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Guide to Beta Testing Project 1999
So, you want to be a beta tester?
Good! The work put in by beta testers and the development staff are the reason this server is the closest thing to classic Everquest in existence! Beta testing is the number one way to contribute to this server, outside of donating directly, so please take some time out of your regularly scheduled entertainment and help out. The hours, minutes, and even seconds you spend beta testing and writing detailed bug reports, the less legwork P99 developers have to do, which means content gets fixed faster. Want Velious out ASAP? Beta Test! In nilbog's own words: Quote:
Guide to Better Beta Testing Today There is a method to the madness! You want your bugs to be:
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] If you haven't, go ahead and log onto the test server and start messing around until you run into one. Test out features and content that aren't live yet, level up an Iksar, do quests that you think no one else has done. Eventually you will run into something "not quite right". Either a quest turn in will break, or an NPC won't respond to hail text, or a spell won't work right, or a monster will have too little hp .etc .etc. Now that you've found a bug, what do you do about it?
When you create your bug report, try and follow the format of Zone - Quest/NPC name + bug summary for the thread title. For example, "LOIO - Crusader Quarg is pathing into a wall" would be a great thread title for a bug. For your copy-pasting pleasure, I've created a BBC code template that you can use for any bug report you create. HTML Code:
[b]Description:[/b] [b]Relevant NPCs:[/b] [b]Relevant LOCs:[/b] [b]Steps to reproduce bug:[/b] [LIST=1] [*] [*] [*] [/LIST] [b]Expected behavior:[/b] [b]Evidence/Research:[/b] [b]Relevant screenshots:[/b] How do I know it's a bug? It should be fairly obvious in most cases, as the vast majority of players on this server have played Everquest before and know what is expected and what is broken. However, there are some more subtle cases, such as a mob being easier to kill than you remember. The best thing to do in these cases is research and talk to other players. How do I research if something was classic or not? It just so happens that nilbog already wrote a very informative thread on this subject. I highly recommend everyone read it. Additionally, you can find old patch history for the classic era (1999 through December 2001) here: http://everquest.allakhazam.com/history/patches.html http://www.tski.co.jp/baldio/patch/ Where do I post? If it's a bug from the live Project 1999 server that isn't specific to Kunark, post in the Bug Forum. If it's from the something in Kunark, post in the relevant subforum of the Kunark Forum. Quest bugs go in the Quest subforum, Pathing bugs go in the Pathing subforum .etc .etc. Use your best judgement. How do I upload screenshots of the bug? The Project 1999 forums support uploading images, just click the "manage attachments" button when you are creating a new thread. Otherwise, you can use a free image uploading service such as http://imageshack.us/ or http://www.yfrog.com/, either works and they are both quick to upload.
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Last edited by Medris; 05-23-2021 at 10:32 PM..
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