Re: [Scidvspc-users] SCID - alternative pieces and themes?

[Sverdfisk <sve...@ha...>]

          Custom Textures

    Up to ten custom board textures can be loaded. These must be placed
    in the directory *Scid vs PC/bin/textures* (windows) or
    *$HOME/.scidvspc/textures*, and be of the form *wood_l.gif* /
    *wood_d.gif* or *steel_l.png* / *steel_d.png* , for example.


          Custom Pieces

    /The Merida1 pieces now have high-quality larger sizes./

    Place custom piece sets in the directory *$HOME/.scidvspc/pieces*,
    and they will be added to the Board Options window. These can be
    found at our pieces page
    <https://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/support%20files/chess%20pieces/>.


    Some of these include high detail pieces suitable for large
    displays. notably Ken's and Paul's, and the FritzSWS pieces at
    Gorgonian's Chess Site <http://gorgonian.weebly.com/scid-vs-pc.html>

    Paul's also include instructions for making high detail pieces from
    svg using Inkscape You can find the older instructions to make Scid
    pieces in scid_chess_pieces.tgz.

    /Examine /Startup Window/ for the status of loading user textures
    and pieces. /



Hopefully, this quote from Scid vs. PC's help pages answered most of 
your questions.

Some remarks:

  * Windows' custom pieces folder:*Scid vs PC/bin/pieces*
  * Ken's includes a high detail Alpha piece set.
  * The script in Paul's to make your own piece set from svg using
    Inkscape <https://inkscape.org/en/>, is a perl-script. On Windows
    you can use Strawberry Perl <http://strawberryperl.com/>.
  * Too big custom textures are cropped. Too smalls textures are
    repeated. 90x90 textures works nice on my 1920x1080 monitor. When I
    use 86x86 gradient textures, they are repeated when the chessboard
    is big, giving a kind of 3D effect (see screenshot).

I have made some updates to Paul's:

  * The script is now Windows friendlier.
  * I have added a third piece set variant, Paul_C.

Files:

  * Screenshot, Paul_C
    <http://bibelkanon.net/ymse/scidvspc/Paul_C.png>
  * All Paul in one <http://bibelkanon.net/ymse/scidvspc/piece_set.zip>




On 10.11.2016 10.48, li...@ma... wrote:
>
> Hi SCID dev and users,
>
> First just want to say many thanks for SCID, it is really useful and 
> has just saved my backside, allowing me to make a 7.82 million game 
> PGN database and allowing me to generate, prune and delete duplicates 
> in said database in sci format. The whole process of merging, 
> converting and managing can be a bit involved, but it works.
>
> It’s not SCID’s fault that other, commercial chess software cannot 
> handle importing PGN databases of this size!
>
> I wanted to ask about alternative pieces and themes/colours. Is it 
> possible to get other piece sets (e.g. Alpha) for SCID or import your 
> own? And will we see more options for changing board colours in the 
> future? It’s important to have a look that you really like, as you 
> spend so many hours looking at it.
>
> Thanks, Ed
>
>