Godot Debugging

# print() — general output, space-separated values
print("Player position: ", position)
print("Health: ", health, " / ", max_health)

# print_rich() — BBCode-formatted output in the Output panel
print_rich("[color=yellow]WARNING:[/color] Enemy count exceeded limit: ", enemy_count)
print_rich("[b]State:[/b] [color=green]", current_state, "[/color]")

# push_error() — logs an error with a full stack trace; does NOT stop execution
push_error("save_game: file path is empty")

# push_warning() — logs a warning with stack trace; use for recoverable issues
push_warning("AudioStreamPlayer: bus '%s' not found, using Master" % bus_name)

# print_debug() — only prints in debug builds; stripped from release exports
print_debug("Frame delta: ", delta, " | FPS: ", Engine.get_frames_per_second())

# printerr() — prints to stderr; visible in external terminals and CI logs
printerr("Critical: physics state corrupted at frame ", Engine.get_process_frames())

# String formatting with % operator
print("Actor [%s] dealt %d damage to [%s]" % [name, damage, target.name])

# String.format() with named placeholders
var msg := "Position: ({x}, {y}) at speed {spd}"
print(msg.format({"x": position.x, "y": position.y, "spd": velocity.length()}))

# Printing arrays and dictionaries — use str() for clean output
var inventory := {"sword": 1, "potion": 3}
print("Inventory: ", str(inventory))

# Conditional verbose logging using a project-level constant or autoload flag
if DebugConfig.verbose_ai:
    print_rich("[color=cyan][AI][/color] ", agent.name, " chose action: ", chosen_action)

// String interpolation
GD.Print($"Actor [{Name}] dealt {damage} damage to [{target.Name}]");

// Printing collections
var inventory = new Godot.Collections.Dictionary { { "sword", 1 }, { "potion", 3 } };
GD.Print("Inventory: ", inventory);

// Conditional verbose logging
if (DebugConfig.VerboseAi)
    GD.PrintRich($"[color=cyan][AI][/color] {agent.Name} chose action: {chosenAction}");

using Godot;

public partial class Player : CharacterBody3D
{
    public override void _Ready()
    {
        // GD.Print — equivalent to GDScript print()
        GD.Print("Player position: ", Position);

        // GD.PrintRich — BBCode formatted
        GD.PrintRich("[color=yellow]Ready called on[/color] ", Name);

        // GD.PushError — logs error with stack trace
        GD.PushError("_Ready: required child node missing");

        // GD.PushWarning — logs warning with stack trace
        GD.PushWarning("AudioBus not found, falling back to Master");

        // GD.PrintErr — writes to stderr
        GD.PrintErr("Critical failure in _Ready");
    }

    private void HandleDamage(int amount)
    {
        // Formatted string output
        GD.Print($"[{Name}] took {amount} damage. HP: {_health}/{_maxHealth}");
    }
}

func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
    if velocity.length() > MAX_SPEED:
        breakpoint  # execution pauses here during debug runs
    move_and_slide()

public override void _PhysicsProcess(double delta)
{
    if (Velocity.Length() > MaxSpeed)
    {
        System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break(); // pause if .NET debugger is attached
    }
    MoveAndSlide();
}