Play-mode console support

[ZimM-LostPolygon]

Lunar looks great. But I'm really curious - are there plans for adding a console feature to the actual game builds, not just as an Editor window? That'd be really helpful and increase the use number of use cases Lunar can be used in.

[weeeBox]

The answer is "yes"!

This feature is incubating and will be released soon. On top of that, mobile phones will use a powerful native UI.

[ZimM-LostPolygon]

Great! :)
Will the in-game console UI be based on IMGUI or on the newer uGUI stuff?

[weeeBox]

I'm trying to build a prototype with immediate mode GUI: still not sure about the final result. I want to have a minimal impact on production titles and an easy way to take the plugin from release builds.

[ZimM-LostPolygon]

That's understandable. Still, I can think of the use case of leaving the console in the release builds to allow the end-user fine-tune the configuration, the way it is in Quake III.
Oh, and just a hint, in case you didn't know: scene GameObjects with "EditorOnly" tag are not included in the release builds.

[weeeBox]

Thanks for the hint!

I'll keep you posted as progress goes!

p.s. which platforms do you target?

[ZimM-LostPolygon]

Desktop, mostly. Can't really think of a convenient way to use the console on a mobile device.

Unless... Here's an idea: remote console. You type the commands in the editor, the commands are executed on the remote device, and you get the output back to the Editor console.

[weeeBox]

This feature was in the early prototype but was never released :)

[ZimM-LostPolygon]

Well, it'd be nice to have it reborn someday :) Typing in commands on a mobile device would be a real pain if you are testing a lot of different stuff, and this feature could solve it easily.

[weeeBox]

Just wait for mobile part to be released ;)

[cxbxmxcx]

I have converted the Editor console to an in game player console with a UGUI interface.

There is a screen shot showing the console running in a built version on Windows desktop but it should support other platforms as well.

If there is interest let me know and I can either provide the source.

Cheers,

JS

[weeeBox]

That's great!

I haven't been working on the plugin for a long time: was drown in other projects and VR. Sure, create a pull request when you're done and I can publish the update on the Asset Store! If you have any sources on the code base - feel free to ping me.

[cxbxmxcx]

I had to remove the Editor in order to get it to work quickly as a runtime console. The use of statics in the code was causing too many conflicts when I tried to run unattached in a built version.

I could push my extension in as an example of a standalone runtime player console?

JS

[weeeBox]

Hey JS

I'm not quite sure about the statics issues but we can figure it out. Share
your code!

On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 11:39 AM, cxbxmxcx [email protected] wrote:

I had to remove the Editor in order to get it to work quickly as a runtime
console. The use of statics in the code was causing too many conflicts when
I tried to run unattached in a built version.

I could push my extension in as an example of a standalone runtime player
console?

JS

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