[Scummvm-devel] debuglevel in config file

[Max Horn]

Am 23.04.2005 um 03:40 schrieb Travis Howell:

> From: "Max Horn" <max at quendi.de>
>> I am toying with the thought of just completely removing support for 
>> setting a debug level in the config file.
>>
>> There seems to be no good reason for this feature in the first place; 
>> we mostly do it because we can, I think. However, that causes some 
>> headache in the code when it tries to keep the global gDebugLevel in 
>> sync with the value stored in the config manager (we have to store it 
>> in a global due to speed reasons, otherwise using debug() 
>> extensively, as we currently do, would slow us down to a crawl).
>> In all the times I work on ScummVM, I have used debug levels a lot, 
>> but I always set them via the command line (-d), never ever did I set 
>> it via the config file, nor did I ever have any desire for it. I 
>> tried hard and can't think of any scenario were being able to do that 
>> would have offered me any benefit...
>>
>> So, if anybody has some realistic scenario (or even better, a real 
>> experience) were setting the debuglevel via the config file 
>> is/was/would be useful, please tell me. Otherwise, I'll just remove 
>> this (mis)feature ASAP.
>
> I always use a debugLevel 1 setting in my config file, since I find 
> the internal debug output of SCUMM games (Especially HE games) often 
> helpful. The internal debug output of HE games is often quite detailed 
> and was helpful in solving some sprite related bugs for example. The 
> debug mode of HE games is currently based off the debuglevel setting 
> at the moment too and even more useful. In HE80+ games, the debug mode 
> provides:
> A debug room with access to all room of game.
> A debug room with access to all items needed in game.
> A debug room to select the paths to complete the game (Multiple paths 
> are possible and choose at random on startup).
>
> So please try to keep the debuglevel as a config file option if 
> possible.

But do you need the debuglevel on a per-game basis, or would it be 
sufficient if it was loaded once when ScummVM is started, from the 
global settings?

Bye,

Max