Promoting a pawn.

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Promoting a pawn.

Post by rpatrick » Sat Apr 17, 2021 4:42 pm

How does one promote a pawn. I move a pawn to the C8 square and the screen goes dark and freezes. What do I need to do? Thanks.

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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by gmiller » Sat Apr 17, 2021 11:33 pm

Using the new interface you should get a popup to select what piece to promote to. What game is it? What browser are you using?
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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by rpatrick » Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:08 am

The game is g1105368029. The pop up does appear when I move the pawn to C8. But then the screen goes dark and freezes. The browser is Google. I am sure this is the first time I have tried to promote a pawn with the new interface. Thanks

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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by gmiller » Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:46 am

Unfortunately "Google" isn't a browser. I'm not able to reproduce that issue in any browser I try. You can still make the move my typing c7c8=Q into the move box. If you can try to figure out which browser and version you're using, it might help me fix it for future instances.
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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by rpatrick » Sun Apr 18, 2021 12:42 pm

Sorry about that. My browser is Edge 90 on Windows 10. I tried typing the move but that did not work. I may try to download a different browser.

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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by gmiller » Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:40 pm

When viewing the game, can you press "ctrl+shift i". This will bring up the "developer tools", click on the tab that's labeled "console", then try to make your move. Let me know if anything appears in the console log.
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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by rpatrick » Mon Apr 19, 2021 9:47 am

I followed your instructions:
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responsive.js?38:646 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'substr' of null
at promoteClick (responsive.js?38:646)
at HTMLImageElement.onclick (viewgame.cgi?p1=g1105368029&r=2765.402242740609:4)
promoteClick @ responsive.js?38:646
onclick @ viewgame.cgi?p1=g1105368029&r=2765.402242740609:4

I copied the above messaged.

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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by gmiller » Mon Apr 19, 2021 2:15 pm

Are you double clicking the piece you select to promote to? You should just single click.
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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by rpatrick » Mon Apr 19, 2021 3:52 pm

I must have double clicked. I made the move. Thanks for your help.

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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by gmiller » Mon Apr 19, 2021 4:01 pm

Thanks. I'll see if I can account for that when people do it.
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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by rpatrick » Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:57 am

I am again not able to promote a Pawn. In game g1105368500 I want to move 42...b1 Queen. But my screen goes dark and freezes. Need help.

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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by gmiller » Sat Jun 12, 2021 11:45 am

Can you check the Javascript console for an error like you did above?
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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by rpatrick » Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:48 pm

responsive.js?38:646 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'substr' of null
at promoteClick (responsive.js?38:646)
at HTMLImageElement.onclick (viewgame.cgi?p1=g1105368500:4)
promoteClick @ responsive.js?38:646
onclick @ viewgame.cgi?p1=g1105368500:4

This is the message to moving the Pawn to b1 and making one click on the Queen icon

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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by gmiller » Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:51 am

Give it a try now. It still looks like a double click, and I can't reproduce the problem, but I think at least it'll ignore it now.
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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by rpatrick » Wed Jun 16, 2021 2:25 pm

Still cannot promote the Pawn. After clicking the Queen icon screen freezes.
This is the error message:
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responsive.js?39:650 TypeError: Cannot read property 'substr' of null
at promoteClick (responsive.js?39:648)
at HTMLImageElement.onclick (viewgame.cgi?p1=g1105368500:4)
responsive.js?39:655 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property 'src' of undefined
at promoteClick (responsive.js?39:655)
at HTMLImageElement.onclick (viewgame.cgi?p1=g1105368500:4)

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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by gmiller » Wed Jun 16, 2021 3:27 pm

Ok, made another change, give it another try.
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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by rpatrick » Wed Jun 16, 2021 4:46 pm

No. Same result.

Message:
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responsive.js?31:650 TypeError: Cannot read property 'substr' of null
at promoteClick (responsive.js?31:648)
at HTMLImageElement.onclick (viewgame.cgi?p1=g1105368500:4)

Am I the only one having this problem?

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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by gmiller » Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:59 pm

You're the only one who's reported it, possible others have had it and not said anything.

At this point, you might want to just type "b2b1=Q" into the move box to make your move. I'll keep looking into it, but I don't think it's going to get solved anytime soon since I can't cause the problem myself.
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Re: Promoting a pawn.

Post by rpatrick » Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:43 am

gmiller

I tried a different computer and the move was accepted. Thanks for your help. Thanks for Net-Chess.

Rufus

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