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This plugin will open up a new window at the start of your playtest,  where data from your game will be displayed, like switch, variables or events, updated in real time during your playtest.

You can navigate from a view to another by using the menu at the top of the debugger window.


Views

Switches

  The switch view feature :

  • The display of every switchs of your game 
  • Filtering options by ID/name and status (ON or OFF)
  • An easy way to toggle any switch by a simple click


Variables

  The variable view feature :

  • The display of every variables of your game 
  • Filtering options by ID/name and value
  • An easy way to input custom values in a specific variable


Self Switches

  The self switch view feature : 

  • The display of every self switchs of every events of the current map
  • Filtering options by ID/name and status (ON or OFF)
  • An easy way to toggle any self switch by a simple click


Events

  The event view feature : 

  • The display of every events of the current map 
  • Filtering options by ID/Name, state (running or not running) or activate page
  • An easy way to edit most of the event conditions & options
  • A button to manually force start/stop an event 
  • A button to quickly teleport to the event
  • The display of a warning if an autorun event is detected as potentially stuck




Map

  The map view feature : 

  • A minimap displaying the position of the player and every events
  • An assortment of tools that let you display a grid, the collisions and/or the regions ID directly in game or on the minimap.
  • The display of the details of a clicked/selected minimap tile
  • A button to quickly teleport to the clicked/selected minimap tile
  • The display of event(s) as in the event view of the clicked/selected minimap tile




Interpreter (WIP)

  The interpreter view feature :

  • The display of every event command of the selected event of the current map
  • An easy way to edit the event command parameters.*



* : This view is a work in progress and not every event command parameters are currently displayable/editable. More to come in the future!


Install Instructions

Download, place archive in your project folder, right click on archive, extract directly in your project folder. Open up plugin manager of RPG Maker MV/MZ and add Drag_Debugger. Run playtest.

In order for this plugin to work as intended, please, make sure that the file "Drag_Debugger.js" is located into the "/js/plugins/" folder of your project and that the file "Drag_DevTools_index.html" is located at the root of your project, next to the "game.rmmzproject" file.

 ⚠ Be aware that even though you can edit most of the values displayed in the debugger window, like the content of a Show Text event command,  nothing will be saved in your files and you'll have to make thoses changes  in your editor as well if you want to keep them.  This debugger is only intended to make your playtest session easier and/or  faster and will not replace the editor in any way. ⚠


Special thanks to :

  •  Doro, Drifty, Tea for your support, your bug test, your help ❤
  •  Trihan for the autorun warning script

You guys and ladies are awesome !


If you'd like to support me, my work, and continue to see cool plugins make their way to your games, please consider supporting me on Patreon :

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If you have any suggestion or need to report a bug, you can join my dedicated discord server thanks to this link : 

Happy game dev' !


StatusIn development
CategoryTool
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
AuthorDrag & Plugin
Tagsasset, debugger, free, mv, mz, plugin, RPG Maker, RPG Maker MV, RPG Maker MZ, tool

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I was like, "Well this obviously is not for MV- Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?" :o

Yes, it is ! ;)
Tho I didn't made a lotta test for MV, so if you ever find an issue, please let me know :)

Drag is mine! Step off Mike! <3 you Draggypoo

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Don't worry Drifty my dude, I'm all yours! <3 

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This is HANDS DOWN the BEST debugging tool for RM!!! I would rate it 10 stars if itch.io would let me!

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Ow, thank you so much Tea! Your comment makes me really happy ! :D

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Man, I love you. This is amazing. 

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Not in a public place, Mike ! uwu
Just kidding, I'm glad you like it and I hope it will be useful to you :D

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Hahah, I'm not ashamed of this (ʘ‿ʘ)'

Again,  thank you ver much for another great tool/utility!