If you haven't tried the DOTS Editor package, give it a shot

So I downloaded all the necessary ECS stuff to do Netcode and just assumed the debugger that came with it was the best I got. And then another kind user in another thread said there was a DOTS editor.

I downloaded it and holy cow, it is great. Biggest difference is it adds hierarchy for your entities which is so very helpful.

I think it would be good to put a little note somewhere in the base ECS that there is this pretty good DOTS Editor that you can download. Just so people are more aware of it. The list of DOTS stuff is long and I didn't look at it closely.

 

Yes it is convenient. But by all means it is not a replacement for default DOTS debugger. Rather additional useful tool. At least at the current state.

I still use a lot default DOTS debugger, as there are cases, I am not interested in the hierarchy of entities. Depending on situation.
For example when filtering entities by specific archetype.
Interesting thing is, when you click on entity in default debugger, it points to entity in the new DOTS editor hierarchy.

Systems viewer also useful.

 

@Antypodish Seems to be the future of the inspector. Because the OG one is rough and quick but has more information.

 

I'll second the "try it" and also "it doesn't do everything" statements.
I'll also add that I don't think it updates DynamicBuffers in real time. It only seems to update the inspector when you first select an entity. Drove me crazy for a bit until I realized what was happening.

 

I just appreciate the hierarchy so I can find what entities I need quicker.