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🕸💡📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Thu, Nov 5, 2009 03:31 AM UTC:

Jose,

I have added a way to add constants by editing the URL to a log. For example:

http://play.chessvariants.org/pbm/play.php?game=Fischer+Random+Chess&log=fergus-j_carrillo_vii-2004-138-730&constants_firstrank=RQNBBNKR

I have learned that people other than myself have created their own presets for Fischer Random Chess, perhaps by copying mine with some modifications, and these presets have not inherited the changes I made to mine. This can be addressed by editing the URL to use mine by adding '&settings=Abstract'. For example:

http://play.chessvariants.org/pbm/play.php?game=Fischer+Random+Chess&log=carlos-j_carrillo_vii-2004-130-156&constants_firstrank=BNQRNBKR&settings=Abstract

http://play.chessvariants.org/pbm/play.php?game=Fischer+Random+Chess&log=j_carrillo_vii-fergus-2004-138-495&constants_firstrank=RQNKNRBB&settings=Abstract

Note that the last one gets past its initial illegal message but then has a problem with a castling move written in two parts. That might have to be fixed manually.

What I still need to do is program a way to save the changes made through the URL into the log when the game is finished. But not tonight, since it is late now.