19.6.1 Submitting a Bug Report
This help file contains what you will be shown and, if possible, the infomation you need to provide when you submit a bug report.
If you use Nexus, Mudlet or any other mud client that supports the feature, this will be displayed in a separate editor where you can answer the questions.
If you do not have a client that supports the editor feature, you will have to manually edit the file. The *help command, once the editor is open, provides a list of commands you can use within it.
Bug Report Questions
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INSTRUCTIONS: Fill in each section on the following line.
Severity [1-5, 5 highest]:
Category [cities, cults, mobs, etc]:
Numbers of involved items or mobs:
Room numbers involved [use "here" for current room]: ==
Other Players Affected [you can use "me" or "everyone" as appropriate]: ==
Steps to Reproduce [use the commands that you type in game]: ==
Description of Problem:
** This will be automatically filled in with the infomation you entered with the BUG command.
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Explanations
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Severity: This is how severe a bug is. Note that the admin use their own priority system for bugs, but will take your severity into consideration. In general:
1) Trivial - little to no effect on gameplay.
2) Minor bug - some effect on gameplay, but occurs rarely.
3) Major - Some effect on gameplay, occurs often.
4) Critical - Has a significant effect on gameplay, such as a quest not
working or a skill not behaving as intended.
5) Gamebreaking - These bugs are bugs that have a sigificant effect on the
entire playerbase, or can be abused in some way, such as to generate gold
and/or experience.
Category: What the bug is about in general. Examples include, but are not limited to, area, room, skill, city, clan, cult, item, quest, etc.
Numbers of involved items or mobs: This is only relevant if the bug involves an item or mobile. You can find this via INFO HERE or INFO INV.
Room numbers involved: This is what room the bug occurs in. Mostly relevant for bugs related to area or room, or the environment within a room.
Other players affected: Does it affect other players? Can they replicate the bug?
Steps to reproduce: What commands did you use that lead up to you noticing the bug.
Description of the problem: This section is prefilled with the <short description> you entered with the bug command. You can continue to add more infomation at this point.