Debug markers in PVRTraceGUI

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I just took the updated KHR_debug support in PowerVR SDK 3.5 (PVRVFrame + PVRTrace) for a spin. Thanks for the updates here!

I do get debug markers showing up in my GL stream, but the string is truncated in PVRTraceGUI greatly reducing its utility.

For example, this:

[pre]glDebugMessageInsert[
GL_DEBUG_SOURCE_APPLICATION_KHR,
GL_DEBUG_TYPE_MARKER_KHR, 100,
GL_DEBUG_SEVERITY_NOTIFICATION_KHR,
-1, “TerrainRenderer::PrepareTaskBuildingShadows” ];[/pre]

ends up being displayed as:

[pre]glDebugMessageInsert[ 0x824A, 0x8268, 100, 0x826B, -1, “TerrainRenderer::Prepare…” ][/pre]

The string is just truncated so if you need the rest to disambiguate or get parameters that you’ve placed into the string (material name/index, view index, etc.), you’re somewhat out of luck.

It looks like the entire string is being serialized by PVRTrace to the .pvrt file. So is there a way to change how much of the string is displayed in PVRTraceGUI?

Thanks.

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I just noticed that I can hover over the abbreviated string names in the GL call trace panel and it displays the whole string. So that’s a good work-around for now. Though it’d be nice to be able to see the full strings in the GL trace panel by default.

3

Getting a lot of PVRTraceGUI crashes with these trace logs too (SDK 3.5). I submitted ticket 461 with a .pvrt file so hopefully you’ll be able to reproduce there locally.

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The string is truncated to avoid potential issues with very long strings. The tooltip will always show the full string, as you’ve found. You could also try using the “File -> Export Data” option, see if that suits you better.

It’s a bit of a compromise, so we’ll take it onboard as feedback, which is always welcome. Thanks!

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Thank you!