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∑ Chess 5.1.3 Piece Set Plug-ins
February 18, 2001
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The custom piece set plug-ins in this folder will be shown in the "Piece Set" sub menu in the
"Display" menu. You can check out the ∑ Chess home page at http://www.sigmachess.com once in a
while for new piece sets. When you have downloaded one or more piece sets, simply move them to
this folder and restart ∑ Chess.
Important: All 3rd party piece sets are provided as is. Any copyright issues should be directed
to the authors of the piece sets, and NOT to Sigma GameWare or the author of the Sigma Chess
software.
CREATING YOUR OWN PIECE SETS
In order to create your own custom piece sets, you need to go through the following steps:
1) Copy the "(Template)" plug-in and rename it (e.g. to "My Piece Set").
2) Open this new plug-in with a resource editor such as the freeware ResEdit 2.1.3.
3) Open the single PICT resource with ID 1000 and Copy it to the clipboard.
4) Open a drawing program and paste the copied picture into a document and design your
own pieces.
5) When you're done, copy and paste it back to the PICT 1000 resource and save and close the
plug-in file.
6) The next time you start ∑ Chess, your brand new piece set should appear in the "Piece Set"
sub menu in the "Display" menu.
Good luck!
Notes
• You should NOT change the dimensions of the piece sets.
• The background color must be a "pure" blue in order to be interpreted as transparent.
• There must be an empty (blue) two-pixel frame around each piece.
• If you are basing your piece sets on existing artwork by other authors, please make sure
that you are not violating any copyrights.