As the title says, I would like to be able to print some variables and references to the console similar to C++, e.g.:

myActorRef: 00ff105 has effect = 1

for debuging reasons. I know there is a way to do it, but I can't find it anywhere :banghead: Anyone has a clue?

Edit: Found PrintToConsole, but it's only for float variables. Actually I can't make it work, I must be using wrong syntax. Anyone knows if I can print a short, an int or a reference somehow???

I just put the following in the scrip I'm debugging:

printc "??? is: %.3f"

replace the ??? with the variable's ID (text name)

The .3 part is to print the value out to 3 decimal places.

Shorts or floats - just specify digits for the %f formatter
PrintToConsole "Enemy, Total %.0f", iEnemyCount

The Name of something:
PrintToConsole "Enemy, %n", rTarget

The FormID:
PrintToConsole "Enemy, %i", rTarget

To save all this in a text file - you have to type this every time you restart the game:
scof "myfile.txt"

Thanks a lot to both of you, you just saved me from hours of headaches

When it comes to debug text, it can be very useful to use http://fose.silverlock.org/fose_command_doc.html#DebugPrint instead of http://fose.silverlock.org/fose_command_doc.html#PrintToConsole. The two functions work in pretty much exactly the same way, except http://fose.silverlock.org/fose_command_doc.html#DebugPrint will only print messages to the console if "debug mode" has been turned on for that plugin file via http://fose.silverlock.org/fose_command_doc.html#SetDebugMode. This lets you leave debugging lines in your code without worrying about creating console spam.

There's a good reference in the FOSE documentation for the various format specifiers that you can use to print dynamic data to the console - http://fose.silverlock.org/fose_command_doc.html#FormatSpecifiers
Other available format specifiers, which also work with http://geck.gamesas.com/index.php/ShowMessage, are listed on the GECK Wiki - http://geck.gamesas.com/index.php/ShowMessage#Formatting_notation

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There is a nice trick that exploits DebugPrint, SetDebugMode and http://fose.silverlock.org/fose_command_doc.html#GetSourceModIndex. You can toggle debugging on/off by running the lines

set myModDebugMode to (1 != myModDebugMode)SetDebugMode myModDebugMode (GetSourceModIndex SomeItemAddedByMyMod)

where myModDebugMode is a short. These can be run from an options menu, by adding an item to the pc or whatever.

If I remember correctly, the "modIndex" parameter of http://fose.silverlock.org/fose_command_doc.html#SetDebugMode is only required in the console, where http://fose.silverlock.org/fose_command_doc.html#GetSourceModIndex doesn't work. When called in a script, http://fose.silverlock.org/fose_command_doc.html#SetDebugMode should apply to the source mod by default.

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