bevy/examples/games/stepping.rs
David M. Lary 5c52d0aeee
System Stepping implemented as Resource (#8453)
# Objective

Add interactive system debugging capabilities to bevy, providing
step/break/continue style capabilities to running system schedules.

* Original implementation: #8063
    - `ignore_stepping()` everywhere was too much complexity
* Schedule-config & Resource discussion: #8168
    - Decided on selective adding of Schedules & Resource-based control

## Solution
Created `Stepping` Resource. This resource can be used to enable
stepping on a per-schedule basis. Systems within schedules can be
individually configured to:
* AlwaysRun: Ignore any stepping state and run every frame
* NeverRun: Never run while stepping is enabled
    - this allows for disabling of systems while debugging
* Break: If we're running the full frame, stop before this system is run

Stepping provides two modes of execution that reflect traditional
debuggers:
* Step-based: Only execute one system at a time
* Continue/Break: Run all systems, but stop before running a system
marked as Break

### Demo

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/857742/233630981-99f3bbda-9ca6-4cc4-a00f-171c4946dc47.mov

Breakout has been modified to use Stepping. The game runs normally for a
couple of seconds, then stepping is enabled and the game appears to
pause. A list of Schedules & Systems appears with a cursor at the first
System in the list. The demo then steps forward full frames using the
spacebar until the ball is about to hit a brick. Then we step system by
system as the ball impacts a brick, showing the cursor moving through
the individual systems. Finally the demo switches back to frame stepping
as the ball changes course.


### Limitations
Due to architectural constraints in bevy, there are some cases systems
stepping will not function as a user would expect.

#### Event-driven systems
Stepping does not support systems that are driven by `Event`s as events
are flushed after 1-2 frames. Although game systems are not running
while stepping, ignored systems are still running every frame, so events
will be flushed.

This presents to the user as stepping the event-driven system never
executes the system. It does execute, but the events have already been
flushed.

This can be resolved by changing event handling to use a buffer for
events, and only dropping an event once all readers have read it.

The work-around to allow these systems to properly execute during
stepping is to have them ignore stepping:
`app.add_systems(event_driven_system.ignore_stepping())`. This was done
in the breakout example to ensure sound played even while stepping.

#### Conditional Systems
When a system is stepped, it is given an opportunity to run. If the
conditions of the system say it should not run, it will not.

Similar to Event-driven systems, if a system is conditional, and that
condition is only true for a very small time window, then stepping the
system may not execute the system. This includes depending on any sort
of external clock.

This exhibits to the user as the system not always running when it is
stepped.

A solution to this limitation is to ensure any conditions are consistent
while stepping is enabled. For example, all systems that modify any
state the condition uses should also enable stepping.

#### State-transition Systems
Stepping is configured on the per-`Schedule` level, requiring the user
to have a `ScheduleLabel`.

To support state-transition systems, bevy generates needed schedules
dynamically. Currently it’s very difficult (if not impossible, I haven’t
verified) for the user to get the labels for these schedules.

Without ready access to the dynamically generated schedules, and a
resolution for the `Event` lifetime, **stepping of the state-transition
systems is not supported**

---

## Changelog
- `Schedule::run()` updated to consult `Stepping` Resource to determine
which Systems to run each frame
- Added `Schedule.label` as a `BoxedSystemLabel`, along with supporting
`Schedule::set_label()` and `Schedule::label()` methods
- `Stepping` needed to know which `Schedule` was running, and prior to
this PR, `Schedule` didn't track its own label
- Would have preferred to add `Schedule::with_label()` and remove
`Schedule::new()`, but this PR touches enough already
- Added calls to `Schedule.set_label()` to `App` and `World` as needed
- Added `Stepping` resource
- Added `Stepping::begin_frame()` system to `MainSchedulePlugin`
    - Run before `Main::run_main()`
    - Notifies any `Stepping` Resource a new render frame is starting
    
