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Morenu
May 28th, 2023, 18:17
I know that some extensions have settings in the option menu to turn off and on various features. Would it be possible to have an option in game to let us turn off an extension? mainly for bug testing. otherwise it is a load and unload situation that takes infinitely longer. we have an error that is difficult to reproduce but pops up every session. as a group we would be more than willing to bug test it for 30 mins but reloading takes 15 minutes in and of itself.

I am sure this would be VERY difficult for larger extensions that override FGU code but Its a thought.

Thx
Zacchaeus
May 28th, 2023, 18:38
The problem is that extensions add code to the ruleset you are using and extensions therefore get loaded after the ruleset. You can't switch off the ruleset - which is basically what you would need to do. The options to turn features off or on are handled by code in the extension; so you aren't actually removing code. So once an extension is loaded there's no way to remove it other than disabling it before you start your campaign.
Griogre
May 28th, 2023, 18:41
While I understand you pain and there is a reason most IDEs have a debug compile...

The problem with ideas like this is, unless there is a high level way of disabling things in mass, what would have to happen is to have a bool check on every feature point, basically doubling the number of decisions in the code for a rare use case.

This doubling would always effects the codes performance and while it would be trivial on a small number of decisions - on larger numbers it just isn't worth slowing everything down.
Moon Wizard
May 28th, 2023, 23:54
The extension can itself implement an extension to enable/disable it's own features. I've seen some extensions that do that, but not very many.

Regards,
JPG
Morenu
May 29th, 2023, 01:37
The extension can itself implement an extension to enable/disable it's own features. I've seen some extensions that do that, but not very many.

Regards,
JPG

That's sort of what I meant. just not sure if it is all that easy. maybe an on off extension section and any extension creator that wants to could put an on off switch there.