Gamedev friends, do you format/prettify your console logs in-engine? If so, how do they look like? I tend to add a [INFO]/[WARNING]/[ERROR] tag and customize their color, I like them better that way (and they're not part of the build, of course). - ThreadSky

shidygames.com • 39 days ago

Gamedev friends, do you format/prettify your console logs in-engine? If so, how do they look like?

I tend to add a [INFO]/[WARNING]/[ERROR] tag and customize their color, I like them better that way (and they're not part of the build, of course).

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florentfortat.bsky.social•39 days ago

Not really, I use the built-in Log, LogWarning and LogError so that I can filter them. At most I add the classname when I have similar logs in multiple classes. I also use Assert to check for setup errors.

shidygames.com•39 days ago

I do too! I'm just formatting them a little (and add the tag I mentionned) so that they look more readable - to me at least 🫠.

Never used Assert before, I just checked the documentation, sounds like something useful for unit testing am I right?

florentfortat.bsky.social•39 days ago

I meant Debug.Assert (https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Debug.Assert.html), it can be used in any script and it logs as an error. Could be seen as a shorthand to "if (!cond) Debug.LogError(msg)"

I mostly use it in Awake/Start to check if all references and setup is there and with sensible values.

shidygames.com•39 days ago

Ah yeah ok, my bad, it makes sense!

I was looking at this one haha: https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Assertions.Assert.html

cai-tan.bsky.social•39 days ago

Debug.LogWarning and Debug.LogError already do that. What I do end up doing is that I almost always try to standardize putting the name of the system or script file at the beginning of the log message in brackets, like [WebsocketManager] or [EnemyBehavior] so I can identify it in build logs.

shidygames.com•39 days ago

Oh yeah, I have no error to show here but I basically prettify those /w color formatting in-engine (not in player.log).

Passing the class names in the logs is a good idea!

cai-tan.bsky.social•39 days ago

oh, I could have sworn that Unity automatically does warning logs as yellow and error logs as red, but I'm checking now and I guess it doesn't do that in the console, but it does still do that in the status bar at the bottom??? huh. mandela effect. I guess I should look into customizing that then~

cai-tan.bsky.social•39 days ago

I *can* show you the in-engine console output that I set up for my custom stream overlay app though! I didn't change the coloring of my "info" logs, but I do also have some formatting for command inputs.

shidygames.com•39 days ago

Nice!

Here it is in-engine when I make them spawn, so as you can see they do use Log, LogWarning and LogError, and I feel they're more convenient to read (but that's personal taste)!

shidygames.com•39 days ago

In terms of input, it's just a habbit. Nothing very complicated compared than the Debug.Log version.

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