Lua Debugger

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IX-Ray Platform

SaloEater

Always up-to-date instruction on the Modded Exes repository: GitHub

• Debug scripts with VSCode and LuaPanda, support by IX-Ray Platform
  • To use it, you need to install VSCode and LuaPanda extension
  • Open your gamedata/scripts folder in VSCode
  • Download these files into your gamedata/scripts/.vscode folder:
    • launch.json
    • settings.json
  • Download these files into your gamedata/scripts folder:
    • LuaPanda.lua
    • dynamic_callbacks.lua
    • global.lua
    • socket.lua
  • In VSCode, go to Run and Debug section and start debugging or press F5 key
  • Return to the game and open in-game console with ~
  • Type console command lua_debug 1 in console and reload the save or start a new game
  • Type console command run_string debugger_attach(). If you do everything correctly and engine is working properly too, you will get an entry breakpoint at global.lua file in VSCode.
  • You have to re-enable the debugger every time you start a new game or load a save, so you have to type run_string debugger_attach() in console again.
  • Debugger is working dynamically, so you can add/remove files from your VSCode folder and it will automatically update the list of files available for debugging.
  • Debugger doesn't support workspace with multiple folders, so you HAVE to use "File" -> "Open Folder" to make debugger work