Stock Styles
This is a list of all the stock (distributed) board and piece styles.
Note that you can list the available board and piece styles (both stock and custom) from within the game at any time with /chess list style.
To create a board with a specific style, use:
/chess create board <board-name> -style <style-name>
The piece style used will be the default piece style for that board (see below), but you can override that too by adding -pstyle <style-name>.
Board Styles
| Style name | Square size | Height | Notes | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| standard | 5x5 | 6 | Default board style when creating boards (if no '-style' option is used). Sandstone/obsidian board squares, wooden frame, glass enclosure. | desht |
| entity | 2x2 | 6 | Very compact board style intended for use with the 'entity' chess set. Hardened clay squares, log frame, iron struts, open style. | desht |
| open | 5x5 | 6 | Open board style, no enclosure. White and black wool board squares, wooden frame. | desht |
| sandwood | 5x5 | 6 | Open board style, no enclosure. Sandstone and wood board squares, obsidian frame. Designed for use with 'sandwood' piece style | ppp |
| small | 3x3 | 4 | Compact board style, no enclosure. White and black wool board squares, wooden frame. Designed for use with 'small' piece style. | desht |
| large | 7x7 | 10 | Larger board style, no enclosure. Iron block & obsidian board squares, wooden frame. Designed for use with 'large' piece style | jascotty2 |
| papercraft | 12x12 | 25 | Very large board style, no enclosure. Sandstone and grass board squares, log frame. Designed for use with 'papercraft' piece style | desht |
| huge | 15x15 | 35 | Huge board style, no enclosure. White and black wool board squares, wooden frame. Designed for use with 'huge' piece style | desht |
| yazpanda | 27x27 | 60 | Gargantuan board style! No enclosure. White and black wool board squares, wooden frame. Designed for use with 'yazpanda' piece style | yazpanda |
Piece Styles
| Style name | Suggested board square size | Height | Notes | Default for Board Style | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| standard | 5x5 | 6 | Iron and gold block pieces. | standard | desht |
| entity | 2x2 | 6 | An entity chess set, using passive mobs for White and hostile mobs for Black | entity | desht |
| sandwood | 5x5 | 6 | Sandstone/diamond block for white pieces, wood/gold block for black pieces. | sandwood | ppp |
| twist | 5x5 | 6 | Iron and obsidian piece style with interesting "crowns" for king & queen | none | ppp |
| small | 3x3 | 4 | Compact piece style using sandstone/brick and different blocks to differentiate pieces. | small | desht |
| large | 7x7 | 10 | Large piece style using iron & obsidian for pieces with extra glowstone/torch/ladder decorations | large | jascotty2 |
| papercraft | 12x12 | 25 | Very large piece style using Minecraft creatures for pieces! Inspired by Pixel Papercraft but recreated from scratch | papercraft | desht |
| huge | 15x15 | 35 | Huge piece style using light grey & black wool pieces with extra decoration | huge | desht |
| yazpanda | 27x27 | 60 | Yazpanda's work of art: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4HkyzqTv50 | yazpanda | yazpanda |
Notes:
- The huge and papercraft sets were designed with Piece Designer. The yazpanda set was imported from templates downloaded from here (with permission) with WorldEdit and turned into a ChessCraft piece style with Piece Designer.
- The only factor affecting whether a piece style can be used with a board style is the size: as long as the piece style is not wider or taller than the board, it can be used.
- Larger board/piece sizes require more CPU to draw, in particular when creating/deleting boards, creating/deleting games, and to a lesser extent moving pieces. The huge and yazpanda styles in particular are likely to cause some server lag when creating or deleting boards, so do this at a quiet time to avoid annoying your players :)
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