Enable scripts Log

[roguedjack]

Hi,

How do I enable script Logs output? eg: in AI.bsf i see calls to Log() and i'd like to read the log.
I tried changing vars like "DebugMode" in TWEAKS.TXT but the game overwrites the file at startup.
Do I have to modify another file or add arguments to the exe like -debug ?
I use Steam if that makes any difference.

Thanks.

[pipfromslitherine]

You should make changes to the tweaks in your USER.TXT file in My Documents/My Games/FieldOfGlory2. You should never change files in the installation folder.

DEBUGMODE 1

is the correct setting to add.

Cheers

Pip

[rbodleyscott]

Hi,

How do I enable script Logs output? eg: in AI.bsf i see calls to Log() and i'd like to read the log.
I tried changing vars like "DebugMode" in TWEAKS.TXT but the game overwrites the file at startup.
Do I have to modify another file or add arguments to the exe like -debug ?
I use Steam if that makes any difference.

Thanks.

In /Documents/My Games/FieldOfGlory2

there is a file called User.txt

Shut the game down before editing it, or the game will overwrite your edited version when it closes.

Add the line

DEBUGMODE 1

[roguedjack]

Thanks!!

[roguedjack]

I tried but I dont see Log() outputs in any file. I couldn't find a log.txt for instance, and it doesnt output to error.txt. I suspect Log() just prints to stdout or was disabled in the release?

Its no big deal, I found a workaround.

For anyone else wondering, to output debug stuff from your scripts to error.txt

1) Add the var as explained above in User.txt
DEBUGMODE 1

2) Then in your scripts...
...to output a const string use harcoded

Code: Select all

DebugLog()

...to output a string and a few int vars use

Code: Select all

DebugLogX() DebugLogY()

defined in Functions.bsf.

The lines will output in error.txt prefixed with "SCRIPTDEBUG: "
Might be usefull to people scripting campaigns and what not.
Happy script debugging!

[pipfromslitherine]

IIRC Log just outputs to the battle log (toggle using F6 IIRC). DebugLog (as you point out) sends a string to the error.log file and to any attached debug stream.

Cheers

Pip

[roguedjack]

Log outputs to the battle log. Thanks again for the help!

[rbodleyscott]

Log outputs to the battle log. Thanks again for the help!

Not the combat log.

Press f6 to make the Log() log appear.