#0002 -- Debug File Logging & Helpful Features Options

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HyperPatch Development Discussion #0002

Topic Theme: Debug File Logging and other features to help modders test builds...


This topic is about re enabling the debug logging feature what Westwood programmers used to monitor certain aspects of the game. Westwood orignaly had this logic hooked upto a 14" monitor next to the main monitor of the system, but in HyperPatch, it will write this information into a file called DEBUG.TXT in the same directory as the HyperPatch executable.

This features logs many, many things from the game, and can be helpful to the modder testing new edits.

What i want to get a hold of in this topic is what additions to this would you like to be logged in the file? And what other features would you like added to the game to allow some tasks to be done much quicker?

Example would be a reveal shroud keyboard shortcut command, so when you start a game, the shroud is cleared, or a feature where if you where testing a new super weapon, pressing a keyboard shortcut would grant you this. Of course you can put this in the RULES.INI so these features are dissabled when the mod build is finished.

-Hyper

This post has been edited by CCHyper: Aug 3 2009, 12:11 AM

[Bittah Commander]

Well, obviously it wouldn't work online with people who don't have HP installed... But for as far as I know HP doesn't have any features that are useful for people who play online and don't mod TS, so there's no reason why HP even has to be compatible with vanilla TS when playing online.
As long as HP is compatible with any mod that doesn't use a custom exe, everything should be fine IMO.