#summary How the engine is tested automatically

= Engine tests cases =

Hedgewars developers have made some automated tests to test certain

features of the engine automatically to ensure a certain level of

quality and to prevent old fixed bug from popping up again.

Currently, all automated Lua tests are done with Lua scripting.

== Running test cases ==

There are two ways to run a test: Automated and manual.

=== Automated testing ===

This requires you to have CMAke.

Run `ctest` in the root directory of the repository to run all tests.

Run `ctest -R <test name>` to run only the test with the given name.

Note that automated tests will run much faster than in real game time.

You won't see any actual game action, however.

=== Manual testing ===

Each test can also be run manually in which you run the tests in

real time and you can see what's going on.

Copy the corresponding Lua file from `tests/lua` to `Data/Missions/Training`

(in the Hedgewars user directory), then open Hedgewars and start the test

from the training menu.

== Creating test cases ==

You can find the test cases in the repository under `tests/lua`.

These scripts are treated like ordinary scripts in Hedgewars (like

misions or multiplayer scripts) but there's one important difference:

You must call `EndLuaTest` when the test result (success or failure)

has be determined (see [[LuaAPI]]).