Debug Manager for Torque X 3D

Because Torque X 3D lacks the ability to draw proper debug data I decided to implement that myself.


The debug manager allows you to draw different shapes as well as text. All debug output can be timed so the output can be shown for a few seconds if you want. Also the debug manager is thread safe so you can draw stuff from where ever you want.

The following shapes are supported:
Boxes, Circles, Cones, Cylinders, Lines, Points, Rectangles, Spheres and Triangles

Each shape comes with many different overloads so it is as easy as possible to use them.

The output of the debug manager is also cached so when the game becomes inactive the debug data is still drawn.

The debug manager must be added to your scene just like the rigid manager is:

<TorqueSceneData>
  <Objects>
  ...
    <DebugManager type="StarterGame.DebugManager" name="DebugManager" />
  ...
  </Objects>
<TorqueSceneData>

To use the debug manager all you have to do is this:

// position, extent, color, lifetime
new DebugManager.Box(new Vector3(-1000.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), new Vector3(50.0f, 100.0f, 20.0f), Color.Goldenrod, 0.0f);

The debug manager can de downloaded here:
nextgenai.com/images/DebugManager.cs

Feedback is always appreciated.

Here is a list of all available overloads:

Line(Vector3 begin, Vector3 end, Color color, float lifetime)
Line(Vector3 begin, Vector3 direction, float length, Color color, float lifetime)

Rectangle(Vector3 position, Vector3 facingDirection, float extentX, float extentY, Color color, float lifetime)
Rectangle(Vector3 position, Quaternion rotation, float extentX, float extentY, Color color, float lifetime)
Rectangle(Matrix transform, float extentX, float extentY, Color color, float lifetime)

Triangle(Vector3 position, Vector3 facingDirection, float extentX, float extentY, Color color, float lifetime)
Triangle(Vector3 position, Quaternion rotation, float extentX, float extentY, Color color, float lifetime)
Triangle(Matrix transform, float extentX, float extentY, Color color, float lifetime)

Point(Vector3 position, float extent, Color color, float lifetime)
Point(Matrix transform, float extent, Color color, float lifetime)

Box(Vector3 position, Vector3 extent, Color color, float lifetime)
Box(Matrix transform, Vector3 extent, Color color, float lifetime)
Box(Vector3 position, Quaternion rotation, Vector3 extent, Color color, float lifetime)
Box(Vector3 position, Vector3 forward, Vector3 up, Vector3 extent, Color color, float lifetime)

Circle(Vector3 position, Vector3 facingDirection, float radiusX, float radiusY, int sides, Color color, float lifetime)
Circle(Vector3 position, Quaternion rotation, float radiusX, float radiusY, int sides, Color color, float lifetime)
Circle(Matrix transform, float radiusX, float radiusY, int sides, Color color, float lifetime)

Cylinder(Vector3 position, Vector3 facingDirection, Vector3 extent, int sides, Color color, float lifetime)
Cylinder(Vector3 position, Quaternion rotation, Vector3 extent, int sides, Color color, float lifetime)
Cylinder(Matrix transform, Vector3 extent, int sides, Color color, float lifetime)
Cylinder(Vector3 position, Vector3 facingDirection, float beginExtentX, float beginExtentY, float endExtentX, float endExtentY, float heightExtent, int sides, Color color, float lifetime)
Cylinder(Vector3 position, Quaternion rotation, float beginExtentX, float beginExtentY, float endExtentX, float endExtentY, float heightExtent, int sides, Color color, float lifetime)
Cylinder(Matrix transform, float beginExtentX, float beginExtentY, float endExtentX, float endExtentY, float heightExtent, int sides, Color color, float lifetime)
Cylinder(Vector3 begin, Vector3 end, float beginExtentX, float beginExtentY, float endExtentX, float endExtentY, int sides, Color color, float lifetime)

Cone(Vector3 position, Vector3 facingDirection, Vector3 extent, int sides, Color color, float lifetime)
Cone(Vector3 position, Quaternion rotation, Vector3 extent, int sides, Color color, float lifetime)
Cone(Matrix transform, Vector3 extent, int sides, Color color, float lifetime)
Cone(Vector3 begin, Vector3 end, float radiusX, float radiusY, int sides, Color color, float lifetime)

Sphere(Vector3 position, Vector3 extent, int sides, Color color, float lifetime)
Sphere(Matrix transform, Vector3 extent, int sides, Color color, float lifetime)

Text(Vector3 position, string text, Color color, float lifetime)