Dev mode¶

Dev mode, or developer mode, is a mode in Empeld that enables you to test changes more quickly.

It does so by enabling the following:

Start the game in a limited mode, without logging in to your account
Test the World and Environments in the game
Load faster, by not having to load the entire server and entities
When writing Boo, it will auto-detect changes and re-load itself

You can run in dev mode by specifying --dev upon start the game. For full details, run:

empeld.exe -h

Examples¶

Starting a Full Game¶

This is useful to test a full mod to make sure it works with multiplayer

empeld.exe -a username:password \
  -bgserver -join=localhost \
  -plugins=essentials,essentials.action,essentials.blocks.structural,essentials.blocks.alien,essentials.blocks.vegetation,sandbox \
  --world=Sandbox --game=Sandbox --environment=Basic

Testing a World¶

This tests a "World" without instantiating the game, server, or many of the effects. Loads the game much faster. Supports hot-reloading if a binary/script changes.

empeld.exe -dev \
  -plugins=essentials,essentials.action,essentials.blocks.structural,essentials.blocks.alien,essentials.blocks.vegetation,sandbox \
  --world=Sandbox --environment=Basic

Testing a Model¶

empeld.exe --dev-model path/to/my/model.mml

Testing a Particle System¶

empeld.exe --dev-psys path/to/my/particlesystem.psys

Testing UI¶

BUI (Boo UI)¶

empeld.exe --dev-ui path/to/my/ui.xml

UI2¶

empeld.exe --dev-ui2 path/to/my/ui2.xml