The first official binary version of Lucas Chess on Linux has just been released. It has only been made possible by the great work done by Laudecir Daniel , choosing and compiling the 67 engines, as well as laying the groundwork so that the binaries can be more widely used and others such as shortcut creation, installation scripts, ...... In addition, Graham O'Neill has provided Linux-specific drivers for several digital boards. This version has two limitations : 64-bit Linux OS only. Minimum GNU libc version: 2.26 (ldd --version shows it) Installation has been made as simple as possible: The installer is a .sh file, generated with the makeself tool, and can be downloaded from: SourceForge , GitHub The file must be run from a terminal with user permissions only: sh ./LucasChessR123_LINUX.sh Launches a GUI with very basic options: Install: Installs in LucasChessR folder inside the home user folder. Generates a shortcut in Applications > Games Launch the application at the end
Great! This version will be a good improvement. The only thing that I miss is the option to play tournaments against your Lucas-ELO rivals. I hope that one day this feature will be added. But I have no complaints, I discovered this program in the version 6, and I'm a big fan since then. Good job!
ReplyDeleteThanks, this is an idea in the list. Sorry, but I don´t know when I will implement it.
DeleteThe last two versions, I have not been able to start a game through Lucas-Elo, which I remain at 0 rating. I cannot pick an opponent (Monkey, Donkey, Bull) or select random opponent. Picking any option behaves like clicking 'x' and returns to the starting screen of Lucaschess.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I have fixed it in the alpha 07.
DeleteHi Lucas,
ReplyDeleteLove your work, Man!
Two things:
Firstly, I too like the idea of playing a tournament against your chosen computer opponents, but I'd like to add it would be really cool if, at the same time, you could also choose the opening. I guess I'm talking about a thematic tournament. Don't know of any other program that you can do that with.
Secondly, and it's a small point, the window title bar where you start "Expeditions to Everest" says "Expeditions to the Everest". Maybe lose the "the"... :-)
Again. Well done and I look forward to the next release.
I note your idea about thematic tournament.
DeleteFixed "the".
Thank you very much.
Will there be lucas chess available in app in future?
ReplyDeleteMost likely not. It's not in my plans.
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