The Universal World Owner's Manual

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==== Debug Config ====

The 'Debug Config' system is a method for getting extra information from the game client or server to help find and resolve problems with the game or script.  

=== To activate debug config on the client ===

Create a file called  ''debugconfig.txt'' in the same location as ''TheUniversal.exe''.  Inside the .txt file you add lines of the form ''[LogName]=[mode]'', each on a new line.

e.g\\
''LogTest=2''

The name on the left indicates the config system to be activated. The mode determines how it is used.\\

**Mode 0** = Debug off\\
**Mode 1** (and above) = Print to the system debug output stream \\
**Mode 2** = Print to a file called 'DevLog.txt'\\
**Mode 3** = Print to the game chat window\\

To see the output for log mode 1 you will need to access the debug output stream.. if you have Visual Studio or other IDE and can attach it to the game process, the logged text should appear in the output debug channel).

Activating mode 2 can affect game performance so its probably not wise to leave that set all the time. 
 
As well as ''LogTest'', there are a few different logging categories which may be useful..
\\
<code>LogScriptTrace
LogLogin
LogCurlVerbose
LogDownloadableAssets
LogVehicleAssets
</code>

so, if your client's debugconfig.txt included
\\
<code>LogTest=1
LogScriptTrace=2
</code>

.. you would get LogTest messages output to the debug console and ScriptTrace message written to the DevLog.txt file. (See [[scripting:reference:debugging|Debugging Scripts]] for more info on the ScripTrace functionality).

=== DebugConfig on server ===

You can also add DebugConfig.txt to the server and get logging info from that too. Put the DebugConfig.txt in the root of the folder your world is running from. (Alongside ServerConfig.txt)

In both cases, note that the DebugConfig.txt is only loaded on boot, so if you change the config settings you will need to restart your client or server to get the new configuration.