Crawcik / Journal

Console for Flax Engine with command handling

Journal

Console for Flax Engine with command handling

• How to use
• Adding commands
• Shortcuts
• Installation

How to use console?

1. In Flax Editor go to Journal/Source/Journal/ and place ConsoleManager.cs script in the scene where u want (for example in Scene actor)
2. Go to Journal/Content/ drag ConsolePrefab into "ConsolePrefab" field in script
3. If you want to customize console UI:
   1. Go to Journal/Content/ in editor and drag ConsolePrefab on to the scene
   2. In ConsoleManager script set CreateConsoleFromPrefab unchecked
   3. Drag console actor to ConsoleActor field

How to add commands to console?

Like this:

using FlaxEngine;
using Journal;

namespace Game
{
	public class Test : Script 
	{
 		public override void OnStart() 
		{
			ConsoleManager.RegisterCommand("hello", Hello); // <---
		}
  
		public void Hello()
		{
			Debug.Log("Hello, world!");
			// Do something here
		}
	}
}

Shortcuts

• Tab: Selecting hints when editing
• Arrow Up: Get previous commands
• Arrow Down: Get recent commands

Installation

With Flax Plugin Manager:

1. Download, unpack & run Flax Plugin Manager [Click here]
2. Select your project & add Journal

With Git:

1. Use this command somewhere in your project folder git clone https://github.com/Crawcik/Journal.git
   (for example in <your-flax-project-path>/Plugins/)

Normal way:

1. Download this project .zip or .tar.gz
2. Unpack it in folder near your project (for example <your-flax-project-path>/Plugins/Journal/)
3. Add in your .flaxproj file path to plugin, like in this example:

{
	"GameTarget": "GameTarget",
	"EditorTarget": "GameEditorTarget",
	"References": [
		{
			"Name": "$(EnginePath)/Flax.flaxproj"
		},
		{
			"Name": "$(ProjectPath)/Plugins/Journal/Journal.flaxproj"
		}
	],
}

4. Go to <your-flax-project-path>/Source/Game/Game.Build.cs and add "Journal" module, here is example: if you don't want to use commands this is optional

public override void Setup(BuildOptions options)
{
	base.Setup(options);

	options.PrivateDependencies.Add("Journal"); // Adds reference to Journal types
}

5. If something doesn't work: check logs, try deleting Cache folder or generate project files manually

Also here is official tutorial for installing plugins: https://docs.flaxengine.com/manual/scripting/plugins/plugin-project.html