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Quick Bug Report Feature

2 replies · 1,217 views · Started 08 April 2007

I was reading an earlier thread about a notepad clone being put inside of ZC, and while I don't think THAT's practical, I have a suggestion that may be.

It's a bug report feature for quests. Say you encounter a bug in a ZC Quest. You press a button and a small text box pops up. Type the nature of the bug, and it will be stored temporarily. When you exit the quest or exit out of zc, a file called <questname>_bugs.txt will be generated. It will include all of the bugs in this format.

<Number of Bug>
Map: <Map you were on when you encountered the bug>
Screen: <Screen you were on when you encountered the bug>
Description: <Description given of bug.>

Having the map and screen for the bug can help the quest developer quickly track it down.

Anyone have anything to add to this suggestion?

I like it, but a screenshot named <quest name>_bug####.<image format> should be made as well, simply for convenience and further description of the bug. You could "circle" the problem area if necessary.