I would like to start helping out with tripleadevelopment but don't know where to start
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Hi. I'm a long time user of the game and can do Java at a beginner level and so I would like to help improve the game. But it's so big a project that I don't really know where I could start doing that. I know there are some getting started documents on github. I already am registered there and have IntelliJ set up on my computer. Maybe someone like @LaFayette can point me to some problems or issues that a beginner like me can be expected to understand and help with.
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@Nothingtoseehere thanks, i am sure someone will respond.
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- Are you familiar with doing feature branches in git?
- Were you able to compile and run the game from scratch?
The issue queue has a lot of error reports: https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A"Error+Report"
Choosing any of them for the latest (2.5) game engine would be a good place to start. Focus on recreating the error, figure out how it happens, then work on a fix. You can use the bug report issue you select for discussion & pointers.
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@Nothingtoseehere , You could maybe start with https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/issues/8182. If you can recreate the issue and get a save right before the hang, then I can help you through the code path to figure out what is wrong.
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@Nothingtoseehere I started by looking for simple issues related to maps, since i had the ability to fix them, and some documentation. I used them to learn how to do Pull Requests, branches, commits, etc. If you are comfortable with those things just look for issues that you think you can fix to start with. Use that to learn the program some more.
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@LaFayette said in I would like to start helping out with tripleadevelopment but don't know where to start:
- Are you familiar with doing feature branches in git?
- Were you able to compile and run the game from scratch?
No to both of those. I guess I need help.
