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Debugging DOTS code with vscode

Discussion in 'Entity Component System' started by jdtec, Jun 1, 2019.

  1. jdtec

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    I never had so many problems debugging code with vscode until I started using DOTs more.

    Stepping through, using breakpoints, viewing variables and connecting the debugger is extremely error prone. It goes wrong and breaks all the time.

    This leads me to resorting to printf style debugging for everything, which feels tedious.

    Does anyone know why this is? Or how I might improve my debugging experience?

    I know some of you use Rider, is that perfect in comparison? I'm tentative to try it given the yearly subscription pricing.

    Are the Unity team going to make any changes that might improve working with DOTS code with the vscode debugger?
     
    jdtec, Jun 1, 2019
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  2. eizenhorn

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    Debugging in Rider works fine for me, breakpoints etc. too.
     
    eizenhorn, Jun 1, 2019
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  3. threedots1

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    You might need to disable burst compilation while debugging your jobs.

    What seems to happen if you don't is you get one loop through your job then none of your breakpoints will trigger any more.
     
    threedots1, Jun 2, 2019
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  4. jdtec

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    Yea I've got burst disabled temporarily on most of my jobs because of this. I get lots of other issues though anyway.

    Anyone from Unity care to comment on what their internal debugging workflow is? Which IDE and OS? I'm running on Mac, so I don't know if that's got worse support in general.
     
    jdtec, Jun 2, 2019
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  5. GilCat

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    Mac with visual studio is a nightmare :(
    Windows with visual studio is fine.
     
    GilCat, Jun 2, 2019
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  6. jdtec

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    Just to update in case anyone else reads this I gave Rider a go and the debugger is the best I've used on Mac with Unity by someway. Works as well as visual studio does on Windows.

    I want to continue to try to use it but have found myself going back to vscode a bit at the moment as there is so much to configure and setup in Rider to get it to work how you like, might take a bit of getting use to.
     
    jdtec, Jun 9, 2019
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  7. RoughSpaghetti3211

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    VS is killing me on Mac, i might have to try Rider
     
    RoughSpaghetti3211, Jun 9, 2019
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  8. RecursiveEclipse

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    JetBrains is king imo, Pycharm/Rider are just so nice to use. I just get rainglow, set view implementation/commit hotkeys to middle mouse/Alt + C and I'm good(and change code style layouts if you need). Also make sure you get the Rider Unity plug in.
     
    RecursiveEclipse, Jun 14, 2019
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  9. eterlan

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    Emm..I thought I can't debug in Job. I would try it later.
     
    eterlan, Jun 14, 2019
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