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- BUGS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT THEM
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-
- ADOM probably contains many bugs (as do most programs of a certain
- size). If ADOM somehow crashes you will have to take care of several
- things before you can continue to play. You will find the detailed
- instructions about how to get ADOM to work once more after a crash
- in the readme-file for your system (readme.dos, readme.linux or
- readme.amiga).
-
- In case you happen to encounter a bug you probably will have to cope
- with one of the following two kinds of bugs:
-
- I) The program exits with an error message (maybe saving your game
- before doing so). In this case please note down the _exact_ error
- message and describe what you did last, before the program exited.
-
- II) The program crashed without giving any hints, why it would do so.
- This is very, very bad... try to remember what you did last. Try to
- reproduce the error. If you manage to reproduce it, write a step-by-
- step-description on what one has to do to see the error. If you do
- not manage to reproduce it, try to describe what you did last in as
- much detail as possible.
-
- After you have collected any necessary data about the error as described
- above, try to make the problem known to the developer. This is possible,
- if you have access to Internet EMail. If you do have such access, write
- an email to the following address:
- adom-bugs@saranxis.ruhr.de
-
- Please include the following data (if possible) in the email:
- * The version of ADOM you are using; please look carefully at the
- title screen of your game version. If your version lists the
- following text below the gam title and the normal version number,
- you also need to record the value of 'x':
- Alpha Release x
- Such a version must not be distributed since it is meant to be used
- for alpha testing.
- * The system your version is running on
- * The bug description (see above)
- * Any other comments that you feel would be helpful.
-
- Please do _not_ include any of the following things:
- * Binaries of any kind
- * Binary patches (rather detail where you believe the mistake to be)
- * Flames about this shitty piece of software
- * Anything else not specifically requested by the developer
-
- As soon as your bug report arrives, I'll try to do something about
- it. Probably you will receive another email requesting more information
- or asking specific questions. Should I be able to locate an error
- because of your input, your name will be added to the credits and eternal
- fame will be yours :-)
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