SubmitBug

Submitting a bug

If a bug is worth asking /support or a developer about, it is worth submitting a bug report on. We are more than happy to close reports that are not really bugs, and would prefer you to submit a bug report and us close it, than not submit it and we never find out about it. Having said that, before submitting a bug you should scan over the previously posted bugs summaries so that you don't report an already known bug.

It there are multiple bugs to report, please open a report for each.

Submit a new report here, or browse the bugs tracker which by default shows the currently open bugs.

Content

• Summary - This is the title of the bug report. Choose a meaningful and brief sentence.

Bad summary: "there is a bug", "bug found" "error occurred"

Good summary: "Stendhal 0.67 map wrong at x y in -3_semos_cave" or "Test client: buddies panel does not show buddies online state"

• Description - This is where to write what happened. Please try to include:

• Where were you when the bug happened? (use '/where yourUserName' in game)
• What did you do when the bug happened?
• What did happen, what did you expect to happen
• Is it reproducable? If so: Which steps are needed to reproduce it?
• when talking about map-errors like 'you can walk under a chair' please provide the exact position and if possible a little screenshot.
• If things in client look weird a screenshot says more than 1000 words
• Your email address, if you are not a logged in member of sourceforge

Unless you have a good reason to think it's irrelevant:

• Your Operating system
• If you run from webstart or downloaded client
• What java version you have.

In Linux, type

java --version

in a command line.

Windows users, check here.

• any error logs:

Windows systems, at C:\Documents and Settings\{your username}\stendhal\log\stendhal.txt

GNU/Linux systems, at ~/stendhal/log/stendhal.txt

Mac systems, tba

• Private - please tick the check box for sensitive or easily abused issues.

• File Upload - here is where to attach a screenshot or a text output of an error log.

• Everything Else - don't worry about any of the other entries.

For pre release testers

(See Stendhal Testing)

Please make sure you connect with the MAIN-client to the MAIN-server and with the (up to date!) TEST-client to the TEST-server

• Please add to the bug summary if you were on TEST or on MAIN

For developers

Please make sure the bug also happens with latest cvs-HEAD without the changes you made to the source and did not yet commit.

Remember the importance of 'ant clean' or whatever the equivalent is in your IDE.