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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
This guide will attempt to lay out best practices for testing mods marked for testing which could be potentially included in S.T.E.P. With a guide as complex as S.T.E.P., it is beneficial to reduce as much variation as possible in mod testing, since variation can breed a host of issues. This guide will outline standardized testing techniques for S.T.E.P. mod testing. The approach will be bottom-up, meaning recommendations will begin at the hardware level, progressing to software, and then to mods. | This guide will attempt to lay out best practices for testing mods marked for testing which could be potentially included in S.T.E.P. With a guide as complex as S.T.E.P., it is beneficial to reduce as much variation as possible in mod testing, since variation can breed a host of issues. This guide will outline standardized testing techniques for S.T.E.P. mod testing. The approach will be bottom-up, meaning recommendations will begin at the hardware level, progressing to software, and then to mods. | ||
==== Mod Testing ==== | |||
What is mod testing? Mod testing can be many different things; however, for the purposes of S.T.E.P., mod testing is the testing of mods for inclusion/exclusion in S.T.E.P. This includes testing a mod's stability with other mods, checking it against Elder Scroll lore to make sure the mod is lore-friendly, testing the mod's function to make sure it's working as expected, comparing it to other mods of similar content to find the best solution, and much much more. Mod Testers are the team members whom job this falls to. | |||
Mod Testers are not unlike foot soldiers for S.T.E.P. They are the front lines in mods getting added or dropped from S.T.E.P. and similar to real soldiers, their job is often the hardest and most unglamorous on the team. Mod testing can be long and tedious at times, but it can be fun and joyful too. This is to say, mod testing is only for those that have a real dedication to it. As such, the turn around rate on Mod Testers tends to be high as Testers can quickly become "wore out" when they don't realize what they're getting themselves into. Before considering becoming a Mod Tester, read through this guide. It should give you a fairly reasonable idea of what Mod Testers do. | |||
==== Mod Tester Requirements ==== | ==== Mod Tester Requirements ==== |
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