Is there a script debugger??

The compiler checks for errors automatically.

Aside from that, the only tools I know of for detecting what you are asking is through observing the AI in action.

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I think you can turn on logging and then add some output statements to your scripts. I've never tried it, however.

You can script in some commands to log events (variables, and such) to check where or when something should execute (or if it didn't). A memory dump of all the variables by name is what I use, it lest me know if they were initialized or not, if they got the right number at the right turn.

But other than that, you have to know your scripting code is set up logically. The parser will compile bad code (syntax aside), say, loop forever mess up will hang your game.

The file DebugSettings.txt in the data folder allows you to debug various things, including the execution of the various scripts.

Only the changing the DebugSettings.txt file in the default data folder will cause debug logs to be printed. To have logs made of the script execution, you'll want to set "Debug Section Script Evaluation Detailed := TRUE". This will create a big text file in the backup folder under the player name and turn number. It's a line by line print out of that AI's script being executed... these files get big fast as the number of game objects increase. The "simple" version is about half as much detail.

Below are the typical settings I use for debugging. If you look at my source AI scripts, you'll see I use the script function "Sys_Debug_Print" a lot to print out specific things about the AI in conjunction with setting "Debug Print Sections := TRUE". This produces a condensed log of only items I want to know each turn.

Generate Game Debug Log                                 := TRUE
Generate Engine Debug Log                               := FALSE
Use Fast Debug Log                                      := FALSE
Debug Section Engine Startup                            := FALSE
Debug Section Creation                                  := FALSE
Debug Section Sound Base                                := FALSE
Debug Section Display Class                             := FALSE
Debug Section Sobj Ship                                 := FALSE
Debug Section Display Object                            := FALSE
Debug Section Formula Evaluation                        := FALSE
Debug Section Script Evaluation Detailed                := FALSE
Debug Section Script Evaluation Simple                  := FALSE
Debug Section Script Evaluation Debug Print Only        := TRUE
Debug Print Sections                                    := Colonies, Construction, Intel, Planets, Politics, Research, Ships, State, System
Debug Section Compute Highest Tech Level                := FALSE
Debug Section Master State Machine                      := FALSE
Debug Section Order Execution                           := FALSE
Debug Section Combat                                    := FALSE
Debug Section Combat Speed                              := FALSE
Debug Section Main Drawing Loop                         := FALSE
Debug Section TCPIP                                     := FALSE
Debug Section End All Players Turn                      := FALSE
Debug Section Host Processing                           := FALSE
Debug Section Phased Movement                           := FALSE

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Nice, thanks Kwok.

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