## Migration Guide
- Add a call to `Schedule::set_label()` for any custom `Schedule`
    - This is only required if the `Schedule` will be stepped

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Co-authored-by: Carter Anderson <mcanders1@gmail.com>
2024-02-03 05:18:38 +00:00

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use bevy::{app::MainScheduleOrder, ecs::schedule::*, prelude::*};
/// Independent [`Schedule`] for stepping systems.
///
/// The stepping systems must run in their own schedule to be able to inspect
/// all the other schedules in the [`App`]. This is because the currently
/// executing schedule is removed from the [`Schedules`] resource while it is
/// being run.
#[derive(Debug, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, ScheduleLabel)]
struct DebugSchedule;
/// Plugin to add a stepping UI to an example
#[derive(Default)]
pub struct SteppingPlugin {
schedule_labels: Vec<InternedScheduleLabel>,
top: Val,
left: Val,
}
impl SteppingPlugin {
/// add a schedule to be stepped when stepping is enabled
pub fn add_schedule(mut self, label: impl ScheduleLabel) -> SteppingPlugin {
self.schedule_labels.push(label.intern());
self
}
/// Set the location of the stepping UI when activated
pub fn at(self, left: Val, top: Val) -> SteppingPlugin {
SteppingPlugin { top, left, ..self }
}
}
impl Plugin for SteppingPlugin {
fn build(&self, app: &mut App) {
// create and insert our debug schedule into the main schedule order.
// We need an independent schedule so we have access to all other
// schedules through the `Stepping` resource
app.init_schedule(DebugSchedule);
let mut order = app.world.resource_mut::<MainScheduleOrder>();
order.insert_after(Update, DebugSchedule);
// create our stepping resource
let mut stepping = Stepping::new();
for label in &self.schedule_labels {
stepping.add_schedule(*label);
}
app.insert_resource(stepping);
// add our startup & stepping systems
app.insert_resource(State {
ui_top: self.top,
ui_left: self.left,
systems: Vec::new(),
})
.add_systems(Startup, build_help)
.add_systems(
DebugSchedule,
(
build_ui.run_if(not(initialized)),
handle_input,
update_ui.run_if(initialized),
)
.chain(),
);
}
}
/// Struct for maintaining stepping state
#[derive(Resource, Debug)]
struct State {
// vector of schedule/nodeid -> text index offset
systems: Vec<(InternedScheduleLabel, NodeId, usize)>,
// ui positioning
ui_top: Val,
ui_left: Val,
}
/// condition to check if the stepping UI has been constructed
fn initialized(state: Res<State>) -> bool {
!state.systems.is_empty()
}
const FONT_SIZE: f32 = 20.0;
const FONT_COLOR: Color = Color::rgb(0.2, 0.2, 0.2);
const FONT_BOLD: &str = "fonts/FiraSans-Bold.ttf";
const FONT_MEDIUM: &str = "fonts/FiraMono-Medium.ttf";
#[derive(Component)]
struct SteppingUi;
/// Construct the stepping UI elements from the [`Schedules`] resource.
///
/// This system may run multiple times before constructing the UI as all of the
/// data may not be available on the first run of the system. This happens if
/// one of the stepping schedules has not yet been run.
fn build_ui(
mut commands: Commands,
asset_server: Res<AssetServer>,
schedules: Res<Schedules>,
mut stepping: ResMut<Stepping>,
mut state: ResMut<State>,
) {
let mut text_sections = Vec::new();
let mut always_run = Vec::new();
let Ok(schedule_order) = stepping.schedules() else {
return;
};
// go through the stepping schedules and construct a list of systems for
// each label
for label in schedule_order {
let schedule = schedules.get(*label).unwrap();
text_sections.push(TextSection::new(
format!("{:?}\n", label),
TextStyle {
font: asset_server.load(FONT_BOLD),
