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OverMox App Console

The Console panel shows system messages about what’s happening in OverMox: errors, warnings, and informational logs. Use it to troubleshoot asset issues, connection problems, and other application-level events.

Console panel with various message types

You can also open the Console via Window > General > Console.

The status bar at the bottom of the screen always shows the most recent message with its icon, acting as a quick-glance indicator. Click the status bar to open a Console Dialog popup without adding the panel to your layout.

Message Types

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Each message has an icon and color indicating its severity:

Type Color What It Means
Info White General status updates: asset loads, save file backups, dependency resolution
Warning Yellow Non-critical issues: unsupported formats, missing meta files, animation clip not found
Error Red Failures: loading/saving errors, server auth failures, import failures, connection errors

Internal exceptions display as [Internal Error] Please restart OverMox.

Message Format

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Messages display as [Prefix] Message text, where the prefix indicates the source system:

  • [Server]: API and authentication messages
  • [Loading Error]: Asset loading failures
  • [Saving Error]: Save file problems
  • [Material Import]: Material and texture issues
  • [Controller Connection Error]: Connection to the Controller app
  • [Asset]: Asset pipeline messages
  • [Debug]: Debug-level information

Some messages have no prefix and display just the message text. No timestamps are shown.

Controls

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Filter Toggles

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Three toggle buttons at the top of the panel let you show or hide each message type (Info, Warnings, Errors). Each button shows a count badge with the number of messages of that type. Filter states are saved per project.

Clear

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Click Clear to remove all messages and reset the counters.

Scrolling

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The console automatically scrolls to show new messages. If you scroll up to review older messages, auto-scroll pauses. Scroll back to the bottom to resume.

Message Details

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Click any message to see its full detail in an area below the message list. This is useful for longer messages that get truncated in the list view.

Console Dialog

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The popup variant (opened from the status bar) has its own Close button and works independently from the docked panel.

Common Message Sources

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Source Examples
Asset loading/saving Import failures, format issues, missing files, save file conversions and backups
Server/API Authentication failures, connection errors, service authorization
Controller connection SignalR connection errors to the Controller app
Scene management Scene switching failures, state reset issues
Materials/Textures/Audio Unsupported formats, missing data files, shader errors
Window management Duplicate window notices, layout failures

Console vs. Controller Console

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OverMox and the Controller each have their own console. They serve different purposes:

OverMox Console Controller Console
Shows System messages: asset, scene, server, and connection issues Node graph execution logs: triggers, flow values, Log node output
Use for Troubleshooting app-level problems Debugging your node graph logic
Sources Engine, asset pipeline, API layer Node execution engine, Log nodes

For details on the Controller’s console, see Controller Console.

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