DebugMode - Revision history

Soliton: /* Debug Mode */ debug mode is not disabled in network games since a while

2025-07-30T16:19:42Z

‎Debug Mode: debug mode is not disabled in network games since a while

2021-09-22T06:10:58Z

‎See Also

2021-05-19T22:37:41Z

‎Debug Mode: That's not the case anymore in 1.14

2015-07-21T06:36:34Z

‎Building the game with extra debugging

2011-03-24T01:10:59Z

Update the unstripped vs stripped debug build fluff

2011-03-24T01:02:31Z

‎Building the game with extra debugging: typo

2011-03-24T00:58:23Z

‎Building the game with extra debugging: Revised, added cmake and scons info

2008-09-25T14:06:49Z

‎Debug Mode

2008-03-20T14:34:23Z

recategorizing

2008-02-28T20:46:07Z

‎Debug Mode

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:19, 30 July 2025
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	Debug mode can also be enabled within the game using :debug (see [[CommandMode]]), and on Mac versions of the game, by holding down the Option key when starting Wesnoth.		Debug mode can also be enabled within the game using :debug (see [[CommandMode]]), and on Mac versions of the game, by holding down the Option key when starting Wesnoth.
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−	~~''' Debug mode is disabled when you play a network multiplayer game. '''~~

	== Building the game with extra debugging ==		== Building the game with extra debugging ==

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 * [[CommandMode]]
 * [[DeveloperResources]]
 [[Category:Building and Installing]]
 [[Category:Development]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:37, 19 May 2021
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	Debug mode can also be enabled within the game using :debug (see [[CommandMode]]), and on Mac versions of the game, by holding down the Option key when starting Wesnoth.		Debug mode can also be enabled within the game using :debug (see [[CommandMode]]), and on Mac versions of the game, by holding down the Option key when starting Wesnoth.
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−	Note: Debug mode is not safe with replays. If you enter debug mode, create a unit, move it, and then save replay, the replay will be corrupt since the unit creation is not recorded and thus all actions related to it will cause OOS errors.

	''' Debug mode is disabled when you play a network multiplayer game. '''		''' Debug mode is disabled when you play a network multiplayer game. '''

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:36, 21 July 2015
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	cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug [...] <path to top source dir>		cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug [...] <path to top source dir>
−	~~make~~
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−	~~'''autotools (1.8 and earlier):'''~~
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−	~~./configure --enable-debug [...]~~
	make		make

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 '''cmake:'''
-  cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug <path to top source dir>
+  cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug [...] <path to top source dir>
   make
 '''autotools (1.8 and earlier):'''
-  ./configure --enable-debug
+  ./configure --enable-debug [...]
   make
-An unstripped debug build on linux is over 80MB, compared to 2-3MB stripped. You probably don't want to strip a debugging build, since the symbols are needed for the debugging tool.
+An unstripped debug build on linux is over 400 MB, compared to around 16 MB stripped. You probably don't want to strip a debugging build, though, since the extra symbols are required by debug tools.
 == See Also ==

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 == Building the game with extra debugging ==
-The game can be built to support debugging, enabling a few code snippets for the benefit of external debuggers like ''gdb', and disabling compiler optimizations.
+The game can be built to support debugging, enabling a few code snippets for the benefit of external debuggers like ''gdb'', and disabling compiler optimizations.
 It is a good idea to run a debug build of the game if you do development, since it can be necessary to diagnose serious problems.

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 Debug mode can also be enabled within the game using :debug (see [[CommandMode]]), and on Mac versions of the game, by holding down the Option key when starting Wesnoth.
-Note: Debug mode is not safe with replays. If you enter debug mode, create a unit, sand then save replay, the replay will probably trip over the coerruption check when you actually try to replay it.
+Note: Debug mode is not safe with replays. If you enter debug mode, create a unit, move it, and then save replay, the replay will be corrupt since the unit creation is not recorded and thus all actions related to it will cause OOS errors.
 ''' Debug mode is disabled when you play a network multiplayer game. '''

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:34, 20 March 2008
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	[[Category:Building and Installing]]		[[Category:Building and Installing]]
−	[[Category:~~Committers~~]]	+	[[Category:Development]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:46, 28 February 2008
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	Debug mode can also be enabled within the game using :debug (see [[CommandMode]]), and on Mac versions of the game, by holding down the Option key when starting Wesnoth.		Debug mode can also be enabled within the game using :debug (see [[CommandMode]]), and on Mac versions of the game, by holding down the Option key when starting Wesnoth.
		+
		+	Note: Debug mode is not safe with replays. If you enter debug mode, create a unit, sand then save replay, the replay will probably trip over the coerruption check when you actually try to replay it.

	''' Debug mode is disabled when you play a network multiplayer game. '''		''' Debug mode is disabled when you play a network multiplayer game. '''