PLUGIN SETTINGS

Configure how ALS behave in Editor, PIE, and Packaged Builds.

Access from Project Settings → Plugins → PrintMeAnything

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⚙️ General

Setting	Default	Description
Show Context Name	false	Prefix messages with the calling object's name, e.g., [BP_MyActor].
Enable File Logging In Shipping	false	Allows logs to be written to files in shipping builds. Use with caution.
Enable Property Inspector In Shipping	false	Enables in-game access to Property Inspector in shipping builds.

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🎛️ Input Settings

Setting	Default	Description
Open Logs Viewer	Ctrl + Shift + L	Opens the Runtime Logs Viewer.
Open Property Inspector	Ctrl + Shift + P	Opens the Runtime Property Inspector.
Disable ALS Shortcut Keys	false	if true, disables the global shortcut bindings for opening the Logs Viewer and Property Inspector.
Override Mouse & Input Mode	True	When widgets open: shows cursor & sets Game + UI. When they close: hides cursor & returns to Game Only. Turn False if your app controls cursor/input itself (e.g., non-game tools).

🗂️ Log Viewer

Setting	Default	Description
Enable File Logging	true	Master toggle to write logs to files.
File Only Unique Messages (BT Task & Service)	true	Avoids logging duplicate messages from AI nodes. Only changed values are recorded.
File Only Unique Messages (Property Debugger)	true	Property values are logged only when they change — not on every update tick.
Create Session Only If Logged	false	Skips creating an empty session file if no logs occurred during that run.
Max Lists to Create	2000	Internal limit on grouped messages in Logs Viewer (per context).
Max Log Size to Parse (MB)	5	Warn if loading a log larger than this.
Archive Logs Older Than (Days)	3	Automatically move logs older than X days to archive.
Archive Logs Larger Than (MB)	10	Rotate logs exceeding this file size.

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🧩 Property Debugger

Setting	Default	Description
Update Interval (s)	0.1	How often tracked properties refresh.
Use Actor Label	false	Displays actor labels instead of internal object names like Object_C_1.
Context Color	Gray	Color for the context label.
Property Color	Purple	Color for property names.
Message Color	Yellow	Color for property values.
Property Debugger Widget	ALS_PropertyDebugger	Widget used by the alsproperty command. Replace if using a custom UMG.

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🎛️ Preset Print / Log Styles

Preset	Color	Duration	Log Level	Mode
Print Info	Green	3s	Info	Screen + Log
Print Warn	Yellow	5s	Warning	Screen + Log
Print Error	Red	7s	Error	Screen + Log
Log Info	Green	0.1s	Info	Log only
Log Warn	Yellow	0.1s	Warning	Log only
Log Error	Red	0.1s	Error	Log only
Print 3D	Orange	5s	Info	Log only

You can configure presets that affect PrintString nodes and C++ macros:

• Color

• Duration

• Log Mode (Screen, Log, Both)

• Severity (Info, Warning, Error)

Presets help maintain a consistent debugging language across large teams.

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🧱 Node Spawn Defaults

Setting	Default	Description
Default Exec Pin Text	""	Label shown on the first exec pin.
Default Input Pin Text	"Hello"	Default value of the first input pin.
Default Preset	PrintInfo	Preset auto-applied to new nodes.

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🎨 Node Colors

Context	Color
Title – Info	Green
Title – Warning	Yellow
Title – Error	Red
Title – 3D	(0.8, 0.25, 0.0)
Title – Active	Gray
Body – Active	Gray
Body – Inactive	White

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🛠️ How to Override Settings

1. Open Editor → Project Settings → Plugins → ALS

2. Adjust any value — changes are saved automatically

3. All values are stored in Config/DefaultGame.ini and apply on next session

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