[SOLVED] How to display messages in the error console, but continue code execution

Unity Engine
1

I’m trying to intentionally display certain debug logs in the error console window just so they stand out more during debugging.

I have:

public void Start()
{
     Debug.Log("Here 1");
     SpecialLog("The player opened the door");
     Debug.Log ("Here 2");
}

  public void SpecialLog(string msg)
   {
        System.Exception e = new System.Exception(msg);
        throw e;
   }

The message is displayed in the error console.
But, code execution stops because the exception occurred. So “Here 2” is never reached.

I can use Debug.LogWarning(“…”) to make certain logs stand out. It appears in the warning console. I want to take it a step further and put it in the error console.

Is there another way of doing this?

2

Continuing code after an exception is a bad idea.

A message tells the user “This thing happened”
A warning tells the user “This bad thing happened, but its cool, I got this”
An exception tells the user “This really bad thing happened. And its got me freaked out and I can’t deal with it. HELP.”

If your code can recover gracefully from a problem, then its not an exception, and should not be treated as one.

If you still want to do this Have you tried using Debug.LogError instead of explicitly throwing an exception?

3

I didn’t even realize that Debug.LogError existed. I was always using LogWarning.
Thanks.