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Requests & Suggestions / Re: Translation
« Last post by elxanders on October 31, 2017, 05:17:33 PM »
Currently translated to:

  • English
  • Russian
  • Italian (thanks to Alioto Domenico)
  • Portuguese (thanks to Luzimar Araujo)
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Requests & Suggestions / Translation
« Last post by elxanders on October 31, 2017, 05:16:24 PM »
Do you use Aurora Clock?
Do you want it in your native language?
Help us to translate it!
Download attached files (Translation.txt, Description.txt) and translate.
In Translation file fill translated strings after original and '='.

Example:

Code: [Select]
White=Bianco
Black=Nero
moves=mosse

When done send to e-mail: aurora@draughtsworld.com

You will see the language in next update and will get promo codes for full (ad-free) version.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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News & Updates / Version 1.4
« Last post by elxanders on October 28, 2017, 11:17:19 PM »
What's new:

  • Larger digital screen;
  • settings page optimized for low resolution screens;
  • an easter egg for time cheating in paid version.
(details about Easter Egg on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNtgWIFwny0 )

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FAQ / Re: FAQ: Known Errors
« Last post by elxanders on October 28, 2017, 09:16:30 PM »
Version 3.8.6 beta: engine hangs when 'Ponder mode' option is set.
Please, avoid using this option in this version.
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Additional files / Graphics
« Last post by elxanders on September 27, 2017, 06:05:46 PM »
Post here your own graphic sets for Aurora Draughts - boards, pieces.
Pack the folder with the set in an archive, and attach it to the post with the picture that illustrates it.
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FAQ / Customized game types
« Last post by elxanders on September 23, 2017, 06:26:11 PM »
Version 3.8.5 allows users to create their own games, based on general settings. To use it, go to Game-Type-Custom menu.
Here is a short description of settings available.


Name
Will be used to display game name, prefixed with 'Custom:'

FEN
Default starting position, using current notation (see below). If empty, a global default poisition is used (2 centered lines are free from pieces on checkered boards, or 2 centered+first on non-checkered).

PDNGameType
This field will be used for PDN export only

BoardWidth, BoardHeight
Board Width and Height.
Restrictions: Min 4, Max 16.
Board Width must be even (6,8,10...).
Max total playing squares 128 (so up to 16x16 checkered, or 16x8, 12x10 uncheckered boards allowed).

BoardCheckered
True: only half board squares are used to play;
False: all squares are used (ex.: Turkish)

CrowningOnCapture
True: man becomes king during capture over the last row (Russian);
False: man becomes king only if stops at the last row (Brasilian)

FlyingKing
True: King can 'fly' over the board (Russian, International);
False: King can move only 1 square (English, Italian)

TakeMax
True: capture maximum pieces is obligatory (Brasilian);
False: free capture is allowed (Russian)

TakeKingsMax
True: if possible, player must capture sequence with maximum kings (Italian ,Spanish) ;
False: free capture

MenTakeBackWards
True: men can take backwards (Russian, International);
False: men cannot take backwards (English, Spanish)

MenTakeKings
True: man can capture kings;
False: man cannot capture kings (Italian)

KingsTakeFirst
True: if a king and a man can capture player must capture with king (Czech);
False: free capture

KingEqualPriority
True: if a man and a king can capture the same amount of pieces, king must capture (Italian, Frisian);
False: free capture

KingGoesBack
True: after capture the king can move backwards (Thai);
False: after capture the king is not allowed moving backwards

TurkishCapture
True: pieces removed from board after the move is complete (all draughts games);
False: pieces removed immediately (Thai, Turkish)

ItalianCapture
True: player must choose the sequence with kings being captured as early as possible (Italian);
False: free capture

FrisianCapture
True: pieces can capture orthogonally on checkered board (Frisian);
False: only diagonal captures are possible on checkered board

FlyingKingStop
0: no halt
1: thai halt
2: killer halt

MustCapture
True: capture is obligatory (all draughts games);
False: capture is optional (artificial games, option for experiments)

Following options are not related to the game rules, only set display preferences

Interface.BoardMirrored
True: flips the board, bottom right corner becomes playing sqaure; False: normal board orientation: bottom left (a1) square is playing

Interface.PlayOnWhite
True: playing squares are white (Spanish); False: playing squares are black
(does not change board orientation - to flip the board use BoardMirrored)

Interface.WhiteStart
True: white is bottom and start game (Russian); False: black is bottom and start game (English)

Interface.Notation
0: chess, a1 bottom left
1: numeric, first square is upper left
2: numeric, first square is bottom right
3: numeric, first square is upper right
4: numeric, first square is bottom left
(first square is related to a non-mirrored board, if the board is mirrored, starting corner is mirrored as well - this keeps notation non-sensitive to board orientation)
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FAQ / FAQ: Known Errors
« Last post by elxanders on September 18, 2017, 10:30:46 AM »
Q: Aurora Draughts for Android does not start, shows black screen or error on the run.

A: If this is the first time you run the program it may take some time to initialize all bases, please, allow up to 1 minute to be sure these operations should have completed. Some (few) systems may require system reboot to have the application installed properly. So if you don't have your first run succeeded, try to reboot the system. Please note Aurora Draughts requires presence of a SD-Card, or memory marked as external device, to run. If you have any errors on start-up, try to insert the SD-Card, if missing.


Q: Error 'Cannot change folder' on DraughtsWorld.com export.

A: The server has been recently moved on Unix. All previous exports are saved, and still available, but old versions of program cannot connect to new server. You need to update the program to the version 3.8.5 or newer.
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