ChessCraft

What's Changed

• Download runtime dependencies with gremlin by @jpenilla in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/25
• Configure Renovate by @renovate in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/13
• chore(deps): update plugin xyz.jpenilla.run-paper to v2.2.2 by @renovate in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/27
• chore(deps): update plugin org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention to v0.8.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/30
• chore(deps): update plugin xyz.jpenilla.gremlin-gradle to v0.0.6 by @renovate in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/36
• fix(deps): update dependency org.apache.commons:commons-compress to v1.26.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/39
• chore(deps): update plugin me.modmuss50.mod-publish-plugin to v0.5.1 by @renovate in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/38
• Cloud 2 by @jpenilla in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/32
• Add match history, pausing, exporting, ratings by @jpenilla in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/40
• fix(deps): update dependency org.jdbi:jdbi3-core to v3.45.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/43
• fix(deps): update flyway to v10.8.1 by @renovate in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/44
• Record players elo prior to match result by @jpenilla in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/46
• Move animations by @jpenilla in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/45
• fix(deps): update flyway to v10.9.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/49
• fix(deps): update flyway to v10.9.1 by @renovate in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/50
• fix(deps): update dependency org.apache.commons:commons-compress to v1.26.1 by @renovate in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/51
• fix(deps): update dependency org.jdbi:jdbi3-core to v3.45.1 by @renovate in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/53
• fix(deps): update flyway to v10.10.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/52
• Make move animations wait on previous animation by @jpenilla in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/54

New Contributors

• @renovate made their first contribution in https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/pull/13

Full Changelog: https://github.com/jpenilla/chesscraft/compare/v0.4.0...v0.5.0

Changelog

Added

• Board display system
  • Currently includes position label, board status, and game message log displays
  • See screenshot below
• CPU vs CPU matches through /chess cpu_match
• Automatic CPU vs CPU matches on configured boards when players are nearby
• Fifty-move rule enforcement
• Threefold repetition rule enforcement
• Support for automatic download of Stockfish 16+
• /chess cancel_match admin command

Changed

• Reworked UCI queries to send starting position and list of moves instead of FEN
• Command suggestion improvements
• Use javacpp-presets/cpu_features for processor feature detection
• Stockfish 16 is now the default chess engine

Fixed

• Automatically downloaded engines not being set to executable
• Display entity pieces flashing on moves (fixed by reusing existing entities when possible)
• Orientation issues with display entity pieces across Minecraft versions

Changelog

Fixed

• DISPLAY_ENTITY piece handler resulting in upside-down chess pieces in 1.20+

Changelog

Fixed

• Automatic downloads of Stockfish versions 15.1 and earlier
  • Stockfish removed old downloads from their site, which broke the automatic downloader. We now use archive.org which has many but not all versions archived.
  • Automatic downloads of Stockfish versions 16 and newer are not yet implemented. See #17 for more details.

Changelog

Added

• Display and Interaction entity based PieceHandlers, this is now the default mode in the config. This mode will only work on Minecraft 1.19.4+
• Board scaling; 1x scale is the original mode, 2x scale will have 2x2 block positions, 5x 5x5 block positions, etc.
  • Only the new Display/Interaction entity PieceHandler can properly scale pieces with the board

Changelog

Added

• Time controls
• /chess deny command
• /chess reset_board <board> [--clear] command
• bStats

Changed

• Check for Paper and print a friendly error message when it's missing instead of crashing with a cryptic class loading error

Fixed

• Resource pack piece models being 1px into the ground
• Chess engine error stream not being handled

First public release of ChessCraft!

Report any bugs or make suggestions at the issues page