04. Debugging

• Debug Inside C&C
• Lua REPL

This guide will help you debug the mod.

Debug Inside C&C

Note: to follow these steps you need to have C&C Remastered collection installed via Steam.

• Open a command prompt in the repo root
• Run:

  scripts\run-cnc.bat

• Alt-tab out of the game menu once it loads
• Open Visual Studio
  • Click Debug
  • Click Attach to Process...
  • Select InstanceServerG.exe
• DLL will be loaded once you start a mission/skirmish

Lua REPL

A test REPL (Read Evaluate Print Loop) program for the embedded Lua API can be launched by running:

scripts\run-lua-repl.bat

This is useful for debugging Lua scripts and testing out the Lua API.