press the load button after editing the fen
freaky board sizes
honestly it's just easier to use transparent bricks
different lives
turn on n-check in the normal editor before you mess with this
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
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:
change 0x2 or 0x5 to however many spells you want for each player, like freeze_0x10 or jump_0x123
get rid of spells
Explosive Magic made use of this feature
do freaky stuff with spells >;D
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.