Non-coding jobs

[chichakman]

Hey all,

I am a bit new here and was recently alterted to this absolutely amazing project a couple weeks ago via a thread posted on /r/linux_gaming on reddit. I was immediately impressed by what you guys have done so far. My winter break is coming up within the next week which means I have a ton of free time on my hands, so I would love to help you guys in any way possible.

I do not have much coding experience aside from a couple classes which I took to learn visual basic and am currently working on teaching myself C++. That being said, I am an utter novice and would most likely be useless in any fields of programming development. Regardless, I still plan on setting up a development environment on my computer once I have the time to do so.

If there are any areas that you guys really need help in, please let me know, as I am perfectly willing to do so.

• Community/Website management: I have had no experience in website or community management, but if you guys need a position filled then I am fully prepared to jump right on in.
• Research: I love mathematics, and I know that you guys still need help researching formulas for a multitude of topics so if that needs doing, I would love to do so.
• Bug Testing: I have never done much bug testing before, but now is as good a time as any to start. I have been invovled in a couple betas, so I am at the very least no unused to the concept, but I can say that this will be my first time really taking it seriously.

I hope to enjoy working with you all!

CHM

[potatoesmaster]

Hi and welcome!

Research: I don't have a precise idea of the amount of work required in this area, but I can say we don't have the formulae to calculate fatigue decrease when running, swimming and attacking (issue reported on the bugtracker). The wiki page was cited already.

Bug testing: As always, testers are needed.

• Register on our bugtracker.
• Play/test OpenMW.
• When something is broken or does not behave correctly, search if the issue was already reported. If it isn't, create a new issue. The issue form might look a bit intimidating at first, but don't be afraid!
  Here are the important fields for reporters:
  • Subject and description: describe the problem and give instructions to reproduce it. Also, specify all the infos that can be relevant (e.g. version of OpenMW, graphic driver used if it is a rendering problem).
    You may want some hints for the used syntax (the full documentation is here):

    Code: Select all

    link:        "displayed text":http://www.example.com
    code block:  <pre>code</pre>
    quote:       > quoted text
    

  • Target version: select the next OpenMW version (the issue will not appear on the roadmap if this field is blank).
  • Reproducibility: pick a value.
  • Operating system: if you are sure the issue is not specific to an OS, select "other".
  • Files: attaching files could prove useful (screenshots, log files, config files…)

Courage, people!

[chichakman]

Thanks for the info. Once thursday exams are done, I will get straight to work on squashing bugs and doing research.

CHM