Screen Output

Screen Output is a logging tool made for Godot 4 that allows you to print messages to the screen for debugging and development purposes. It is a fork of Screen Console by joaoh82.

This fork aims to improve the original. A lot of features already got reworked, and will continue to improve.

Installation

Direct Download from Github:

Step 1: Copy the screen-output folder from this repository

Step 2: Put the folder into your Godot Project into your addons folder

Step 3: Follow Setup

OR

Download from the Asset Library! Note that this version is out of date with the GitHub version On the website or in the Godot Editor.

Then follow Setup

Setup

Step 1: Enable the Addon in Project > Project Settings > Plugins

Step 2: Add autoload for "screen_output/output.tscn"

Step 3: Reload your Project

You can then use the scene from anywhere in your Project!

Usage

Note: If your autoload name is different, you need to use your respective autoload name instead.

screenOutput.print(message : String)

Example: screenOutput.print("Hello World!")

Improvements

All the improvements from this fork over Screen Console.

• Output scrolling and optimizations
• Hide/Show the Output with Ctrl+Shift+A
• Export to file
• Change the size of the Output
• UI improvements

Roadmap

Planned features and improvements

• Improvements to Documentation