Console Logging (Debug.Log) equivalent for DOTS? (inside job's execute)

Hello,

I am interested in printing certain values to assist in the debugging process. Is there any existing equivalent to Debug.Log with DOTS? I understand there is a limitation with printing to console being traditionally done from the main thread.

Thanks.

 

I do this , probably a better way but for quick debug log it works

Code (CSharp):

1.         [BurstCompile]
2.         private struct SetData : IJobForEachWithEntity<EntityDataComponent>
3.         {
4.             public void Execute(Entity entity, int index, ref EntityDataComponent c)
5.             {
6.                 // WARNING : This does not print to console for some reason but the
7.                 // job is working.
8.                 DebugInfo();
9.  
10.                 c.EntityData = index;
11.             }
12.  
13.             [BurstDiscard]
14.             private void DebugInfo()
15.             {
16.                 Debug.Log("<b> <size=13> <color=#9DF155>Info : 3 SetDataSystem : Setting Data .</color> </size> </b>");
17.             }
18.         }

for the most part

 

Thank you for sharing!

Optimally I would like to print some value computed inside execute function to make sure all is well with my code. Can your print whatever with your DebugInfo example? Finding some way to print/log inside execute could be extremely useful for debugging quickly.

 

Ah yea I’m not sure. Honestly after getting rider IDE ive not really haven’t log anything for waht I’m doing.

 

I would really like to test my code by printing inside a Job's execute's function to see what is going on. Any way this is possible? I am willing to sacrifice performance temporarily for testing... Perhaps there's a magic way to make everything run on the main thread to use debug.log (disable multithreading for debugging or something)?

 

You don't need it to run on the main thread, you just need to disable burst on the job. Remove [BurstCompile] from the job and you should be able to call Debug.Log from inside it even if it's not running on the main thread.

 

Nice! Elegant solution. Thanks a lot!

 

You can easily
using UnityEngine;
and when logging say
UnityEngine.Debug.Log("Hello world");