Author Topic: New boards (Read 14801 times)

alef · « **on:** May 29, 2004, 03:14:16 PM »

I've made a blue and white board based on a mix of the one used at GammOnLine and my own settings for gnubg. There's also precision dice

Below is a screenshot, and I've attached the full folder zipped just below.

FIBS Board backgammon forum · « **on:** May 29, 2004, 03:14:16 PM »

alef · « **Reply #1 on:** May 29, 2004, 03:16:23 PM »

After unzipping simply add this folder to your existing Boards folder.

This is now version 2 of the Blue & White board.

gogogiz · « **Reply #2 on:** May 29, 2004, 04:01:36 PM »

Thankyou.. thankyou and thankyou alef, i have been waiting a long time for a new javafibs board and you have produced a fantastic board for us fibsters.. thanks alef and may i have many a winning game on my new backgammon board..

thanks again alef.... from gogogiz

diane · « **Reply #3 on:** May 29, 2004, 05:11:18 PM »

i would love to try it - but i cant unzip stuff

And sooo wanted to try those precision dice!!

FIBS Board backgammon forum · « **Reply #3 on:** May 29, 2004, 05:11:18 PM »

Tomawaky · « **Reply #4 on:** May 29, 2004, 05:18:40 PM »

Really nice Board
I love it :hart:

Wanna play

Tomawaky · « **Reply #5 on:** May 29, 2004, 11:17:17 PM »

First Match with it, First win

I think I will keep it :agree:

cthulhu · « **Reply #6 on:** May 30, 2004, 11:34:49 AM »

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i would love to try it - but i cant unzip stuff

Hmm. How did you manage to "install" JavaFIBS if you can't unzip? You can try http://www.winzip.com/ for an unzipper. I think you can still use a free trial for it.

burper · « **Reply #7 on:** May 30, 2004, 01:49:28 PM »

http://www.7-zip.org/
Better, open, free

FIBS Board backgammon forum · « **Reply #7 on:** May 30, 2004, 01:49:28 PM »

diane · « **Reply #8 on:** May 30, 2004, 07:29:01 PM »

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How did you manage to "install" JavaFIBS if you can't unzip

That is an interesting story

I had winzip, and installed java, then my son downloaded something else - which stoppped winzip working (and java properly). Webrunner helped me get rid of that, but now i still cant unzip stuff - and since last time everything went belly up - havent had the heart to go trying to get it again - in fact i havent been able to download stuff for ages now - so cant get all the good stuff like netscape that i wanted. This is a very unhappy machine

I put off doing anything about it, short term, based on that dream i have of getting a better one quite soon.

webrunner · « **Reply #9 on:** May 30, 2004, 07:34:42 PM »

Zipgenius is nice too.. a little bit more userfriendly for beginners.
And some nice extra tools like a password manager and ftp client.

http://www.zipgenius.it/index_eng.htm

Loads of features like multiple zip open enad transferring files from one zip to another, (look here), connect to virusscanner, backup, etc. etc.

And..... free!

diane · « **Reply #10 on:** May 31, 2004, 11:54:55 AM »

ok, thx once again folks - http://www.7-zip.org worked a treat - and i can now unzip stuff!! I have the board - off to see what else i have lying around that needs unzipping

alef · « **Reply #11 on:** July 06, 2004, 12:02:23 PM »

I've been tweaking my Blue & White board for a while and now have put up version 2 for download. Changes:
- textured background
- undo arrow in middle
- narrower bar
- shadows in same direction
- piece edges smoother
- pieces and points align better

FIBS Board backgammon forum · « **Reply #11 on:** July 06, 2004, 12:02:23 PM »

volpe · « **Reply #12 on:** July 17, 2006, 12:54:26 AM »

i'd always installed your board...
when i set up a new windows i first only had the standard-boards of javafibs. and i lost nearly every match...
when i loaded your skin again my bad luck was broken

it's the best!!

paulie · « **Reply #13 on:** April 03, 2014, 01:31:50 PM »

I have taken Alef's good-looking board and just increased it in size about a factor of 1.4. That size seems good to me. I've called it big_alef and attached is a zip file containing the files needed. Obviously you can name it whatever you please, but it is still Alef's design.

Nice work, Alef!

paulie · « **Reply #14 on:** April 05, 2014, 10:25:12 PM »

I have made a further mod to Alef's board. I found that the points weren't contrasting enough for me, so I darkened the dark ones. If anyone wants, I can zip up the whole shebang again. For some reason, just using the background.png won't work correctly. Somehow the board got shifted by 3 pixels in both x and y directions, so the normal.metrics and reverse.metrics files had to be adjusted accordingly. It might have something to do with having to export the new file out of Gimp, but I'm not sure. I am a new Gimp user and haven't figured out how to use all the features yet.

paulie · « **Reply #15 on:** April 06, 2014, 09:12:11 PM »

I redid the board from my previous post so that the original .metrics files would work. If you downloaded what I called alef_big, you can use this background.png in its place.

FIBS Board backgammon forum · « **Reply #15 on:** April 06, 2014, 09:12:11 PM »

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