font_size: FONT_SIZE,
color: FONT_COLOR,
},
));
// grab the list of systems in the schedule, in the order the
// single-threaded executor would run them.
let Ok(systems) = schedule.systems() else {
return;
};
for (node_id, system) in systems {
// skip bevy default systems; we don't want to step those
if system.name().starts_with("bevy") {
always_run.push((*label, node_id));
continue;
}
// Add an entry to our systems list so we can find where to draw
// the cursor when the stepping cursor is at this system
state.systems.push((*label, node_id, text_sections.len()));
// Add a text section for displaying the cursor for this system
text_sections.push(TextSection::new(
" ",
TextStyle {
font: asset_server.load(FONT_MEDIUM),
font_size: FONT_SIZE,
color: FONT_COLOR,
},
));
// add the name of the system to the ui
text_sections.push(TextSection::new(
format!("{}\n", system.name()),
TextStyle {
font: asset_server.load(FONT_MEDIUM),
font_size: FONT_SIZE,
color: FONT_COLOR,
},
));
}
}
for (label, node) in always_run.drain(..) {
stepping.always_run_node(label, node);
}
commands.spawn((
SteppingUi,
TextBundle {
text: Text::from_sections(text_sections),
style: Style {
position_type: PositionType::Absolute,
top: state.ui_top,
left: state.ui_left,
padding: UiRect::all(Val::Px(10.0)),
..default()
},
background_color: BackgroundColor(Color::rgba(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.33)),
visibility: Visibility::Hidden,
..default()
},
));
}
fn build_help(mut commands: Commands, asset_server: Res<AssetServer>) {
// stepping description box
commands.spawn((TextBundle::from_sections([TextSection::new(
"Press ` to toggle stepping mode (S: step system, Space: step frame)",
TextStyle {
font: asset_server.load(FONT_MEDIUM),
font_size: 18.0,
color: FONT_COLOR,
},
)])
.with_style(Style {
position_type: PositionType::Absolute,
bottom: Val::Px(5.0),
left: Val::Px(5.0),
..default()
}),));
}
fn handle_input(keyboard_input: Res<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>, mut stepping: ResMut<Stepping>) {
if keyboard_input.just_pressed(KeyCode::Slash) {
info!("{:#?}", stepping);
}
// grave key to toggle stepping mode for the FixedUpdate schedule
if keyboard_input.just_pressed(KeyCode::Backquote) {
if stepping.is_enabled() {
stepping.disable();
debug!("disabled stepping");
} else {
stepping.enable();
debug!("enabled stepping");
}
}
if !stepping.is_enabled() {
return;
}
// space key will step the remainder of this frame
if keyboard_input.just_pressed(KeyCode::Space) {
debug!("continue");
stepping.continue_frame();
} else if keyboard_input.just_pressed(KeyCode::KeyS) {
debug!("stepping frame");
stepping.step_frame();
}
}
fn update_ui(
mut commands: Commands,
state: Res<State>,
stepping: Res<Stepping>,
mut ui: Query<(Entity, &mut Text, &Visibility), With<SteppingUi>>,
) {
if ui.is_empty() {
return;
}
// ensure the UI is only visible when stepping is enabled
let (ui, mut text, vis) = ui.single_mut();
match (vis, stepping.is_enabled()) {
(Visibility::Hidden, true) => {
commands.entity(ui).insert(Visibility::Inherited);
}
(Visibility::Hidden, false) | (_, true) => (),
(_, false) => {
commands.entity(ui).insert(Visibility::Hidden);
}
}
// if we're not stepping, there's nothing more to be done here.
if !stepping.is_enabled() {
return;
}
let (cursor_schedule, cursor_system) = match stepping.cursor() {
// no cursor means stepping isn't enabled, so we're done here
None => return,
Some(c) => c,
};
for (schedule, system, text_index) in &state.systems {
let mark = if &cursor_schedule == schedule && *system == cursor_system {
"-> "
} else {
" "
};
text.sections[*text_index].value = mark.to_string();
}
}