Editing Mantis (section)

= Creating a bug report =

''Tip: Think carefully whether to create tickets public or private. Rule of thumb: Any "personal issues" = it is directly between you and the game, e.g. reimbursements = private. Anything else, especially tune proposals which concern more people than just ticket creator and the game = public.''

Enter issue details as follows:
* Select Category: '''bug'''
* Select reproducibility: 
** "always" if the bug happens each and every time you do something.
** "sometimes" if the bug is harder to catch and happens only sometimes.
** "random" if the bug is hard to catch; happens only randomly.
** "have not tried" if you haven't tried reproducing the bug (if you want your bug report to be forgotten, use this)
** "unable to reproduce" if you caught the bug once, but have not been able to catch it twice, or it is extremely hard to catch. Note that sometimes it might be just a glitch or a fluke and there might not even be a bug.
* Select severity:
** "trivial": doesn't matter much, almost at all, just a FYI sort of thing (if you want your bug report to be almost forgotten, use this)
** "tweak": just a little aesthetic tune please.
** "minor": the bug bothers a little, and mainly only you, in a very specific situation which doesn't affect gameplay or create abuse holes.
** "major": the bug bothers you quite a lot, but mainly only you, in generic situations which can affect your gameplay and also your fellow players' gameplay.
** "crash": you did this and game crashed. Very serious bug and almost always earns you PDF if caught by your report.
** "block": this bug bothers you a lot and is almost ruining your gameplay experience (almost because if it did, you wouldn't be reporting bugs right?). These bugs will be prioritized to the highest priority, but don't use this severity in vain. As in if there are people who are reporting only blocker bugs, and others are not bothered by it at all, there might be a problem with the people who do that, not in the game.
** "feature": '''please do not use this severity in bug reporting. Only wizards can set this on a bug. It means it has been screened by a wizard and he has concluded that it is not a bug, rather a feature.'''
** "text": '''please do not use this severity in bug reporting at all.'''
* Select priority: '''Please do not set priority on bugs. Leave this to wizards who screen the bugs and then prioritize them in order of fixing.'''
* Assign to: '''You shouldn't set this. Leave this to wizards who know who is responsible for the part of the code that is bugging.'''
* Summary: Write a short one-liner about the bug, which is search friendly (meaning other players who ponder about the same issue can search for these generic words and find if a ticket on it already exists).
* Description: Write as long description about the bug as you like. Don't write how you managed to make it happen (it comes next). Write what the bug is about.
* Steps to reproduce: Here, write how you managed to come across the bug. Feel free to include log snippets. If the log is going to be HUGE, please use "upload file" a little more down.
* Additional information: Anything else you would like to report about this which isn't quite possible using the above fields.
* View status: Do you want this issue to be handled privately, or do you want it to be seen by everyone. Latter is preferred as it prevents creation of duplicate issues.