pspChess
Copyright 2005 by Christopher Bowron <chess@bowron.us> 
http://www.bowron.us

Based on Boo's Chess Engine (http://bace.bowron.us)
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Dependancies, Credits, Thanks, Etc:

Uses code from Skippy's psp libraries, pspsdk, mikmod, libmad, libpng
and PSPMediaCenter.

Thanks to everyone involved in those projects.

Images were designed by Stadi Thompson.  Extra big thanks to him for
contacting me and volunteering to make them.


--- PIECES ---
You can get more images for pieces here:
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=8514

If you create your own sets, please share them there.

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Feature Requests and Bug Reports:
http://forums.ps2dev.org/viewtopic.php?t=1760

--- DONATIONS ---
If you enjoy pspChess and feel like sending me some money to help
support pspChess, awesome. 

The paypal name should show up as bowronch@msu.edu

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=bowronch%40msu%2eedu&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=USD&charset=UTF%2d8&charset=UTF%2d8

or visit http://www.bowron.us and click on the "[donate]" under pspChess.

--- USER INTERFACE ---
Select piece to move using arrows and then press x.  Select
destination square using arrows then press x.

Default setup is WHITE: human, BLACK: psp

RTRIGGER	 make computer move (normal mode)
		 perform next move in analysis stack (analysis mode)

LTRIGGER	 back up a ply
CIRCLE		 cancel piece selection
TRIANGLE	 set to human vs human
CROSS		 select piece / select target square
SELECT		 option menu
START		 reset game

SQUARE+LTRIGGER  show text from pgn after import /
		 return to game from pgn text

EXTRA KEYS: (can be turned off)

SQUARE+UP	 increase searchdepth
SQUARE+DOWN	 decrease searchdepth
SQUARE+RIGHT	 toggle show thoughts
SQUARE+LEFT	 screenshot

During computer searches, TRIANGLE will stop the search and reset
white and black to human.

--- RATING ---
The original PC version of BCE (on which pspChess is based) played as
"ddlchess" and "BACE" on freechess.org, but they have not been active
in years.  BCE achieved its highest blitz rating at 2054 and its
highest standard rating at 1975.  It was probably searching around 4-6
plies.  It also probably lost a few games due to bugs that have been
fixed in pspChess.

--- BACKGROUND MUSIC ---
pspChess can play any any mikmod compatible file or mp3 as background
music. 

--- KNOWN ERRORS ---

    cannot change background music mp3->mod->mp3 or mod->mp3->mod
        
--- INSTALLATION ---
If you have questions about how to run homebrew games, DO NOT EMAIL or
INSTANT MESSAGE ME.  try here: http://wiki.pspdev.org/psp:exploit_faq

pspchess.zip contains PSPCHESS%/EBOOT.PBP and PSPCHESS/EBOOT.PBP which
are the equivalent of the outputs of KXploit.  

If you have suggestions or bug reports, feel free to email me at
chess@bowron.us 

pspChess should be installed under /PSP/GAME/PSPCHESS or things may
break.  

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DO NOT CALL ME IF YOU CANNOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO
INSTALL THE PROGRAM.  SEARCH THE WEB ON PSP HOMEBREW.  READ THE
README.TXT.  UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU THINK, HEY I SHOULD
JUST CALL UP CHRIS AND ASK HIM. NO. NO. NO.

--- FUTURE GOALS ---
I would also eventually like to add features to allow pspChess to act
as an interface to the Free Internet Chess Server (www.freechess.org)
using the wi-fi capabilities of the psp.

I would also like to add 2-player via wifi capabilities so that two
users can play each other, each having their own psp.

Desired Features:
	FICS interface
	2 player via wifi
	PGN import
	
--- pspChess LICENSE ---
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA

--- pspsdk LICENSE --- 
This program uses the pspsdk which has the following copyright
restrictions

Copyright (c) 2005  adresd
Copyright (c) 2005  Marcus R. Brown
Copyright (c) 2005  James Forshaw
Copyright (c) 2005  John Kelley
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
3. The names of the authors may not be used to endorse or promote products
   derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

--- PSPMediaCenter Info (mp3player.c/mp3player.h) ---
PSPMediaCenter by John_K & adresd
