press the load button after editing the fen

freaky board sizes
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honestly it's just easier to use transparent bricks
different lives
turn on n-check in the normal editor before you mess with this
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you can also use this feature to go over the 50-check limit like in Thermopylae ;D
or you can make this weird thing where you can move during setup period like in ashtandrez
turn on setup chess in the normal editor before you do this
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play ashtandrez and youll know what its like
yk Box of Combat made use of this feature? https://variants.world/posts/786
spell stuff
turn on spell chess in the normal editor before you mess with this
this is the default:
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change 0x2 or 0x5 to however many spells you want for each player, like freeze_0x10 or jump_0x123
get rid of spells
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Explosive Magic made use of this feature
do freaky stuff with spells >;D
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tbh im pretty sure they used this in a variant but im too lazy to check
I'm particularly interested in things you can do in FEN4 but not the normal editor.