READ THIS BEFORE YOU CREATE A NEW TOPIC!!!!
Posted: 16 Feb 2011, 23:28
How to use the Bug Report section
1) Use the Search Function
Please check if the bug has already been reported. Just "search" for the card name.
Note: the search function doesn't work for words < 4 letters long, so if the card has such a name (ex. Pox or Man-o'-War) search for card name + "Unsearchable" instead. Follow the same way for a card name that is an actual word so it could give you hundreds of results like "Regenaration" for instance.
If it has already been reported (multiple threads may exist for a given card, so check to make sure it is your specific bug) you don't need to do anything. If you have new information just update the existing topic instead of creating a new one. If the bug hasn't been reported, start a new thread.
Note: if a previous bug is marked 'waitlisted' or 'confirmed' the developers are aware of it and you don't need to bump the thread to draw attention to it. Only post to such a thread if there is new information not contained in the thread (and the fact that it still doesn't work in a more recent patch is NOT new information).
2) Topic names
Please name the topic after the Card the bug is related to, followed by a BRIEF description of the bug (keep in mind titles have length limits and some space needs to be reserved for status tags).
Missing / wrong Artwork or installation problems DO NOT BELONG INTO THIS FORUM. Post those at the "Installation and Troubleshooting" Forum. http://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=55
3) Format
Please Copy/Paste this into your report :
If the card name is composed of words < 4 letters long (ex. Pox or Man-o'-War) add a line with [name of card] + "Unsearchable" at the end.
Follow the same way for a card name that is an actual word so it could give you hundreds of results like "Regenaration" for instance.
4) Attach a Savegame
Please attach a savegame to the topic.This is needed to re-create the bug (so the save should be the same turn the bug happened).
If the game has crashed or froze the game (basically game state is saved at the beginning of every turn) automatically saves (incredible feature that I love too much ) at every beginning of a turn. In your Savegame file you will see AUTOSAVE.E1M (for duels), AUTOSAVE.E1G (for gauntlet), and AUTOSAVE.E1S (for sealed game). Please rename it, zip/rar it and attach that file (before you begin a new game that is and lose that game status in AUTOSAVE).
Besides this you can always save a game at any time but we need it to be in the same turn a bug has happened and attach it, if it is not in the same turn the bug has happened the savegame will not be always helpful.
Sometimes savegames get corrupted, so test your savegame before submitting it. If it is not possible to re-create the bug via a savegame please add a screenshot instead.
5) Attach the dump.txt file.
If you got an error don't click on it as it may produce another one ( the first is always the most relevant that we can track ). Go find the dump.txt (It will be in your main file (magic or program or...)) so it doesn't get overwritten by a possible second, third.... one rename it and then attach the renamed "renamed".txt file to your post (no need to zip it).
For Moderators & experienced users ONLY a form with the update version preselected & with Duel preselected (as we mostly use this) so if you were playing another update or mode change it to that!:
gy = graveyard
bf = battlefield
crit = creature
lib = library
Also note: The Bug hunters topic thread is where the mods talk to each other. If you have a question about procedure that this thread can't answer or would like to help but don't know how, post there and a mod will respond (eventually :wink: ).
1) Use the Search Function
Please check if the bug has already been reported. Just "search" for the card name.
Note: the search function doesn't work for words < 4 letters long, so if the card has such a name (ex. Pox or Man-o'-War) search for card name + "Unsearchable" instead. Follow the same way for a card name that is an actual word so it could give you hundreds of results like "Regenaration" for instance.
If it has already been reported (multiple threads may exist for a given card, so check to make sure it is your specific bug) you don't need to do anything. If you have new information just update the existing topic instead of creating a new one. If the bug hasn't been reported, start a new thread.
Note: if a previous bug is marked 'waitlisted' or 'confirmed' the developers are aware of it and you don't need to bump the thread to draw attention to it. Only post to such a thread if there is new information not contained in the thread (and the fact that it still doesn't work in a more recent patch is NOT new information).
2) Topic names
Please name the topic after the Card the bug is related to, followed by a BRIEF description of the bug (keep in mind titles have length limits and some space needs to be reserved for status tags).
Missing / wrong Artwork or installation problems DO NOT BELONG INTO THIS FORUM. Post those at the "Installation and Troubleshooting" Forum. http://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=55
- Examples | Open
3) Format
Please Copy/Paste this into your report :
- Code: Select all
[b]Describe the Bug:[/b]
[b]Which update are you using? (date, name)Which type? (duel, gauntlet, sealed deck)[/b]
[b]What exactly should be the correct behavior/interaction?[/b]
[b]Are any other cards possibly affected by this bug?[/b]
If the card name is composed of words < 4 letters long (ex. Pox or Man-o'-War) add a line with [name of card] + "Unsearchable" at the end.
Follow the same way for a card name that is an actual word so it could give you hundreds of results like "Regenaration" for instance.
4) Attach a Savegame
Please attach a savegame to the topic.This is needed to re-create the bug (so the save should be the same turn the bug happened).
If the game has crashed or froze the game (basically game state is saved at the beginning of every turn) automatically saves (incredible feature that I love too much ) at every beginning of a turn. In your Savegame file you will see AUTOSAVE.E1M (for duels), AUTOSAVE.E1G (for gauntlet), and AUTOSAVE.E1S (for sealed game). Please rename it, zip/rar it and attach that file (before you begin a new game that is and lose that game status in AUTOSAVE).
Besides this you can always save a game at any time but we need it to be in the same turn a bug has happened and attach it, if it is not in the same turn the bug has happened the savegame will not be always helpful.
Sometimes savegames get corrupted, so test your savegame before submitting it. If it is not possible to re-create the bug via a savegame please add a screenshot instead.
5) Attach the dump.txt file.
If you got an error don't click on it as it may produce another one ( the first is always the most relevant that we can track ). Go find the dump.txt (It will be in your main file (magic or program or...)) so it doesn't get overwritten by a possible second, third.... one rename it and then attach the renamed "renamed".txt file to your post (no need to zip it).
For Moderators & experienced users ONLY a form with the update version preselected & with Duel preselected (as we mostly use this) so if you were playing another update or mode change it to that!:
- Code: Select all
[b]Describe the Bug:[/b]
[b]Which update are you using? (date, name)Which type? (duel, gauntlet, sealed deck)[/b]
October 2022 - From Rebels & Rhystics to Pathways & Pests - Hotfix/ duel
[b]What exactly should be the correct behavior/interaction?[/b]
[b]Are any other cards possibly affected by this bug?[/b]
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gy = graveyard
bf = battlefield
crit = creature
lib = library
Also note: The Bug hunters topic thread is where the mods talk to each other. If you have a question about procedure that this thread can't answer or would like to help but don't know how, post there and a mod will respond (eventually :wink: ).