Hello everyone,
Something that is making me reluctant to rejoin the community and submit more custom graphics after my recent lack of activity is the lack of bugfixes for custom sprites, blocks, patches, etc. even if one reports them.
Something that a centralized database should ensure is that everything on it is free of bugs and is good to use.
For example, the "Giant Masked Koopa" boss has a weird hitbox (its standing state and shell state have the same hitbox, despite the former being twice the visual height of the latter) and hangs the game for a bit after it dies (though this may be a patch-related issue that can't be fixed by the database, sorry if it is), but a hack released recently uses it. It feels like there's no one to report these bugs to so that the bugs can get fixed and not "infect" hacks with them.
Also, speaking as a graphics-artist, it feels wrong to make custom graphics for a sprite with glitchy graphics, such as the Buzzy Beetle Boss's shell. I'd really like my graphics to look the best that they can in people's hacks without these glitches messing them up.
I'd really like a centralized "Bug Fixers" group where one can send in a bug report of a custom block, sprite, or patch that is on the site so that future hacks can incorporate the bugfixes and be the best gameplay and visual quality that they can be.
I have reported many bugs to the Zelda Classic developers on their Discord server and gotten them fixed, and they really appreciate my attention to detail. I wish that there would be a group of bug reporters here that I could do the same for. It really makes me feel appreciated that there's a group of people thanking me for taking the time to find and report bugs, and I hope that the same concept will transfer to SMWCentral in the near future.
Sincerely,
P-Tux7
Something that is making me reluctant to rejoin the community and submit more custom graphics after my recent lack of activity is the lack of bugfixes for custom sprites, blocks, patches, etc. even if one reports them.
Something that a centralized database should ensure is that everything on it is free of bugs and is good to use.
For example, the "Giant Masked Koopa" boss has a weird hitbox (its standing state and shell state have the same hitbox, despite the former being twice the visual height of the latter) and hangs the game for a bit after it dies (though this may be a patch-related issue that can't be fixed by the database, sorry if it is), but a hack released recently uses it. It feels like there's no one to report these bugs to so that the bugs can get fixed and not "infect" hacks with them.
Also, speaking as a graphics-artist, it feels wrong to make custom graphics for a sprite with glitchy graphics, such as the Buzzy Beetle Boss's shell. I'd really like my graphics to look the best that they can in people's hacks without these glitches messing them up.
I'd really like a centralized "Bug Fixers" group where one can send in a bug report of a custom block, sprite, or patch that is on the site so that future hacks can incorporate the bugfixes and be the best gameplay and visual quality that they can be.
I have reported many bugs to the Zelda Classic developers on their Discord server and gotten them fixed, and they really appreciate my attention to detail. I wish that there would be a group of bug reporters here that I could do the same for. It really makes me feel appreciated that there's a group of people thanking me for taking the time to find and report bugs, and I hope that the same concept will transfer to SMWCentral in the near future.
Sincerely,
P-Tux7