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VSCode LUA Debugger (ALPHA)

A Visual Debugger and inspector for LUA

VSCode Extension:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Fietspompje.tw-lua-debug

Instructions are on marketplace

Current Features:
- Breakpoints
- Stepping over, in and out
- Inspect local and global variables
- Print to vscode from lua. debuggee:print("warning", "some warning") (categories are "warning", "error", "log")
- Pausing (see limitations and quirks)
- Break on Error
- Execute lua instructions from vscode
- Virtual source files - when starting the debugger a virtual folder will be added to your vscode project containing lua files formthe active mods in the used_mods.txt file.
- script_error function now prints to vscode debug console

Limitations and Quirks
- Pausing does not work during load screens and loading
- Disconnecting and reconnecting the debugger from vscode is not advised
- Pressing pause in vscode will not stop warhammer3 where it is executing in lua, but inside the real_callback function

Future:
- Rome 2, Three Kingdoms support
- Mod Hot Reloading
- Full Dev environment
- Example video

Changes:
- Debugger can now connect to the game at any time (except during loading)
- Stability fixes
- Reduced the mod to 3 files
- Virtual source files