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

[Steve A <ste...@gm...>]

Thanks for this. Your Paul_C piece set is quite nice.
I have replaced the old pauls_pieces.tgz with your files/versions.

Cheers, Steven

> 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,
is a perl-script. On Windows you can use Strawberry Perl.
> 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:
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> Screenshot, Paul_C
> All Paul in one
>
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> On 10.11.2016 10.48, li...@ma... wrote:
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> 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
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