Subj : chess bug
To   : MCMLXXIX
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Sep 30 2009 11:08 am

  Re: chess bug
  By: MCMLXXIX to Digital Man on Tue Sep 29 2009 11:57 am

 > So.. I've got two games that use probably 60% of the same code to run,
 > using the chat engine, queue engine, and game lobby (chess and sea battle)
 >
 > out of nowhere, chess is now doing some crazy shit and I can't figure it
 > out why. sea battle works fine, without any of the issues chess is having.
 >
 > I did make a few changes to the chess code recently, but even if I revert
 > the code back to a previous revision that had no problems, im still having
 > issues.

Could it be a change in one of the lib/util files that is loaded() by chess.js?

 > It seems to be "skipping" parts of the script for no apparent reason,
 > failing to fully draw the game lobby when the game loads, or when you exit
 > a table.. and when you exit the game the external programs menu is
 > invisible, no prompt at the main menu, but all of the commands still work.

That could be caused by an attribute issue (black on black?) or an abort char
(Ctrl-C) left in the input/key buffer. I assume that if you hit 'Q' that the
program section menu displays correctly?

 > have you seen anything like this? and (see last two commits for chess.js
 > and chessbrd.js) do any of my changes look like they might cause a problem?

I haven't been running chess.js and don't see anything obvious in the recent
commits. I think Deuce's suggestion of running jslint is a good one.

                                            digital man

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