Debug on GS_Play Gameplay Framework

Debug Mode

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Debug Mode is a checkbox on the Game Manager. It tells the framework that you are running a level directly out of the Editor rather than booting the game properly, and systems across the framework adjust accordingly.

The problem it solves: a GS_Play project normally boots to a title stage, waits for the player to start a game, then loads the first level and places the player. Pressing play on the level you are currently editing should not do any of that — it should just run this level, now.

ImGui Debug Menu

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

GS_Play adds a GS_Play entry to the in-game ImGui menu bar that any gem can contribute to. Each gem owns its own sub-menu, its own contents, and its own imgui dependency.

The core invariant: the anchor is content-free. GS_Core provides a component that broadcasts while the menu bar is being drawn, and gems draw their own entries in response. GS_Core never knows what other gems put there.

That makes the debug surface decentralised — a gem’s debug UI ships and versions with that gem — and it is a small, clear example of how the framework prefers extension to work.

Debugging

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Two things make working on a GS_Play project faster: Debug Mode, which lets you press play on the level you are editing instead of booting the whole game, and the in-game GS_Play menu, which lets you see and change what the framework is doing while it runs.

For architecture details and the extension guide, see the Framework API reference.

Debug Mode
The In-Game Menu
Making a Manager Talk
Quick Reference
Glossary
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Debug Mode

Tick Debug Mode on your Game Manager and pressing play runs this level, right now.

Debug

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Debug surfaces GS_Core provides for inspecting and driving a running game.

For usage guides and setup examples, see The Basics: GS_Core.

Page	Purpose
Debug Mode	The Game Manager flag that turns “boot the game” into “run this level” — what it changes, and how to branch your own systems on it.
ImGui Debug Menu	The in-game GS_Play menu — a content-free anchor that any gem contributes its own menu and windows to.

Debug on GS_Play Gameplay Framework

Debug Mode

ImGui Debug Menu

Debugging

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Debug Mode

Debug

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