Devtools not working (need it for testing Steam achievements)

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#1

Hi there,

I’m trying to implement the Steam achievements in my game, I’m running through the guide made by arthuro555. Although its a real pain, I’ve come a long way and ready to test a dummy achievement.

However, devtools is not working in my game. Therefore I cannot test the achievement. It doesnt matter how I publish the game, whether its exported manually or automatic, the game will not open devtools. Ofcourse in the preview it works.

I’ve also waited a while after pressing ctrl+shift+i or F12 to see if I accidently closed it, but no luck. There are lots of online tips on this issue, but no luck.

Anyone have a suggestion on how to proceed?

My game is accepted by Steam and is ready to get flagged as “coming soon” by me. However I really want to implement those achievements first.

By the way, also thanks to the suggestion from Krunkster in an earlier topic to place the Steam SDK folder outside the node_modules path. Without this tip its impossible to build the game with Yarn.

Any help is appreciated! Thanks.

#2

What export do you use?
ctrl+shift+i works in any Web browser, I believe.

#3

To clarify, the browser dev tools are not available in executable builds (exe/apk/etc) as far as I know. It should be accessible for any web builds, though.

#4

I was able to get Dev tools working fine in an old project I was working on. As long as your building with electorn the below should work within a JS box (I had mine activated by F3).

var electronBrowserWindow = require('electron').remote.getCurrentWindow();
electronBrowserWindow.webContents.openDevTools()

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#5

I am only following the steps as provided in the guide from arthuro555, and to test the Steam achievement, one needs to access the devtools

also thanks Eiklahc for your suggestion

But I think I managed to access the devtools by adding the following:

mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools({ mode: 'detach' })`

after

mainWindow.loadFile('index.html')

and then it works

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