zoobuffalo Hi folks, it's been a while. I'm setting up a new AIR project on a different computer and am coding in VSC - the only problem is that I don't know how to get trace logs to show up. Can anyone help? I have the three Bowler Hat As3 extensions installed.
joshtynjala You need to compile a debug build (typically the ActionScript: compile debug - asconfig.json task). Traces show up in VSCode's Debug Console when you launch with the Debug menu -> Start Debugging (F5) using the "swf" debug type.
zoobuffalo Thank you Josh, I got the traces to show. So I compile and then start debugging. I feel like they used to show automatically with a command - return compile, but maybe I misremembered.
joshtynjala There is the Quick Compile and Debug command (Ctrl+Shift+Enter), which compiles and starts debugging in a single command, similar to the Adobe Animate keyboard shortcut. That's still available. Perhaps you are remembering that.
General Also I recommend integrating Junkbyte's Console: https://www.reddit.com/r/as3/comments/lyg16d/junkbyte_console_very_useful_tool_for_tracking/ It will let you trace errors even on an unconnected phones, it's a very useful tool: you can ask a player who reports a bug to open a console and send you its contents