How you can help: Difference between revisions

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Multi Theft Auto has loads of areas in which you can help us. In turn, we'll be more than happy to help you get started with any ideas you have, help test them and - if they're good enough - release them to the whole community. This page outlines the key areas you could do something in, of course, there are many things we've not thought of, so think outside the box!

Coding for MTA:SA

Submit source patches for the mod, containing requested features or bugfixes. (Coding guidelines)
Translate MTA:SA to your native language - http://translate.multitheftauto.com/

Scripting

Create a gamemode
- Scripting Introduction
- "Programming in Lua" Manual
Create an administration page on the HTTP server.
- Resource Web Access
Make a general purpose resource that provides useful functions to other resources.

Mapping

Create a map with the map editor for an existing gamemode.
- Map Editor Manual

Web development

Work with lil_Toady to add new features and improvements to community.mtasa.com.
Create your own system for statistics - using the PHP SDK as a basis. Contact eAi or jbeta for help.

Documentation

Before you make changes check out: Editing Guidelines

Finish documentation for Incomplete functions - ask in #mta.scripting if you're not sure of something.
Add examples to functions & events missing examples - please test them, and again, ask if you need help.
Review and verify pages that need checking - make sure highlighted issues are solved before removing pages from the category.
Expand the pages that explain MTA core concepts.
Write tutorials to help new people.
Translate the wiki pages so people from other countries can get started in MTA too.
Create documentation for undocumented functions and events Undocumented Items

Specific tasks

Create a fuzzer to check for crashes in our scripting functions.
Help develop/fix existing gamemodes. Contact the original author on IRC (or ask a developer) to tell the author so you can work together.
The web interface resources (resourcemanager, resourcebrowser and webadmin chiefly) are really only compatible with Firefox. Someone could put in some time to make these work on Internet Explorer, Opera and Safari. See eAi for help.

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-Multi Theft Auto has loads of areas in which you can help us. In turn, we'll be more than happy to help you get started with any ideas you have, help test them and - if they're good enough - release them to the whole community. This page outlines the key areas you could do something in, of course, there's many things we've not thought of, so think outside the box!
+Multi Theft Auto has loads of areas in which you can help us. In turn, we'll be more than happy to help you get started with any ideas you have, help test them and - if they're good enough - release them to the whole community. This page outlines the key areas you could do something in, of course, there are many things we've not thought of, so think outside the box!
-==Coding for MTASA==
+==Coding for MTA:SA==
 * Submit source patches for the mod, containing requested features or bugfixes. ([[Coding guidelines]])
 * Translate MTA:SA to your native language - http://translate.multitheftauto.com/
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 Before you make changes check out: [[Help:Editing Guidelines|Editing Guidelines]]
 * Finish documentation for [[:Category:Incomplete|Incomplete functions]] - ask in #mta.scripting if you're not sure of something.
-* Add examples to [[:Category:Needs Example|functions & events missing examples]] - please test them, and again, as if you need help.
+* Add examples to [[:Category:Needs Example|functions & events missing examples]] - please '''test''' them, and again, ask if you need help.
 * Review and verify [[:Category:Needs Checking|pages that need checking]] - make sure highlighted issues are solved before removing pages from the category.
 * Expand the pages that explain [[:Category:Scripting_Concepts|MTA core concepts]].