Debug toggles¶

Quick reference. None of this is exposed in shipping menus — these are dev-only.

In-game¶

Toggle	Action
G key	Show rune words on every slot. Drives `ARephraseCharacter::ToggleDebugMode`. Each `ARuneSlot::SetDebugTextVisible(bool)` flips the world-text visibility. Test slots show their `DedicatedRune` even when borrowed; memory palace slots always show their dedicated rune; standard slots show the current rune (if any).
Reset Game input action	Restarts the level. Bound to `IA_Reset`. Useful when a puzzle gets stuck and you don't want to re-walk to the entry.
Split Rune input action	Splits the carried rune via `URuneCarryComponent`. Only does anything for runes with `bIsSplittable = true` and a populated `RuneSplitData`.

The G-key debug mode does not log; it only affects rune-text visibility on slots. There is no engineering-side overlay yet.

Console¶

To see verbose logs in PIE:

Log LogTemp Verbose

This catches per-tick camera blend alpha and similar high-frequency output. To filter to a specific class, log strings are prefixed (e.g. RuneCalculator: ..., URuneCameraSubsystem: ...) so console grep is straightforward.

To save the current PIE output to a file:

log file=mysession.log

File goes to Saved/Logs/.

Editor¶

Where	What
Outliner → select an `ARuneCalculator`	Detail panel shows `CurrentSentence`, `bIsActive`, `LastModifiedTime`. Useful for confirming the calculator is detecting your slot changes.
Outliner → select an `ARuneableObject`	Detail panel shows `CurrentNounData`, `bIsDisabled`, `RuneSpeedScale`, `RuneDirectionScale`.
Outliner → select an `AClockDevice`	Detail panel shows `CurrentState` (`Dormant`, `SecondHandActive`, `FullyRunning`).
World Outliner labels	All log messages use `GetActorNameOrLabel()`, so renaming an actor in the outliner produces grep-friendly logs without touching the C++ name.

What's intentionally not in here¶

No cheats console for skipping puzzles. The reset action and PIE checkpoints are sufficient for the demo.
No save-state inspector. UPlayerRuneKnowledge is small enough that opening the .sav file in a hex editor is faster than building a tool — and saves should be wiped between debug sessions anyway.
No frame-time overlay. Use Unreal's built-in stat unit, stat fps, stat game.

Source files¶

Source/Rephrased_Demo/RephraseCharacter.h — ToggleDebugModeAction, bDebugMode, ResetGame, SplitRune.
Source/Rephrased_Demo/RuneSlot.h — SetDebugTextVisible, DebugRuneWordText.

Change history¶

2026-05-08 — Gabriel Li — Added baseline change history section for weekly wiki maintenance.