XilliX and Lanarel are happy to announce a new BUG DRIVE!!!
We are hoping our enthusiasts will do everything they can to help us verify some pesky bugs so we can get them fixed for you.
Lanarel has comprised the list below and will append notes and guidance where needed.
So, show us what you are made of, put your noses to the grindstone, make something happen!
Bugs that seem dependend on platform and build (install, debug, optimization):
Bug 2075: Problems running/walking in road maps.
Bug 1643: Difficulty climbing ladders.
These bugs could use testing on different systems. Please mention what OS and build you use.
Bug that needs more data to balance correctly:
Bug 2446: Physical stamina drops too quickly.
Mention your character stats (endurance, strength) and who much your char is carrying in inventory
Bugs that may have gone/are not reproduced in a while:
Bug 1194: Crash editing general map
Bug 1048: Crash parsing wrong xml... should work for a stable client. If you can run a stable server, try to reproduce by for example adding wrong xml parts in the database (for items, npcs, quests, ....).
Bug 2129: Server crash when spawning pets after dismissing them
Bug 912: Pet online duration too short. (is this better now if stats are higher?)
Bug 465: Glyph combination research failure. (add examples of things that go wrong).
Bug 333: fall damage and running does not work correctly
For these bugs, comment if you cannot reproduce (we will close the bug if this happens enough). If you can reproduce, also try to give steps so test team can reproduce.
Besides the above mentioned bugs, there are over 500 more open reports. To help with those:
1. Check the comments to see if it is not yet taken care of (or mostly fixed in trunk)
2. Check if it is not a bug due to the newer version of CS. Currently the trunk version in svn is difficult to use for testing unless you have access to updated maps (which are not public). Feel free to look at the many bugs occuring in the binary release or stable.
3. You can help by making bugs reproducible, by adding steps to reproduce. Mention system or character stats if they may be relevant.
4. Feel free to propose fixes. Upload a patch to a pastebin site and add a link. If you cannot fix it yourself but think you found where things are wrong, add that information.
Some bugs may require a private server to test fully soi n case of questions, suggestions, or you think we missed a useful addition to a report, feel free to contact the test team. You can usually find test team members on IRC in #planeshift-build.
Planeshift loves its code-happy player base, WE NEED YOUR HELP!
[Edit: added Lanarels clarificatiions and tidied thread]