# Bugs #

This is the FreeCol bug tracker.  If you think you have found a bug this is the place to report it, except:

* If it is a translation issue.  Any text message in FreeCol is originally written in English and then translated by the volunteers at [translatewiki](https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:FreeCol).  If you have found a problem in non-English text, please go there to fix it.  Only the translatewiki maintainer commits changes to FreeCol translations.  OTOH, if a translated message contains strings "%like% %this%" (that is, English words enclosed in percentage signs) that *is* a FreeCol bug.  Except, if the words are not in English, then it is a translation bug again.  I hope that was clear!

* If it is a difference between FreeCol and Colonization 1.  These should go on the [Pending Features for FreeCol](https://sourceforge.net/p/freecol/pending-features-for-freecol/) tracker.  There is further discussion of such issues on the [What Would Col1 Do? wiki](https://sourceforge.net/p/freecol/wiki/What%20Would%20Col1%20Do%3F/).

* If it is a request for an improvement rather than an actual bug.  These go [here](https://sourceforge.net/p/freecol/improvement-requests/).

### Known Common Bugs ###

##### Installer Problem on Windows #####

Currently the installer, especially on newer Versions of Windows, does not complete correctly. It appears to hang after showing an empty dialog near the end of the installation process and needs to be forcibly closed then. The game itself is installed correctly such that it can be played, but the shortcuts for starting it may be missing. See [bug report #2790](https://sourceforge.net/p/freecol/bugs/2790) for discussion on this.

##### Full Screen Mode on Windows misbehaving #####

FreeCol is by default started in windowed mode to prevent this problem. When playing in full screen mode on Windows the game window would often disappear and the desktop appear for a moment. This happens when dialogs and popups get shown by the game. See [bug report #2729](https://sourceforge.net/p/freecol/bugs/2729) for more information.  As far as we can tell this is a Java library issue, not something we can fix in FreeCol.

##### Early window mode changes #####

Users of OpenJDK may encounter crashes and hangs when switching from windowed to full screen mode or vice versa, especially during the opening video [bug report #2611](https://sourceforge.net/p/freecol/bugs/2611).  This is due to a known bug in OpenJDK. Workarounds have been tried unsuccessfully, for now please just wait until into the game proper before changing window mode.  Hopefully the OpenJDK bug will be fixed soon.

##### Turn report font #####

Sometimes the turn report uses the wrong font.  This is mysterious. If you are able to reproduce the problem reliably, or have an idea as to what triggers it, please comment on [bug report #2662](https://sourceforge.net/p/freecol/bugs/2662).