Greetings, > I would usually approach this by using two separate layers. The > 'Base' level might just be a colored background, one for each side. > The top level uses transparent images to just overlay the two > different (unpromoted, promoted) piece images of the top. You will > find that much easier to control - Once command toggles between > sides, another command to toggle promotion status.
I see what you're saying, but I don't think that's going to work for shogi. In shogi the 'color' of the piece is represented by which direction the piece points (shogi pieces are wedge shaped that point away from their player). So what I need is starting side & promoted side pointing in one direction for 'black' and another set pointing in the other direction for 'white'. Also, the symbols on the promoted/unpromoted sides of the pieces are completely different from each other. So there's nothing to really overlay onto anything else, and each state has it's own graphic. What I had hoped to do with the 'restricted access' method I was going for was to create two sets of pieces (one for each player) hoping that during the game the pieces could change owners and just be rotated 180 degrees. I'll have to give how I'm going about this some more thought and see what I can come up with. Thanks for your suggestions. :) > When you play in real life, what stops side2 from moving side1's > pieces? Why not use the same method in VASSAL? While physical > violence can't be implemented, verbal abuse in the chat window > usually does the job :) lol C ya, TKR101010 PS - I noticed in the Files section that someone started a module for Tori Shogi and uploaded it. Good job on the graphics :) I'm gonna study how they were going about setting up their pieces.
