One of the problems I find with video editing, is sometimes it becomes very complicated to do something very simple. Take my current need. I needed to simply tie two mp4 files together, unedited, just hook one to the next. There are lots of gui types, but that requires opening …
It's really important to note that if a pawn gets promoted, it becomes the new piece, whatever that piece is. Either a knight, bishop, rook, or queen. While this was happening in the interface, it was not being recognized by picoEngine. Since picoEngine didn't know it was promoted, it would …
What good is king safety if the king refuses to capture it's attacker? I guess I had programmed a cowardly lion... er... uh... king. Actually the real problem was that of where the king "was" on the board, per my code.
// For checking if the king is safe.

int z …
Okay, it's time to work on moves for the last piece: the pawn. Believe it or not, the pawn is the most difficult piece for me to program. It has so many small idiosyncrasies. If you are on the home row, you can go two spaces, but not any other …
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Then why does he say "king me?!" Today I worked on the king moves for picoEngine. Note that I did not include castling moves yet. Without the castle moves, the king is actually one of the easiest pieces to program, as you can see:
string Moves::kingMoves(string boardPositions, int …
In my most recent commit, which you can check out in full at my GitLab, I added the ability for the queen to move to the picoEngine. This completes all of the major/minor pieces of motion, and only leaves the king and pawns to complete (believe it or not …
Believe it or not, the bishops can now move! 3 of the 6 piece types now have the complete freedom of movement that they should have on the regular board! Things seem to be making steady progress, although I still see some issues with kingSafety, so I'll have to work …
Except he's not. That's right. I big technical oversight on my part allowed the king to not be safe at all!
while (boardPositions[k] == '*' && notI) {
Needed to be changed to:
while (boardPositions[k] == '-' && notI) {
That's right! A - is what my board uses for empty spaces. But the Java board I …
While it is only a small improvement, the rooks can now also be moved by picoEngine, which is a great step forward. Overall, that leaves 2 of 6 pieces complete for motion, or about 33% complete. Technically, when that is done, the engine will …