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Lazernaut
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28th April, 2004 at 04:17:20 -
I've been thinking about debugging lately (since this is obviously a vital part of making any sort of program). So while tinkering with a game of mine in MMF, i came to thinking that it would be cool if there was a little window during runtime that showed the value of each counter and variable and stuff like that..
What i guess can be done so far is create a string that's in the corner in a small font, and tell mmf this:
-always
change alterable string to:
"Player health: " + str$( value A( 'Player')
"Some Counter: " + str$( 'rabbitcounter' )
etc. etc.
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Assault Andy
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28th April, 2004 at 05:42:21 -
Your point being?
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David Newton (DavidN)
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28th April, 2004 at 05:53:44 -
I always have a counter in the corner showing the number of active objects, but no more than that... yes, it would help if it could be done automatically - however, with the number of values flying around during runtime it would soon become overwhelming.
Maybe a mode where you could keep track of certain selected values automatically in another window could be a suitable replacement for the Step Through Editor... does anyone actually use it?
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Pete Nattress
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23/09/2002
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28th April, 2004 at 06:01:55 -
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Tiles
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06/12/2002
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28th April, 2004 at 06:03:26 -
ah , yes ... putting a counter for every value would mean to me to use around 1000 counters for my current project . err, how to place all those counters at the screen ? and i still wonder if this wouldn´t slow down my app a bit ... 
it s a very bad idea to start with a game and trying to solve all the gamerelated problems during the development in the mainapp.
BEST way is to solve all the small problems BEFORE making a game out of it . in small problemrelated applications. then there is no need for debugging counters .
i am always starting with a testengine for several small problems. like playing around with an extension that i never used before, or to fiddle out AI , or ... . and then i simply put the code to the game when the problem is solved .
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