Improve logging

core/sound.lua

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function register_sound(name, path, filename)
 	s.original_volume = 0.75
 	s.sound_code = name
 
-	sendDebugMessage("Registered sound " .. name .. " from file " .. filename)
+    sendDebugMessage("Registered sound " .. name .. " from file " .. filename)
 	SMODS.SOUND_SOURCES[name] = s
 end
 

core/sprite.lua

@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ function SMODS.injectSprites()
         else
             error("Bad Sprite type")
         end
-		
-		sendDebugMessage("The Sprite named " .. sprite.name .. " with path " .. sprite.path .. " have been registered.")
+
+        sendDebugMessage("The Sprite named " .. sprite.name .. " with path " .. sprite.path .. " have been registered.")
 	end
 
     --Reload Textures

debug/debug.lua

@@ -2,23 +2,54 @@
 ------------MOD DEBUG SOCKET------------------
 
 function initializeSocketConnection()
-	local socket = require("socket")
-	client = socket.connect("localhost", 12345)
-	if not client then
-		print("Failed to connect to the debug server")
-	end
+    local socket = require("socket")
+    client = socket.connect("localhost", 12345)
+    if not client then
+        print("Failed to connect to the debug server")
+    end
 end
 
-function sendDebugMessage(message)
-	if client then
-		client:send(message .. "\n")
-	end
+-- message, logger in this order to preserve backward compatibility
+function sendTraceMessage(message, logger)
+	sendMessageToConsole("TRACE", logger, message)
+end
+
+function sendDebugMessage(message, logger)
+    sendMessageToConsole("DEBUG", logger, message)
+end
+
+function sendInfoMessage(message, logger)
+	-- space in info string to align the logs in console
+    sendMessageToConsole("INFO ", logger, message)
+end
+
+function sendWarnMessage(message, logger)
+	-- space in warn string to align the logs in console
+	sendMessageToConsole("WARN ", logger, message)
+end
+
+function sendErrorMessage(message, logger)
+    sendMessageToConsole("ERROR", logger, message)
+end
+
+function sendFatalMessage(message, logger)
+    sendMessageToConsole("FATAL", logger, message)
+end
+
+function sendMessageToConsole(level, logger, message)
+    if client then
+        level = level or "DEBUG"
+        logger = logger or "DefaultLogger"
+        message = message or "Default log message"
+        -- naive way to separate the logs if the console receive multiple logs at the same time
+        client:send(level .. " :: " .. logger .. " :: " .. message .. "ENDOFLOG")
+    end
 end
 
 initializeSocketConnection()
 
 -- Use the function to send messages
-sendDebugMessage("Steamodded Debug Socket started !")
+sendDebugMessage("Steamodded Debug Socket started !", "DebugConsole")
 
 ----------------------------------------------
 ------------MOD DEBUG SOCKET END--------------

debug/tk_debug_window.py

@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 import tkinter as tk
 import socket
 import threading
+from datetime import datetime
 
 
 def client_handler(client_socket):
     while True:
         data = client_socket.recv(1024)
         if not data:
             break
-        text_widget.insert(tk.END, data.decode() + '\n')
-        text_widget.see(tk.END)
+
+        decoded_data = data.decode()
+        logs = decoded_data.split("ENDOFLOG")
+        for log in logs:
+            if log:
+                text_widget.insert(tk.END, datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") + " :: " + log + '\n')
+                text_widget.see(tk.END)
 
 
 def listen_for_clients():
@@ -21,7 +27,7 @@ def listen_for_clients():
         threading.Thread(target=client_handler, args=(client,)).start()
 
 
-def on_search_entry_change(varName, index, mode):
+def on_search_entry_change(var_name, index, mode):
     global search_after_id
     if search_after_id:
         root.after_cancel(search_after_id)