This mod adds an easy-to-use chess board setup to Stardew Valley.
Chess Boards
You must create a chess board in order to spawn chess pieces.
Chess boards must fulfill the following criteria:
be made up of two different alternating flooring tiles
be 8 tiles by 8 tiles in size
not have either of the alternating flooring tiles surrounding them
have no objects places on the board besides spawned chess pieces
You can have as many boards as you like on a map as long as they are not touching.
Chess Pieces
Chess pieces are modified objects, so they should stay persistent across saves and multiplayer (let me know how it works in MP).
The following hotkeys will work while the mouse cursor is over a chess board:
SetupKey (default J) - sets up the board with a fresh set of chess pieces
FlipKey (default K) - rotates the board 180 degrees
ClearKey (default L) - removes all chess pieces from the board
To move a chess piece, click on its square using left mouse button.
You can create your own chess pieces using a Content Patcher Load action targeting the following path:
aedenthorn.ChessBoards/pieces
Free Mode
By default, piece movements are constrained to legal chess moves. Free mode allows you to setup the board as you like and move pieces without constraint.
To toggle free mode, press the
ModeKey (default
H) while hovering over a chess board.
During free mode, the following hotkeys become active:
ChangeKey (default Tab) - cycles the piece at the hovered square through the available piece types, or adds a white pawn at the square if empty.
ChangeModKey (default LeftShift) - if held while pressing ChangeKey, changes piece color instead
RemoveKey (default Delete) - removes the piece at the hovered square
Sound Effects
You can change the sound effects in the config.
To remove a sound effect, leave the entry empty in GMCM or as "" in the config.json file.
Configuration
You can edit the config in
Generic Mod Config Menu or by editing the mod's config.json file after starting the game once.
Technical
Requires
SMAPI, uses Harmony.
Implements a
Generic Mod Config Menu interface to change config settings in-game.
Compatible with
Mod Updater for automatic updates.
Code is at
https://github.com/aedenthorn/StardewValleyMods.
If you want to complain or ask for help or help me test my mods, you can visit
my Discord server.
A list of all my mods for Stardew Valley is available at
https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/articles/895.
