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This is Brutal Chess Alpha, version 0.3. Brutal Chess is a cross-platform GPL
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chess game with 3D graphics powered by OpenGL and SDL. This release is an alpha
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version and is by no means feature complete. The ai and graphics are the main
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focus of this release. Future versions will focus on other features such as the
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* Reflections, textures, and other graphical improvements
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* Commands can be typed into the console (only one command in this release)
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* Selected piece can be dropped by right clicking
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* Piece move animations improved
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To build Brutal Chess on Linux, just type make. You will need recent version of
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SDL, SDL_Image and FreeType. SDL 1.2.8 and FreeType 2.1.9 are known to work.
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To build Brutal Chess on Windows, Microsoft Visual Studio .NETi 2003 is
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recommend. Building under other compilers may be possible, but hasn't been
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tested. In addition, the FreeType, SDL, and SDL_Image development libraries
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must be installed. Open brutalchess.sln and build Brutal Chess to make the
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To build Brutal Chess on Mac OSX, install SDL framework, then install the other
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required libraries(Freetype2, SDL_Image) via Fink, then build using either
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XCode or the makefile. The XCode method is preffered as it creates a binary that
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can be run by double clicking. The OSX build process is still experimental and
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we would appreciate feedback from users and developers about the build.
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Run Brutal Chess from the source directory by running ./brutalchess on Linux,
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by opening brutalchess.exe on Windows, or by double clicking the brutalchess
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All standard chess moves should be supported. To move, simply click on a piece,
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then click on the destination square. To deselect a piece, click on it again or
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click the right mouse button. To castle, simply move the king next to the rook.
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Pawn promotion is limited to queens in this release.
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When the match ends, either with checkmate or stalemate, a new match will begin
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immediately. A console can be displayed during the match by pressing the tilde
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(~) key. The console displays the result of the match, as well as the last few
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The piece reflections, added in this release effectively double the number of
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polygons drawn on the screen. If you experience slow gameplay, one possible
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solution is to disable them. Either run Brutal Chess with the -r flag, or type
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"reflections 0" into the in-game console.
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When you notice a bug, please take a screenshot of the application (if
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applicable) and then quit the program. Copy the log.txt file to a different
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location and submit it with your bug report.
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Please submit bug reports via the sourceforge.net tracker at:
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http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=139550&atid=743808
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In order to help speed the bug fixing process, please provide as much
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information a possible when submitting the bug.
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For additional bug information as well as code discussion, send an email to:
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brutalchess-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
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