Advanced Chess System

Introducing Advanced Chess System - A fully synchronized chess experience with multiplayer matches, configurable AI opponents, animated players, spectator displays, and immersive 3D gameplay. Bring realistic chess matches directly into your FiveM server!

Preview

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Key Features

Multiplayer Chess

• Play against other players
• Fully synchronized chessboard and pieces
• Automatic player seating
• White and black player assignment
• Spectator support
• Synchronized move history
• Check, checkmate and stalemate detection
• Resign and draw options
• Board reset requiring both players’ approval

AI Opponents

Three configurable difficulty levels:

• Easy - Suitable for casual players
• Medium - Balanced gameplay
• Hard - Stronger and more strategic AI

Additional AI features:

• Random configurable NPC models
• AI NPC automatically sits at the table
• Animated AI moves
• Identical move timing across all difficulties
• Fully synchronized AI matches

Realistic Chess Gameplay

• Complete legal chess move validation
• Castling
• En passant
• Pawn promotion
• Captured piece tracking
• Smooth physical piece movement
• Selectable and highlighted legal moves
• Check and capture indicators
• Interactive 3D chess pieces

Immersive Animations

• Custom sitting animations
• Move animation when a player performs a turn
• Automatic return to idle animation
• Animations for both players and AI
• Configurable animation duration
• Players remain correctly positioned on chairs

Spectator DUI

• Floating live match display above the table
• Automatically faces nearby spectators
• Displays the complete board state
• Shows player names and current turn
• Recent move history
• Distance-based loading for better performance
• Automatically removed when the match ends

Advanced Camera

• Dedicated chess camera
• Configurable height, distance and field of view
• Camera orientation based on player side
• Mouse wheel zoom
• Clear view of the complete board
• Smooth camera transitions

Sound Effects

• Spatial chess move sounds using xsound
• Configurable volume and hearing distance
• Sounds originate directly from the chessboard
• Automatic sound cleanup
• Nearby players can hear performed moves

Interaction Support

Multiple interaction systems supported:

• Target
• TextUI
• 3D Text

Supported target resources:

• ox_target
• qb-target
• qtarget
• Automatic target detection

Framework Support

• Standalone
• ESX
• QB-Core
• Automatic framework detection
• All framework integrations are separated from the main chess logic

Configuration

• Simple table creation using vec4
• Shared table and chair layout
• Per-table layout overrides
• Configurable seating offsets
• Configurable camera
• Configurable AI difficulty
• Configurable NPC models
• Configurable animations
• Configurable spectator DUI
• Configurable sound effects
• Debug placement tools

Example:

Config.Tables = {
    vec4(338.5125, -1630.5292, 97.9960, 142.53),
}

Core Functions

• Play against another player
• Play against AI
• Move and capture pieces
• Highlight legal moves
• Promote pawns
• Offer or accept a draw
• Request a board reset
• Resign from a match
• Spectate active games
• View move history
• Synchronize ongoing matches after reconnecting

Unique Features

• Physical animated chess pieces
• Live spectator display above the table
• Three AI difficulty levels
• Animated player and AI turns
• Spatial move sound effects
• Complete multiplayer synchronization
• Simple vec4 table configuration
• Standalone architecture
• Advanced in-game placement tools

Dependencies

• ox_lib
• drc_chessprops
• xsound

Optional interaction dependencies:

• ox_target
• qb-target
• qtarget

Optional frameworks:

• ESX
• QB-Core