How do I report a bug?

We always like to hear about bugs. If you find a bug, don't assume that we already know about it, don't assume somebody else will report it, and please don't just work around the bug without mentioning it!

Where?

You can report bugs on the Forums or on the discussion pages of this wiki. You can also report them in IRC, or if you are an experienced bug-finder you can post them directly into bugzilla

If it is already a known bug

If the bug is already a known bug, we will be able to tell you whether or not it has already been fixed in the nightly wip builds, or whether we have a fix planned for the next release.

Is it a bug?

If you are not sure if something is a bug or an intended behavior, go ahead an report it. Even if it isn't a bug, your comments might be helpful for making a confusing feature easier to use.

Making a test case

A test case is a simple RPG which has the bare minimum required to reproduce the bug. So, it might have one NPC, one Hero, one walkabout (shared between the two) and a script, but nothing else. The less stuff in the RPG, the better.

Why? If you have 1000 scripts, 30 heroes, 25 NPCs on each map, and 900 tags in use, it will likely be considerably harder to track down the bug.

A simple test case makes it easy for us developers to reproduce the bug, and that makes the bug easier to fix.

Providing a save file

The next best thing after a dedicated simple testcase is to provide a game with a savefile for immediately before the bug occurs, preferably with irrelevant and time-consuming distractions (like long chains of dialogue boxes before a battle, or scripts running in the background) removed.