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    Hummel-o-War Administrator Staff Member Community Manager

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    HOW TO REPORT A BUG?

    1. Read through the READ FIRST Paragraph if you are unsure which information are required: https://empyriononline.com/threads/...roduction-before-reporting.47082/#post-290035

    2. Check the Bug Forum and its sub-forums if your issues is ALREADY added!!!

    https://empyriononline.com/forums/bugs.24/

    3. Check here if you have any problems getting the game to launch, crashes & general trouble shooting tips

    https://empyriononline.com/threads/troubleshooting-guide.98133/

    4. Using modified configs or files ? see here https://empyriononline.com/threads/...own-issues-troubleshooting.47082/#post-290035

    5. IF yes, please contribute your findings to an existing thread by USING THE REPORTING TEMPLATE from below.

    6. IF your issue is not yet listed, please create a
    NEW THREAD in this forum by USING THE REPORTING TEMPLATE from below.

    IMPORTANT: Please only report ONE BUG per THREAD. Do NOT add SEVERAL bugs per thread as this will make your report hard to track! Thanks!

    7. GIVE A DESCRIPTIVE AND ON-THE-SPOT headline (thread title) so your issue is regognized by QA and by OTHER PLAYERS that might run into the same issue.

    Please note that our moderators will move and merge threads that do not follow these rules

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    REPORT TEMPLATE


    Post your bugs using the following template (Blank template):
    Build:
    Mode:
    Mode:

    SERVER NAME:
    SEED-ID:


    If applicable:
    MODIFIED PLAYFIELDS:

    Reproducibility:
    Severity:

    Type:

    Summary:


    Description:

    Steps to Reproduce:
    1)
    2)
    3)

    Screenshots, Crash Logs, any other Relevant Information or Download links:


    Information to include in the template (Please take a few moments to read first before using the blank template):
    Build: (The build number the bug was found in which can be seen in the top left on the screen for example: v1.5.3 B3390)
    Mode: (Creative, Survival, Freedom mode)
    Mode: (Singleplayer, Dedicated Server, Peer2Peer Coop)

    SERVER NAME: (If the issue happened on a public server, please add the name here)
    SEED-ID: (Please always add the SEED-ID for SingleplayerSurvival games; Open the console. The Seed is noted somewhere to the "playfield loaded" dialogue)

    If applicable:
    MODIFIED PLAYFIELDS: Yes/No/DontKnow (<- YES if new planets or non-default playfields are used. Use DontKnow if you are not aware if anything has been changed)

    Reproducibility: (Always, Sometimes, Unable)
    Severity: (Trivial, Minor, Major, Crash)

    Type: (Global / O2Rooms / Temperature,Radiation / Player Armor,Boosters / Repair / Teleport,Portals / Instances / Triggers,Sensors / AIVessels / Gamestart / ... )

    Summary: (1-liner = can be the same as the thread headline)

    Description: (short description: 1-2 sentences)

    Steps to Reproduce: (steps to reproduce the issue. This is ESSENTIAL for a bugfix! please list the steps list this for example:)
    1)
    2)
    3)


    Screenshots, Crash Logs, any other Relevant Information or Download links: ( Note: for more complex reproduction usecases that require quite some "setup", please create a savegame and upload it to a service & also attach a copy of your client log (& crashes log if a crash occurred):

    How to attach a save game to a report:
    Go to:
    For SP or Co-op:
    Right click on "Empyrion" in your steam library > Properties > Local files > Browse > Saves > Games
    or: SteamLibrary\steamapps\Common\Empyrion - Galactic Survival\Saves\Games

    For MP:
    Right click on "Empyrion - Dedicated Server" in your steam library > Properties > Local files > Browse > Saves > Games
    or: SteamLibrary\steamapps\Common\Empyrion - Dedicated Server\Saves\Games
    1. Right click on the save folder & place your mouse cursor over 'Send to' create a compressed copy of it (or use winzip or 7zip)
    2. Use a file hosting site like mediafire, dropbox or google drive & add a share link to it
    3. If you are sending us the info via an email please add a share link to the file or files you have uploaded

    How to attach logs to a report:
    The client log, dedicated server logs & crashes folder locations:
    1. Client log location:
      Right click on Empyrion in your steam library > Properties > Local files > Browse local files > Logs

    2. Dedicated server logs ("Dedicated" & "Playfield" logs):
      Empyrion - Dedicated Server\Logs\<build number>

    3. If a crash occurred please also look for & attach a copy of the crash folder. Crashes folder locations:
      C:\Users\<YourUserName>\AppData\LocalLow\Eleon Game Studios\Empyrion - Galactic Survival
      C:\Users\<YourUserName>\AppData\Local\Temp\Eleon Game Studios\Empyrion - Galactic Survival
    Create a dxdiag file & attach it with the previous files
    In Windows 7:
    • Click on the "Start" Button.
    • In the Search Box type dxdiag and press <Enter>. The DirectX Diagnostic Tool pop-up window should appear.
    • Click on “Save all Information.”
    • Save the information to your Desktop, keep the file name as is.
    In Windows 8, Windows 10:
    • Press the [Windows]+[R] keys on your keyboard to bring up the Run command.
    • In the "Run" command box, type in dxdiag and press <Enter>. The DirectX Diagnostic Tool pop-up window should appear.
    • Click on "Save all Information." Save the information to your Desktop, keep the file name as is.
    Now create copies of all of the relevant files or folders from the above instructions, compress them with windows built in compression option:
    Right click on the file or folder > Send to > "Compressed (Zipped) folder"
    Then to add them to your forum report upload the file to a file hosting site such as mediafire, dropbox or google drive & add a share link to it.

