MDK-Debug

NON-FUNCTIONAL
Since Keen now has removed direct plugin support, this project is dead. It would have to be rewritten to be a PluginLoader plugin - but since I personally don't use this plugin any longer, I have no incentive to maintain it. Sorry.

Utility plugin for Space Engineers, allowing direct debugging of Programmable Block scripts via Space Engineers. Designed for MDK projects.

This plugin owes its existence to Inflex, who created the first version of it. By his permission I have rewritten and adapted it for use with MDK projects, but his basic methodology survives.

Remarks

This plugin is currently a prototype. It should work but it's technically not in a "releasable" state yet and I haven't really decided how much I should truly integrate it with MDK. Most likely the assembly selection method will remain for people who don't want to use MDK, and we'll see if I integrate it more completely with MDK.

Usage

• Installation: Create a shortcut on your desktop, or start menu or whereever you want it.
  Set it up to point to your Steam.exe file (you'll probably find it in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam").
  Configure its arguments so they look like this: `Steam.exe -applaunch 244850 -plugin "path\to\MDK-Debug.dll"
• Debugging:
  • Start the debugging shortcut
    • It is highly recommended that you set your Space Engineers up to run in a borderless window or windowed mode, not fullscreen. Otherwise you'll likely get Space Engineers on top, unresponsive, with Visual Studio on a breakpoint behind it, being difficult to get at.
  • Open the MDK project you wish to debug
  • Compile it
  • Make sure SE has completely started, then - in Visual Studio - press the Debug menu, Attach to Process, and select Space Engineers in the process list.
  • In Space Engineers, Create or load a world where you have a programmable block you wish to test in
  • Open the programmable block in question, select "MDK-SE: Bind DLL"
  • Select the .exe file generated for your MDK project. You'll find it in the bin folder of your MDK project
    • The program will be immediately loaded and started, so you might want to have placed breakpoints already.