[Freecol-developers] UI Testing for #43

[Dong Kim]

Hi again,

For testing improvement request #43, we're having difficulty encountering
the looting panel for capturedGoodsDialog. We've realized that you need to
declare your nation's independence before you encounter these panels, which
we assume will take a substantial amount of gameplay.

Is there perhaps any other way to test this panel other than manually
testing the UI through gameplay (i.e. dev tools or saved games)?

Thank you!

[Caleb Williams]

Post by Dong Kim
For testing improvement request #43, we're having difficulty encountering

the looting panel for capturedGoodsDialog.

I've only encountered the CaptureGoodsDialog when attacking ships. In
theory it could effect any Unit (net.sf.freecol.common.model) though it's
only a Carrier with goods in its holds that it really applies to -- this
can only be a ship or a wagon train.

Post by Dong Kim
Is there perhaps any other way to test this panel other than manually

testing the UI through gameplay (i.e. dev tools or saved games)?

I don't think the debug mode will help here. I created a save game with the
player's privateer and a nearby ship to loot from. You'll find this in the
tile (41, 29) area of the map. You can use the file at
https://sourceforge.net/p/freecol/improvement-requests/43/

Thanks,

*Caleb R. Williams*

[Michael T. Pope]

On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 21:29:37 -0600

Post by Dong Kim

Post by Dong Kim
For testing improvement request #43, we're having difficulty encountering

the looting panel for capturedGoodsDialog.
I've only encountered the CaptureGoodsDialog when attacking ships.

Caleb is correct, and independence is not required. CaptureGoods should
appear when you win a combat against an enemy ship that is carrying goods,
and there is space on your ship to load them. Go into debug mode, find or
create+change-owner an enemy ship, add some goods to it if it is lacking
(right click menu on the enemy ship tile has an "add goods" option),
create yourself a powerful ship next to it ("add unit" off the same menu),
then save, then all you need is a successful attack (the "step random
number generator" item on the main debug menu is useful there).

Cheers,
Mike Pope