Check in lua script if debug/release build (DEF-1929) (SOLVED)

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#1

Hello all,

I want to make a cheats menu, but I don’t want it to be available in release builds. Is there any way to check this in lua script?

Thanks!

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#2

There is currently no way of knowing if the engine is a debug or release build. We have discussed adding this to sys.get_engine_info(). It’s in the backlog as DEF-1929.

What you can do is to set a custom flag in game.project and read that value using sys.get_config() but you’d need to either script your build process or make sure to always set the flag to the correct state in game.project before building if you do it manually.

#3

Okay I will use the temporary solution until this is added, thanks!

#4

You can take advantage of reverse hashing which exist only on debug builds:

if "" .. hash("debug") == "[debug]" then
    -- debug mode
else
    -- release mode
end
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#5

Cool, that seems a better temporary solution hehehe. Thx!

#6

Solved in Defold 1.2.116 (sys.get_engine_info().is_debug)

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