Re: Unit dump tool Mod.

2017-06-17T18:46:46+02:00

Thank you for the information.
I had no idea it was there.
If I had, I would have adapted it to get what I needed rather than writing my own.
Especially since it has better formatting than mine does.

Sadly however, it lacks a couple of things I personally need, not that others will need them.
I will however, be adapting it add what I need.

So if someone else needs or wants

Weapon[1].???

instead of

Weapon{{,???

notation wise, it will be available once I get done adapting.
I will post it when I am done.

For most however, repr, will probably do everything they need.

Janus.

Statistics: Posted by Janus — 17 Jun 2017, 18:46

Re: Unit dump tool Mod.

2017-06-17T17:30:15+02:00

You can realize a blueprint dump with only 2 commands:

To access a blueprint, you don't need to loop over all blueprints until you find it.
You can directly access it over the global variable "__blueprints[]"
To format the output of an array inside the log window you can use "repr()"

This will show the blueprint of unit urb2304:

Code:: local UnitBluePrint = __blueprints["urb2304"] LOG('UnitBlueprint ', repr(UnitBluePrint), '\n')

If you want to dump the Display array of the blueprint type this:

Code:: local UnitBluePrint = __blueprints["urb2304"] LOG('UnitBlueprint ', repr(UnitBluePrint.Display), '\n')

This is how the dump looks, if its formated with "repr()"

Code:: INFO: UnitBlueprint \000{ INFO: Abilities={ "Anti-Air", "Aquatic" }, INFO: BuildMeshBlueprint="/units/urb2304/urb2304_mesh_build", INFO: CloakMeshBlueprint="/units/urb2304/urb2304_mesh_cloak", INFO: DisplayName="", INFO: HideLifebars=false, INFO: IconName="urb2304", INFO: Mesh={ INFO: BlueprintId="/units/urb2304/urb2304_mesh", INFO: BlueprintOrdinal=1864, INFO: Description="", INFO: IconFadeInZoom=130, INFO: LODs={ INFO: { INFO: AlbedoName="/units/urb2304/urb2304_albedo.dds", INFO: LODCutoff=100, INFO: LookupName="", INFO: MeshName="/units/urb2304/urb2304_lod0.scm", INFO: NormalsName="/units/urb2304/urb2304_normalsTS.dds", INFO: Occlude=false, INFO: Scrolling=false, INFO: SecondaryName="", INFO: ShaderName="Insect", INFO: Silhouette=false, INFO: SpecularName="/units/urb2304/urb2304_SpecTeam.dds" INFO: }, INFO: { INFO: AlbedoName="/units/urb2304/urb2304_lod1_albedo.dds", INFO: LODCutoff=215, INFO: LookupName="", INFO: MeshName="/units/urb2304/urb2304_lod1.scm", INFO: NormalsName="/units/urb2304/urb2304_normalsTS.dds", INFO: Occlude=false, INFO: Scrolling=false, INFO: SecondaryName="", INFO: ShaderName="Insect", INFO: Silhouette=false, INFO: SpecularName="/units/urb2304/urb2304_lod1_specteam.dds" INFO: } INFO: }, INFO: SortOrder=0, INFO: Source="/units/urb2304/urb2304_unit.bp", INFO: StraddleWater=false, INFO: UniformScale=1 INFO: }, INFO: MeshBlueprint="/units/urb2304/urb2304_mesh", INFO: MeshBlueprintWrecked="/units/urb2304/urb2304_mesh_wreck", INFO: PlaceholderMeshName="UXB0001", INFO: SpawnRandomRotation=true, INFO: Tarmacs={ INFO: { INFO: Albedo="Tarmacs/Tar6x_cybran_01_albedo", INFO: DeathLifetime=300, INFO: FadeOut=150, INFO: Length=6.4000000953674, INFO: Normal="Tarmacs/Tar6x_cybran_01_normals", INFO: Orientations={ 0, 90, 180, 270 }, INFO: RemoveWhenDead=false, INFO: Width=6.4000000953674 INFO: } INFO: }, INFO: UniformScale=0.03999999910593 INFO: }\000

Statistics: Posted by Uveso — 17 Jun 2017, 17:30

Unit dump tool Mod.

2017-06-11T03:15:49+02:00

Here is a tool I developed, it is a work in progress however, inspired and adapted from code from many places.
It is presented here as a mod, but it is intended to be used in other mods to help troubleshoot problems.
The MOD is mostly a template showing how to use the functions inside.

It is called debuglogger, and comes in an scd file, which is really just a zip file.
To use it, you can place the scd file in the gamedata, or mods directory.
Though it is intended to be extracted into the the mods directory so you customize the unit list to be dumped.
Next, enable the debug file using the commandline options.
I created an extra desktop icon with the debug parts added.

---
???\Supreme Commander - Forged Alliance\bin\ForgedAlliance.exe" /debug /log "SCFARunlog.txt"
---

It shows up in mods as debuglogger with a generic icon.
When enabled, it searches the active units for those that match the list it has.
If a unit matches, it the then dumps the bp file as it is in memory.

All you need to do is run the game and launch a skirmish with just one AI opponent.
Then exit the game, and look at the log file, it will contain what you are after.
I have included a sample dump below.

It does the same thing as php var_dump or print_r which inspired it.
The layout is awkward because LUA is not intended to be used this way.

However, it is enough to convey how the table/object of the unit is stored and used in memory.
Not everyone will like it, but I figured I would share.

Been tinkering with LOUD to try to work around some of the limitations in it that do not work for me.
I used it to make sure the changes I was making were being put in the right places.
I really like my AA2AG, and can now target ground forces, but it still doesn't automatically fire at them.

The thing to remember using this, is that it is intended to be put into something else, then dump the data so you can see if the changes were made, and done correctly.

You will see lines like this

info: urb2304:Weapon:1:FireTargetLayerCapsTable

What this actually means is bp.Weapon[1].FireTargetLayerCapsTable which has three entries that are listed next.

In addition to simply dumping the entire bp structure.
You can use tprint(bp.Categories) to dump just the categories, selectable, builtby???, etc.
The same can happen to any part of it you wish to examine.

Just remember, words are used in dot notation, while numbers go in indices[?] like this
The above shows how to read and use it.

Once you have name, you can modify it.
bp.Weapon[1].FireTargetLayerCapsTable.Air = will let you change targeting for airborne targets.

I think you get the idea.
I hope this helps people like me who were stuck until they could visualize the structure.

Here is a sample dump so you can see if will help you.

Spoiler: show

Statistics: Posted by Janus — 11 Jun 2017, 03:15

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