    If you are going to send this information via the support email [email protected] upload the file to a file sharing site & copy & paste the share link in to your email.

    How to attach screenshots:
    - On the steam website go to your profile then select "Artwork"
    - Upload an image following the instructions & make it "Private" (or Public this is up to you)
    - View the image & right click it & select "Open Image in New Tab" (this option is available on Firefox)
    - Copy the address of the image in the browser address bar & when on the forum use the option "Image" & paste in the URL & select "Insert"

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    OR

    - In the steam client go to your profile then select "Artwork"
    - Upload an image following the instructions & make it "Private" (or Public this is up to you)
    - View the image & select "Download" <- the image will increase in size in the steam client
    - Place your cursor on the image & select "Copy page URL"
    - Paste this address in to the "Image" option when making a post or editing a post & select "Insert"[/SIZE]

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    Found an exploit ? please send an email to [email protected] with the subject as just:
    Exploit

    & use the above report template in the email to explain what the exploit is & how it can be reproduced. Please don't post exploits on the forum.

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    Thanks in advance for saving us time to address your issue! :)
    :)
     
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    READ FIRST: For a proper testing procedure and bug reporting, we recommend the following preparations and workflows:
    1. Go to your steam library and VERIFY your game files!
      Steam > Library > Right-click Empyrion in the list > Properties > Local Files > Verify Locale Data

    2. Make sure you are NOT using a custom config!
      There are currently multiple files that can be "modded".
      These are all found in: Empyrion - Galactic Survival\Content\Configuration

      When running into an issue, it would be HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to check if you are using a customized version of any file in the configuration folder.


      If you are using a custom file:
      Please move the customzied file/s out of the folder (Rename, remove, move)
      Verify the game files via STEAM (this will restore the default files if you do not have them ready)
      :
      1. Right click on Empyrion in your steam library & select properties
      2. Click on the local files tab & choose the 'Verify integrity of local game files' option
      3. Then recheck for the error with only stock files in the Configuration folder.
    3. Avoid resuming any pre-Release Candidate savegame!
      There is a chance that changes we made do not translate to older savegames. Especially for bugs concerning terrain, loot and other playfield configs.
      Best practice: if you run into an issue with a savegame that was started BEFORE a RC has been released, please re-test the issue in a fresh new RC savegame again!


    4. Additional Routine: Delete the GAME CACHE when trying to reproduce a bug!
      The game cache saves some presets and may be source of a false positive reports or even be part of the problem. To make sure we have all the infos, please check the following folder when trying to reproduce a but and make a note in your report if the bug still happens AFTER clearing the cache: ..\Empyrion - Galactic Survival\Saves\Cache
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    'Continue or Quit' (CoQ) Error

    When you get a so called 'CoQ' (Continue or Quit) error in SINGLEPLAYER, please do the following:
    1. Note the build number in the top right (the last 4 digits) for example B2785 then exit the game (click QUIT or ALT+F4)
    2. Right click on Empyrion in your steam library > Properties > Local files > Browse local files > Logs
    3. Look for the folder name that matches the build number from step 1 or look for the folder named by the highest number and open it
    4. Right click on the client log from when this happened & place your mouse cursor over 'Send to' create a compressed copy of it
    5. Open your Email, attach the compressed copy of the log & write what happened BEFORE the CoQ and send to:

    [email protected]

    The QA team will pick up your issue and decode or ask back more info.

    2) IF YOU RAN A COOP SERVER need to:
    - send in the Client.logs for all players that were affected
    - send in the COOP server and COOP-client logs

    The COOP Client logs are in the SAME folder on the PC which started the session.

    Look for
    a) logs that start with 'Client_AsPf_'
    b) log that starts with 'Dedicated_'

    Send in both COOP Client and Server logs to the same Email address

    3) IF you are running a DEDICATED SERVER,
    go the the /LOGS folder, zip the whole thing (in case you do not know what are the latest files) + ADD an info on which playfield and WHEN (time stamp) the issue happened...and send it to the same Email address as well.

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    GLOBAL ADVICE ON REPORTING!!

    1. If you haven an issue with a Base or Vessel with temperature, radiation, colliders, can-not-dock, o2 or plants not growing or anything that happens without anything else in the game world is directly affected, please ADD THE BLUEPRINT or the SAVEGAME and add an info if SP or MP! If you want to add your savegame, please upload your savegame to a cloud host (like dropbox, google,..) and add a LINK to your report

    2. If you having issues with something missing from your planet, spawned in the wrong place or anything that keeps being broken after resuming a savegame PLEASE UPLOAD the savegame to a cloud host (like dropbox, google etc) and add a LINK in your bug report

    3. If you CRASHED with a message "Continue or Quit" on a SP or MP game, PLEASE FOLLOW 'Continue or Quit' instructions as written above

    4. If you CRASHED back to desktop (empyion.exe does not work anymore) do the same as in (3.).

    5. If you game FREEZES (locked up), please make a note that this is a FREEZE (not a "Crash"). Add the same files as in 3. and maybe add a dxdiag as well.

    THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR SUPPORT! :)
     
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