Running scripts in-editor or at build creation time

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Hey guys,

1. Is it possible to run a script in the editor window without launching the game?
I am creating a grid of different type of blocks on which player can snap from one block to another to move. Each block is required to be named as a coordinate on the grid. It’s a hassle to rename my blocks when redesigning the grid block pattern. So basically what I need is, to be able to automatically rename my entities as soon as they are repositioned in the hierarchy.

2. Is it possible to run a script at the time of creating a build?
I am going to have some code in the game which should only be available in my scripts under certain conditions. So when creating a build I want to run a custom script that will remove that code from my scripts before the _gamescripts.js in the build is minimized. Please note, here I want the scripts in the game to have the code but only remove it in the combined js created in the build

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  1. Sounds like you want to try the Editor API Editor API | Learn PlayCanvas

  2. I’m afraid not. Your best route here is to run a script/tool on the downloaded build which can be automated with the REST API. What I would do is download the build without script minification, unzip it, remove code from game-scripts, minimise the code and re-zip. We do other operations like this in GitHub - playcanvas/playcanvas-rest-api-tools: A set of tools to use with the PlayCanvas REST API for common jobs such as downloading a build and archiving a project

I know a user that used comments like ifdefs to remove sections of code for debug, release builds.

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Thanks! yaustar. This is exactly what I needed.

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Solar Games also has extended tools already for the Editor that could save you some time: Tools - Solar Games