Found a perfect way to debug projects - and make your life easier!

I was bored with constant compiling of my project just to test and see how one variable will affect my game - trying to find a perfect value.

So i created an input text fields with GUI and i was assigning those input values from text fields to different variables through out my project. So i could change my variables dynamically while i was IN the game.

But then... often you write the function - test the project - just to find out that you haven't set some minor thingie that render entire function unusable... :( So, back to the labs - compile again, and again and again... its not always just about some variable value.

So i found a perfect way to write the ENTIRE functions DYNAMICALLY while i am in the game! B)
Here is how:

Make one external file where you will write your temporary code. I called it "debugScript.cs". I write most of my new functions there, until i "perfect them" (and then move to the file where they belong).

Then i use these functions to exec that code dynamically:

// universal function for loading data from files.
// Returns space-delimited data (may be used as vector)
// Ignores comments at the beginning of lines, and empty rows
function readFile(%fileName) {
	if ( isFile(%fileName) ) {
		%data = "";
		%file = new FileObject();    
		
		if (%file.openForRead( %fileName )) {    
			while ( !%file.isEOF() ) {
				%lineOfCode = %file.readLine();
				if (getWord(%lineOfCode, 0) !$= "//" && %lineOfCode !$= "" )
					%data = %data @ %lineOfCode SPC "";
			}
			%file.close();
		}
		else
			%data = "Error opening file for read:" SPC %fileName;
	}
	else {
		%data = "Error loading file:" SPC %fileName;
	}
	return %data;
}

// and finally i execute the entire script from the file
function debugScript() {
	eval( readFile("./debugScript.cs") );
	echo("Debug code executed!");
}

You just bind to execute debugScript() function on a press of some key (i use "D", but you may experience problems if you are using WSAD in your game)

The effect is the same as i wrote the entire code directly into the console during the game.