How to create and update Bulldog chess diagrams

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vickalan

I'm not aware of any graphics editor for a mobile device. If you want to play you would need to find an opponent who does the board updates. I sometimes act as a third party moderator, but I'm usually only doing that for tournaments, or high-level games.

felnix
OK😥
evert823

felnix I can manage one more game against you and do modding 

evert823

https://www.chess.com/blog/Martin0/chess-variant-board-editor-program

 

vickalan

For those who aren't aware, I believe there's a few people using the board editor (link above) to create bulldog board diagrams.

This editor has the advantage that the graphics remain true to the original for most (the original) bulldog games.

evert823

I would like to see the Witch graphic as we're familiar with on this site.

vickalan

(I switched comments. evert's comment applies to this):

The Musketeer boardpainter might also be usefull. I've noticed that some graphics have been added that can be used to represent some pieces such as the guard and witch (example here):
Here's the link to the boardpainter tool:
https://musketeerchess.net/tools/boardpainter/

vickalan
evert823 wrote:

I would like to see the Witch graphic as we're familiar with on this site.

I agree. I would prefer if the same one graphic is always used for the same type of piece.

vickalan

Thanks! I like the new graphics, especially the witch's hat (for witch) and the guard! Tomorrow I'll post a request to see if I can find two players, and I'll mod a complete game using the board editor.

evert823

Bad_Dobby_Fischer and JustARandomPatzer agreed to play but are now probably needing a mod.

vickalan

Musketeer, the "save" button doesn't seem to do anything (see below). Do you know if it's been tested, or anyone else having problems? I can still get images, but I have to use the clipping app to get images.

vickalan
evert823 wrote:

Bad_Dobby_Fischer and JustARandomPatzer agreed to play but are now probably needing a mod.

Thanks, I'll ask them.

vickalan
musketeerchess2017 wrote:

Hi

board Painter updated with many new diagrams

Thanks for the new graphics! One suggestion I have is the guard should be a little taller. It looks smaller than a pawn. The guard is worth about the same as knight and bishop, so should have the same height, or maybe even a bit larger if you include the spikes at top.

compare with this:

vickalan
musketeerchess2017 wrote:

...Guard size was fixed...

Thank you! It looks perfect. I'll be using the board painter to mod a game (Bad_Dobby_Fischer vs. JustARandomPatzer).

Anyone can see it (here) if interested.

vickalan

Who's getting this problem with boardpainter, and is there a fix for it?

vickalan

Oh, thanks. I tried it again today and now it's working fine. However my saved boards (text files) don't load anymore. Apparently adding xiangqi changed the file format. It's not a problem - if I need them I can just recreate them. I look forward to using the boardpainter again.happy.png

CounterproductiveHam

Sorry to bump, but is there a website way to design these?

CounterproductiveHam

Design pieces. Is there a way to create pieces there?

CounterproductiveHam

Okay. Thanks.