Hi,
Would it be possible for debugging symbols for core modules to be distributed with launcher builds, or, maybe just via the GitHub repository or forums?
Whilst it is possible to build and debug the engine using the GitHub source, there are a few cumbersome problems:
- The project’s engine has to be switched from the launcher build to the local build folder, and the game/engine projects are merged into one massive solution
- Every time there is a new release, the source + optional dependencies have to be downloaded again and the engine has to be recompiled
- Engine code seldom needs to be altered, so my use case for this is working on game code, and quickly needing to see where I dun goofed to make the engine crash so I can fix it
It would be much easier to point Visual Studio at a selection of included symbol files and the GitHub source.
I’d be interesting in the following editor symbols:
- UE4Editor-Core
- UE4Editor-Slate
- UE4Editor-SlateCore
- UE4Editor-InputCore
- UE4Editor-RenderCore
That’s quite a small list, and there might be a couple more common ones to add there. At least with the core symbols, no-mans land call stacks can be avoided while working on game code
Thanks!
Alan