QUESTION: How to setup a development environment?

[kuxynator]

How to setup a comfortable development environment?

So far I haven't used the debug mode yet, because I don't really have an idea how to use it. Current setup: I have

• a Factorio folder with bin and mods folders for each mod I develop. In each mods folder I have the mod to test and all dependent mods. (I know, managing the mod-list.json would also be possible, but not implemented because it works as it is)
• 'Factorio'
  • 'bin/...'
  • 'mods-Test1'
    • 'Test1Mod.zip' (The mod to test)
    • 'DependencyMod' (one or more mods which I need for a test)
    • 'mod-list.json' etc
  • 'mods-Test2'
• a Development folder with all mods I develop
  • 'Test1Mod' (with the workspace file and some .git, .vscode folders)
  • 'src' (the content of the mod, as in zip file)
  • 'Test2Mod'

To test (without debug) I call a batch file which copies the zipped src folder to the mod directory and than I call the factorio.exe with parameter

• factorio.exe --mod-directory PATH

With this setup I have a test environment for each mod.

BUT now I want to debug finally (as I am actually used to for C#)

• I installed 'Factorio Mod Debug' and configured the launch.json
• I open my workspace file for the mod to test
• I Press F5 to start debug. so far so good, factorio starts (using the mods folder)

Now the problems begin:

• How do I get the currently executed source code to make breakpoints?
• or How to I start factorio with the current code (w/o copying it each time)?
• How do I pass parameters to use a different mods folder? (--mod-directory PATH)
• Or how would you set it up to test/debug all mods properly?

for you ideas and tips I would be very grateful

[justarandomgeek]

https://github.com/justarandomgeek/vscode-factoriomod-debug/blob/master/workspace.md should answer most of these questions. --mod-directory is set automatically. Check the Intellisense in launch.json for more information on other options.

[B-head]

How to work in any folder.

1. Mimic the structure within ./mods in Factorio's user data directory.
2. Add "modsPath": "${workspaceFolder}" to launch configurations.