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Re: Have you considered a bugtracker?
« Reply #30 on: October 03, 2010, 02:03:44 am »
No worries, it's good to think about that sort of thing.
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Re: Have you considered a bugtracker?
« Reply #31 on: October 03, 2010, 04:03:06 am »
This seems to be working out fairly well! I'll see what I can do about crossing over suggestions in the bugreporter. I'll just make a post in the forum thread that it's been transfered.


EDIT: Err, that is...if you want me to :D
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Re: Have you considered a bugtracker?
« Reply #32 on: October 03, 2010, 04:18:03 am »
Quote from: x4000 on October 03, 2010, 12:42:58 am
I went ahead and put in some broad version numbers -- basically the version number groups, rather than each specific version number.  Should be good for at least telling what group of versions something was in...
This is something I personally consider a mistake. It will work nicely initially, but as the new versions start cropping up, you'll want to have a far more exact way of labeling the reports. So for future use, once new versions of the 4.0 beta starts popping up, I'd suggest adding each new version for your own sake. Otherwise you'll find yourself asking "What version are you using?" for every single bugreport, which will be a pain.
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Re: Have you considered a bugtracker?
« Reply #33 on: October 03, 2010, 04:19:20 am »
Quote from: Moonshine Fox on October 03, 2010, 04:03:06 am
This seems to be working out fairly well! I'll see what I can do about crossing over suggestions in the bugreporter. I'll just make a post in the forum thread that it's been transfered.


EDIT: Err, that is...if you want me to :D

That would be awesome, actually. :)
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Re: Have you considered a bugtracker?
« Reply #34 on: October 03, 2010, 04:19:43 am »
Quote from: Moonshine Fox on October 03, 2010, 04:18:03 am
Quote from: x4000 on October 03, 2010, 12:42:58 am
I went ahead and put in some broad version numbers -- basically the version number groups, rather than each specific version number.  Should be good for at least telling what group of versions something was in...
This is something I personally consider a mistake. It will work nicely initially, but as the new versions start cropping up, you'll want to have a far more exact way of labeling the reports. So for future use, once new versions of the 4.0 beta starts popping up, I'd suggest adding each new version for your own sake. Otherwise you'll find yourself asking "What version are you using?" for every single bugreport, which will be a pain.

Well, that is true...  Hmmm.
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Re: Have you considered a bugtracker?
« Reply #35 on: October 03, 2010, 05:10:05 am »
Okay, all the golem suggestions have been transfered to the tracker. Will keep going through the categories as time allows.
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Re: Have you considered a bugtracker?
« Reply #36 on: October 03, 2010, 05:12:22 am »
Very nice!  Thanks so much -- I moved all those to completed, and have now deleted the golems suggestion category on the forums.  I'll be locking all the categories to new suggestions tonight, and then deleting them as they get emptied out. None of the topics will be harmed (since we need that history to remain), though.

I really appreciate it!
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Re: Have you considered a bugtracker?
« Reply #37 on: October 03, 2010, 05:15:57 am »
Quote from: x4000 on October 03, 2010, 05:12:22 am
Very nice!  Thanks so much -- I moved all those to completed, and have now deleted the golems suggestion category on the forums.  I'll be locking all the categories to new suggestions tonight, and then deleting them as they get emptied out. None of the topics will be harmed (since we need that history to remain), though.

I really appreciate it!
You are most welcome! Gives me something to do during slow times anyway :D
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Re: Have you considered a bugtracker?
« Reply #38 on: October 03, 2010, 05:17:50 am »
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Re: Have you considered a bugtracker?
« Reply #39 on: October 03, 2010, 06:14:49 am »
There. Starship section done as well. That will have to do for now. I'll get to the other sections when I have the time.
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Re: Have you considered a bugtracker?
« Reply #40 on: October 03, 2010, 08:15:07 pm »
Another suggestion, instead of making classifications for major, minor, trivial, how about an impact statement?

Game breaking
regression
no workaround, game breaking
no workaround, inconvenience
workaround
inconvenience


Also, regression scenarios are generally higher priority than new bugs, which could become "features" instead. Right now, I have everything triaged as "other" under bug, and minor, instead of something more specific that might help you prioritize.
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Re: Have you considered a bugtracker?
« Reply #41 on: October 03, 2010, 08:33:13 pm »
"no workaround: Game breaking"
"Engineers no longer teleport"
"well, for some reason my engineers no longer teleport! To reproduce, just start up a new game in Unity! I cant seem to figure any workaround - This puts a MAJOR issue in all my plans! Halp!"

Thats the reason I persnoally dont change severity or priority indicators away from default  :D
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Re: Have you considered a bugtracker?
« Reply #42 on: October 03, 2010, 09:11:37 pm »
In our software organization, each engineer is allowed to suggest the priority and severity indicators. After triage, these numbers get changed. If there is no triage, obviously this would be pointless.
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Re: Have you considered a bugtracker?
« Reply #43 on: October 03, 2010, 09:21:47 pm »
FYI original port (3.700) release notes indicate that engineers no longer teleport, have a speed of 100, and a much larger engineering AoE
 

Quote from: Lancefighter on October 03, 2010, 08:33:13 pm
"no workaround: Game breaking"
"Engineers no longer teleport"
"well, for some reason my engineers no longer teleport! To reproduce, just start up a new game in Unity! I cant seem to figure any workaround - This puts a MAJOR issue in all my plans! Halp!"

Thats the reason I persnoally dont change severity or priority indicators away from default  :D
« Last Edit: October 03, 2010, 09:23:29 pm by Winter Born »
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Re: Have you considered a bugtracker?
« Reply #44 on: October 03, 2010, 10:13:18 pm »
Quote from: Winter Born on October 03, 2010, 09:21:47 pm
FYI original port (3.700) release notes indicate that engineers no longer teleport, have a speed of 100, and a much larger engineering AoE
 

Quote from: Lancefighter on October 03, 2010, 08:33:13 pm
"no workaround: Game breaking"
"Engineers no longer teleport"
"well, for some reason my engineers no longer teleport! To reproduce, just start up a new game in Unity! I cant seem to figure any workaround - This puts a MAJOR issue in all my plans! Halp!"

Thats the reason I persnoally dont change severity or priority indicators away from default  :D
RABBLE RABBLE ITS A BUG   >:(
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