



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