Playmaker Forum
PlayMaker Feedback => Feature Requests => Topic started by: mrbdrm on February 07, 2013, 08:27:18 AM
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Hi
i have more than 4 object in the scene communicating and using globals so right now its really hard to debug them without seeing them all flow at the same time.
mutch better than setting 20 break points
thank you
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multiple playmaker windows huh
+100
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Hi,
yep, +100 for me too. But given the performances problems we have with one fsm, I would prefer that this option is only available when playmaker editor will evolve and become more and more efficient. But I would totally want this too.
bye,
Jean
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ahh, totally agree, performance is key, there is little point in multiple windows if we can not use them, maybe in the future
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While i love side by side comparison as an option too, here is another idea to keep the overview of all the FSMs in a Scene:
How about an "overview" so you see all the FSMs of the scene hierarchy in one Overview window. It could be the same concept like the FSMs (Actions are collapsed in states in one FSM) but one level above (States are collapsed in FSMs in the "Grand Overview").
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I could see that being expensive also. Refactor after creating globals is already abysmally slow, I'd be frustrated further if I had to refactor every time I wanted to look at an fsm overview.
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Well, assuming all you wanted to see was the FSM itself and not what's inside a particular state i can see a system that caches a sort of screen-capture of the FSM and uses that to satisfy this.
though, i would think that it'd get hairy if you wanted to compare the states and actions between two with this kind of system
Hmm... idea... have a system that caches a screenshot of the various FSMs that is independent of the graph view. from there, it caches the general position where the states are... when you click on a state, it then fetches the coordinates from a paired-up file (like a text file or xml or something) and then shows you a screenshot of the actions or just gives you a list of the actions. (i think screenshot would be most flexible since you could see how the actions are configured)
if it's all kept independent and separate and not using the same engine that the graph view uses, it might be possible to implement this without having to worry as much about two graph view windows fighting it out.
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I like the idea of Red but wouldnt need to look inside the FSMs but to see all of them side by side with usefull information for each (variables global/local, global events, send events) . Its also okay if its slow if its not meant to be used all the time but to get an overview and track down errors and redundant stuff. Maybe a list view would be already enough (i should check out the "Comms tool")
I created a little spreadsheet what i would like to see side by side for all FSMs
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Agp_gTvfqp3UdG9XVk5CNWlGWHpOUERZOVd5QXJLX1E (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Agp_gTvfqp3UdG9XVk5CNWlGWHpOUERZOVd5QXJLX1E)
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Yeah, I've been thinking about some kind of project level overview... something along the lines of your spreadsheet.
We also did a lot of work to optimize the graph view recently, so it might be more feasible to draw multiple graphs now...
Better overview/project management/searches is definitely going to be a focus in upcoming updates!
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Hi Alex,
that sounds great. Im pretty excited what you will come up with!