Checkers
Checkers is a Bukkit plugin which lets you play checkers (aka draughts). It has support for multiple boards and multiple concurrent games, playing against other players, or against the computer. Multiple board styles are supported.
Latest Version
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Features
- Multiple rulesets (American Checkers, English Draughts, Canadian Checkers...) selectable per board and game
- Create as many boards as you like in your world(s), and run multiple concurrent games on them
- Create different board styles (a couple styles are included)
- Players can fly around boards even without creative mode
- Permissions support (via Bukkit superperms)
- Economy support via Vault - bet economy credits on a game
- Play against human or AI opponents (using a fairly basic built-in AI)
- WorldEdit Support - terrain restoration if & when boards are deleted
- Translations - Messages can be translated into other languages
Installation
- Copy Checkers.jar into your Bukkit plugins/ folder.
- Optional: If you want Economy support, you will also need to install the Vault plugin, if you don't already have it.
- Optional: If you have WorldEdit installed, terrain will be automatically backed up when boards are created (and restored upon board deletion). WorldEdit v5.3+ is required - WorldEdit-5.3-SNAPSHOT or any earlier release will not work.
- Optional (1.1.0+): If you have Dynmap installed, checkers boards will be marked on your maps.
- Restart or reload your server.
Documentation
- Quickstart Guide
- Command Reference
- Configuration File
- Getting Around The Board
- Board Styles
- List of stock board and piece styles
- Time Controls
- Rule Variations
- Leaderboard
- Permissions Support
- WorldEdit Support
- Dynmap Support
- Economy Support
- AI - Computer Players
- Translations
Source
Development Versions
Development versions can be downloaded from this Jenkins build server. Notes:
- Development versions have not been approved by dev.bukkit.org staff
- Development versions may be buggy, unstable, or completely fail to work. Only use development versions if you a) want to help with finding bugs, or b) have been asked to, to test a bugfix.
Changelog
Bugs and Feature Requests
Use the Tickets tab to submit any bug reports or feature requests.
TODO
- Possible other checkers variations (international & Canadian rules) ?
Usage Statistics
Fully anonymous usage statistics will be collected using MCStats. More information on what is collected can be found here.
If you wish to opt out of MCStats metrics collection, edit plugins/PluginMetrics/config.yml
and change opt-out: false to true.
Donations
If you use and enjoy Checkers, you are welcome to make a donation by clicking the "Donate" button at the top right. However, donations are strictly optional, and don't confer any special benefits over non-donors.
@Narimm You are amazing. Any chance you could update Chesscraft as well? *fingers crossed*
Updated to 1.9 here
Download our latest build from http://jenkins.addstar.com.au/job/Checkers/
Direct Link: http://jenkins.addstar.com.au/job/Checkers/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/target/Checkers.jar
Our builds are built specifically for use on our servers. We don't gaurantee we will maintain a build as per the original developer. However in this case it should work fine Dependendicies are updated: Vault, Worldedit, Dynmap-api(we dont use) Dhutils 2.19 For Spigot 1.9
Please update to spigot 1.9 even put up as premium on spigot
@desht
no,please come on
This plugin is amazing!! I am satisfied %200!! Great job besht! I put it on my server and I just love it!
I grabbed it from github and recompiled it with the latest dependencies so it will work with 1.8
And here it is and it seems to work just fine. http://epick.org/Checkers.jar
How ever if for some reason it does not work on your server. Do come not complaining to me. I am not a programmer, I just work in IT and figure out how to get stuff to work when they break. Thought I would share it as some people struggle compiling software.
Please update to spigot 1.8
Announcement: I have ceased all Bukkit plugin development work, so there will be no new versions or bugfix work done on any of my plugins. Sorry about this, but I no longer believe Bukkit has a future.
FYI all, a release for CraftBukkit 1.7.5-R0.1 has been uploaded and is in the review process now.
so you saw the screenshot thought right...
@XeonG8
Kindly don't post big images on the main page; I asked you to create a ticket. You will get zero assistance if you don't raise a ticket and include all the information I asked for. Also include the list of other plugins you're running.
@XeonG8
Ticket please. Include server version, plugin version, plugin config, any errors in the server log (especially around board creation), screenshots.
like what else?
it basically just doesn't light the board, and the used board configs all have light_level: 13
@XeonG8
You're going to need to provide an awful lot more information than that. And put it in a ticket.
board lighting doesn't seem to work
@desht
Great ! I've just tried "checkers.commands.teleport.board" and it's working smoothly ! By the way, I've done the same thing for quakecraft and I've got the same result.
Thanks again for this quick fix.
@AlkorZ3
Yeah, docs problem there, sorry about that. The correct permission node is checkers.commands.teleport, not checkers.commands.tp. I've updated the Permissions and Commands pages.
Also, regular players don't get to teleport to boards by default, only to games - you need the checkers.commands.teleport.board permission node for that, which only admins have by default. You can add that node to your players if you want to allow them to teleport by board name.
Hello,
Thanks for your last update pluggin update about board size configuration: it seems to work smoothly !
It think I found a problem on the permission node of the /checkers tp" command: only admin can use it (checkers.admin), and it seems there is no configuration node working (e.g checkers.commands.tp)...
I've created the ticked #11 explaining it all.
By the way, the problem seems to be the same for the chess pluggin (this is not really surprising :-) !)
Thanks in advance, Best regards,
Thanks desht! Like I said, don't sweat it if it would take a lot of work. I've squeezed a micro board into my game world lobby, and it looks perfectly fine. And the players are loving it. I don't think many of them realized we had checkers until I placed it in the lobby.
I also want to thank you for making the signs customizable. I changed the wording from 'Create Game' to 'New Game', and 'Delete Game' to 'Cancel Game'. I think the words Create and especially Delete scared people, who thought they would be deleting the board setup, or creating a new one.
One last thing- is it currently possible to place a leaderboard sign? I'm sure the players would like to see their name in lights, so to speak. I know it's difficult to fit player names and scores on one sign, so if you ever add this in the future (I'm assuming it isn't already there), you may want to consider spanning two adjacent signs. Again, not a priority request, as I intend to (eventually) create a web page with the scores from the database.
@timsavage
Glad you're enjoying it :) 1-block frames are an interesting idea - but there would still need to be a 2-block frame on the control panel side of the board (so 8x10 as you said). 0-block frames could be done too, but that would mean no enclosure would be possible for that kind of board.
It's possible, yes - I'll have a think about how easily it can be implemented...