Basic

Prints and Debugs in terminal

• Prints the elements 'text_1' and 'text_2', separated by a 'space' between them:

  • prints('text_1', 'text_2')

• Prints the elements 'text_1' and 'text_2' separated by 'tab':

  • printt('text_1', 'text_2')

• Prints 'text' as an 'Error' message, with red highlight, printed in the Output area: (the push_error()  sounds more correct, as it references the lines of the 'error'.)

  • printerr('text')

• Prints 'text' as an 'Error' message, with red highlight and Engine indicators, printed in the Debugger area:

  • push_error('text')

• Prints 'text' as a 'Warning' message, with yellow highlight and Engine indicators, printed in the Debugger area:

  • push_warning('text')

Useful code for debug with prints

var count := 0

func _process(_delta) -> void:
    count += 1
    if !count % 30:  ## will print once every 30 frames.
        print()

Skip a function or operation without crashing ('pass')

if true:
    pass

func set_direction():
    pass

Line break

if 2 == 2 \
    and x != y \
    and "psps" > "cat":
    x = y
    emit_signal("succeeded")

My configs for safety

• Project Settings  -> Advanced Settings  -> debug/gdscript/warnings/ .

• Unused Parameter.

  • Ignore

  • Reasonable to ignore since adding _  each time while prototyping is tedious.

• Unused Signal.

  • Ignore

  • Important for Global Signals.

• Untyped Declaration.

  • Warn

• Unsafe Property Access.

  • Warn

• Unsafe Method Access.

  • Warn

• Unsafe Cast.

  • Warn

  • Unknown effect.

• Unsafe Call Argument.

  • Warn

• Int as Enum without Cast

  • Ignore

  • Annoying warning when testing enums.