Guide for the new Test pirates?

[Jack I]

Well, I'm not quite as organized as the other two, but you'd be surprised what you run across by accident.

I usual start out by just grabbing a notebook or some paper, just to jot down some notes and such on, and get either Paint or the art program I use up on my computer. (I'll explain this in a second.)

When I get on, I do tend to run through some things that I usually have issues with as I play in windowed mode. (Maximize/minimize, moving the screen, etc.) Then I just jump on Jack and go play like I would normally on the open server. I'm usually a bit more quiet and vigilant on Pirates though, tending to scrutinize stuff as I do it. For example, if I'm running somewhere on the new PR to turn in a quest in and notice something like a missing graphic on a building, I tend to check the building and see if I can recreate the missing graphic. When doing this I'll usual check the doors to the building to make sure they're teleporting players properly, make sure nothing on the interior is awry, and check for other missing graphics. Then I'll note it and if it's something I can screenshot, I will screenshot it using PRINT SCRN.

I use that instead of F9 as it gives me the original image, allowing for a cleaner, crisper shot for the Developers to look at. The only catch to that is, each time I print scrn something, I have to go to my art program and paste the image into it. I usually save the files as a .PNG for the cleanest image I can give them.

After I'm done for the day, I simply log out (or find a way to crash myself) and go to the "Report A Bug" page, where I label my report "TEST SERVER" and proceed to attach my screenshots, logs, and fill out the report with the issues I found.