Greetings,

 

I would like to put forward a feature suggestion for a "light mode" for LSPDFR, oriented at plugin developers who often need to reload the mod to apply source code changes when debugging/developing new features in their packs.

 

Developers don't need apartments, character customisation, and features such as station population, and the vehicle garage whilst developing their packs. And - with this functionality, even on a beefy computer, the mod can take 15-20 seconds to load. Whilst that doesn't seem a long time, it adds up over the course of say a 3+ hour development session, where LSPDFR is reloaded anywhere between 50 to 100 times.

 

Whilst a "ReloadLspdfrPlugins" console command is likely unviable due to implications made on Game Fibers and App Domains created by running plugins, I therefore put forward a "light mode" which skips out on loading all of the character based stuff, apartment functionality, and even small things like the ability to sit on benches. All of this functionality, whilst amazing to have for end-users who play the mod and the plugins we create, not necessary for plugin development.

 

Something we could pop in the LSPDFR INI such as `Main.DevelopmentMode` or `Main.SkipLoadingNonCoreFunctionality` would be much appreciated, and I am sure would save a lot of time over the course of the many hours us creators put into plugins, as you do building the core mod itself.

 

I don't know how viable this would be, because I don't know how mod components are loaded within LSPDFR - I, after all, am not the developer. But, I thought I'd put this forward to see what you thought.

Cheers!

Max

If possible - this would be a great addition to streamline future development. 

This is an interesting feature, thanks for the idea.

I give this thumbs up. It would be nice, and perhaps things would now break as often, but

On 1/23/2023 at 1:26 AM, thatmaxplayle said:

LSPDFR is reloaded anywhere between 50 to 100 times.

That situation i cant recognize, if i have to reload 5-6 times for a feature, it is top