Bug Reporting

I'm not generally in favour of annihilating bugs, except when they're electronic ones. Bugs in code are generally tiny little errors which arise due to oversights in coding, bad program design, glitches in the system outside the control of the programmer, and very rarely, the extreme idiocy exhibited by highly talented programmers after too much caffeine.

If you find a bug, then email me about it. Below is a list of "known" bugs.

BUG STATUS WORKAROUND
Applet crashes with a single null pointer error on start of game. FIXED
(I hope)
Reload the web page.
Blocks stop falling, but the applet still responds to the down arrow and drop commands. UNKNOWN
This is believed to be a problem with accidental Thread death under Netscape.
End, then re-Start the game.
Under Netscape, the applet cannot load, and there are some errors associated with image loading displayed in the Java console. UNKNOWN
I have no ideas about this one. It's very sporadic, so it could be a Netscape glitch.
Use Internet Explorer, or restart your computer and try Netscape again.
The Applet displays the text "Visit www.warpax.com", and won't do anything else.

INTENTIONAL
This is not a bug, it's version protection. Send me an email if you want to mirror the applet.

Run the applet from www.warpax.com

All email should be sent to:

jmerritt@warpax.com

 

Jonathan Merritt, September 1999.