Mantis

To report not only bugs but also typos and suggesting ideas (in a way they will stick), you need create an account to Mantis.

Mantis can be found from here:

http://naga.icesus.org/mantis

Create an user to Mantis with the same name as your Icesus character (e.g. if my Icesus character's name is Cyto, I create an account named 'cyto' to Mantis).

Once your Mantis user is created, then paste this the line below to Icesus:

accounts I want my Mantis account activated.

Once you get a positive reply, your account is active.

Below is described how to create a bug report, a typo report and a idea report in a way that it has the best chances of getting done.

All report types below require you to login to Mantis first.

Creating a bug report

Click on "report issue":

Enter issue details

• Select Category: bug
• Select reproducibility:
  • "always" if the bug happens each and every time you do something.
  • "sometimes" if the bug is harder to catch and happens only sometimes.
  • "random" if the bug is hard to catch; happens only randomly.
  • "have not tried" if you haven't tried reproducing the bug (if you want your bug report to be forgotten, use this)
  • "unable to reproduce" if you caught the bug once, but have not been able to catch it twice, or it is extremely hard to catch. Note that sometimes it might be just a glitch or a fluke and there might not even be a bug.
• Select severity:
  • "trivial": doesn't matter much, almost at all, just a FYI sort of thing (if you want your bug report to be almost forgotten, use this)
  • "tweak": just a little aesthetic tune please.
  • "minor": the bug bothers a little, and mainly only you, in a very specific situation which doesn't affect gameplay or create abuse holes.
  • "major": the bug bothers you quite a lot, but mainly only you, in generic situations which can affect your gameplay and also your fellow players' gameplay.
  • "crash": you did this and game crashed. Very serious bug and almost always earns you PDF if caught by your report.
  • "block": this bug bothers you a lot and is almost ruining your gameplay experience (almost because if it did, you wouldn't be reporting bugs right?). These bugs will be prioritized to the highest priority, but don't use this severity in vain. As in if there are guys who are reporting only blocker bugs, and others are not bothered by it at all, there might be a problem with the guys who do that, not in the game.
  • "feature": please do not use this severity in bug reporting.
  • "text": please do not use this severity in bug reporting.

Creating a typo report

Enter issue details

• Select Category: typo
• Select reproducibility:
  • "always" if the typo happens each and every time you do something.
  • "sometimes" if the typo is harder to catch and happens only sometimes.
  • "random" if the typo is hard to catch; happens only randomly.
  • "have not tried" if you haven't tried reproducing the typo (if you want your typo report to be forgotten, use this)
  • "unable to reproduce" if you caught the typo once, but have not been able to catch it twice, or it is extremely hard to catch. Note that sometimes it might be just a glitch or a fluke and there might not even be a bug.
• Select severity: text

Creating a new idea

Enter issue details

• Select Category: idea
• Select reproducibility: Choose any option you like, it doesn't matter.
• Select severity: feature