The SimulationCraft team is comprised of volunteer developers from all over the world. We are always looking for new contributors. While C++ expertise is certainly helpful, we have several key members with limited coding experience. Maintaining optimal talent, gear, and default action priority lists is a huge task and requires virtually zero C++ knowledge.
We are a very laid back group of developers. While certain project members have areas of expertise, there is little in the way of strict responsibility and ownership. Developers are expected to exercise their initiative and help out wherever needed. GitHub provides considerable utilities for oversight. The mantra is: Just check it in. Don't ask for permission. If the code needs to be changed for functional (or artistic!) reasons, someone will revert/modify as needed.
SimulationCraft includes a set of sample profiles for the current raiding tier, which are located in /profiles. If you want to improve those profiles, please note to the following:
- Change character profile settings like talents & gear in the files you can find at /profiles/generators. The files in /profiles are auto-generated and will be overriden.
SimulationCraft includes a set of default action priority list for each specialization, to offer users a ready-to-use simulation experience once they import their character. This APL is the main factor defining if a character performs just ok or as good as possible, maximizing their DPS. Naturally, these APL can be constantly improved.
You can directly modify and improve a existing set of action lists and contribute that either directly to your classes main maintainer, through your class Discord or directly as a ticket on Github.
- As a developer or experienced user, please try to port Action Priority List (APL) changes directly to the class module code, eg. /engine/class_modules/sc_mage.cpp . You can usually find the apl functions near the bottom of the file in functions called. eg. mage_t::apl_fire()
We always accept pull requests and would encourage you to make your first contribution through one.
They are a great way to start contributing to SimulationCraft. It allows for your changes to be reviewed by a senior developer or class maintainer before being merged into the repository. It is also a great way to allow contributions without having to directly grant membership permissions.
If you plan to contribute a class-specific change and are unsure about some of your changes, we recommend that you get in contact with one of the class maintainers either in our Discord or your classes Discord. We will try to give you timely and helpful feedback to complete your contribution.
To learn more about how to create a pull request, checkout the following links:
If you are interested in joining the team, contact us on Discord. We look forward to working with you!
Discord: SimCMinMax (#simulationcraft)
Checkout the Developers Corner wiki page for more detailed information on how to setup your SimulationCraft development environment.
Platform specific building instructions can be found on the How-To-Build wiki.
Please check out our CodingGuidelines before you start.