Debugging (Civ5)

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Checklist

• Did you correctly import to the VFS the files that need to be?
• Did you correctly set up the actions and content tab in your project?
• Did you restart civ5 after you added new files?

XML Debugging

View of the snapshot using SQLiteManager

Checking the logs

If you correct set up your #configuration, whenever you start a game, Civ5 saves some logs under My Games/Sid Medier's Civilization V/cache/Civ5DebugDatabase.db.

• If there were errors with the XML formatting of your data files (wrong column names for example), they will logged in XML.log.

[6904.323] Tag (TXT_KEYMODDING_SHOWDLCMODS) does not start with 'TXT_KEY_'

• If there were errors with the data integrity (missing foreign keys for example - types that reference rows from other tables), they will logged in database.log.

[6903.917] Invalid Reference on Leader_Flavors.LeaderType - "LEADER_HARALD" does not exist in Leaders

Using the snapshots

If you correct set up your #configuration, whenever you start a game, Civ5 saves a snapshot of the database under My Games/Sid Medier's Civilization V/cache/Civ5DebugDatabase.db

• This allows you to check how your XML and SQL files have been merged with the standard game data.

Lua Debugging

Using the Firetuner console

If you correct set up your #configuration, Civ5 will send all the Lua output to the Firetuner. This includes all the debugging output but also any error that may arise, with their stack traces.

 Runtime Error: [string "C:\Users\Boss\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier'..."]:41: attempt to concatenate local 'name' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
	[string "C:\Users\Boss\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier'..."]:41: in function 'dumpObj'
	[string "C:\Users\Boss\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier'..."]:95: in function 'ScanAll'
	[string "C:\Users\Boss\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier'..."]:188: in main chunk
	[C]: ?

Here we can see that the main chunk called a function ScanAll at line 188. This one then called dumpObj at line 95. And this one caused an error on line 41.

Configuration

Look for the following files under My Documents/My Games/Sid Meiers' Civilization V and open them in a text editor like the notepad (not in a word processor).

• config.ini
  • Set LoggingEnabled to 1. Civ5 will write log files under the Logs folder.
  • Set EnableLuaDebugLibrary to 1. Civ5 will display stack traces on Lua errors and you will be able to use the debug object.
  • Set DebugPanel to 1. By pressing the ² key (may be ù or something else depending on your computer's language) during a game, Civ5 will display a debug panel.
• usersettings.ini
  • Set DebugMode to 1. Needed to enable other features previously mentioned.