| Version | 0.2 |
| Description | playing "hexagon chess" - a chess game on hexagonal boards |
| Environments | Win 32 and Linux |
| Compiler | Gnu Prolog 1.2.16
+ (for Windows): MS Visual C++ 6.0 and cygwin 1.5.5 to compile Gnu Prolog (see below) Under Linux with gcc 3.x Gnu Prolog 1.2.16 does'nt seem to work and does not compile anymore -> use 1.2.19. |
| Porting | Porting to all platforms supported by GNU Prolog should be easy, even porting to other Prolog implementations should not be too difficult. |
| How to use ? | see chess3.txt
There are 2 executables, each supporting another board layout: chess3w and chess3f. chess3X help (X = w or f) gives a short description. |
| How does it work ? | minimax algorithm with alpha beta pruning.
Color output by using ANSI escape codes. Sinces this is not supported anymore in newer Windows versions there is an emulation in putch.c |
| How to build ? | call mk.bat(Windows) or mk (Linux)
Gnu Prolog must be installed. For Windows the available stack space is too small when the internal mapping is used. malloc() is OK (M_USE_MALLOC). See changed source files in gprolog-1.2.16/src/EnginePl. Original sources in subdir orig. |
| How to install ? | no installation needed, just copy the files |
| Author | Frank Reglin |
| License | General Public License |
| Binaries | hexchess_bin_linux386_0_2.zip hexchess_bin_win_0_2.zip |
| Sources | hexchess_src_0_2.zip |
| Documentation | short user manual in German: chess3.txt
board layouts: aufstellung3W.jpg aufstellung3F.jpg see also doc subdir in the source packet. |
| Older versions | - |
| Ideas for further development |
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