configurable error logging

bombsquad_server

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from threading import Lock, Thread, current_thread
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from nbstreamreader import NonBlockingStreamReader as NBSR
+
+ERROR_LOGGING=False
+
+
 # We make use of the bacommon and efro packages as well as site-packages
 # included with our bundled Ballistica dist, so we need to add those paths
 # before we import them.
@@ -36,6 +40,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 VERSION_STR = '1.3'
 
+
 # Version history:
 # 1.3.1
 #  Windows binary is now named BallisticaCoreHeadless.exe
@@ -584,8 +589,7 @@ class ServerManagerApp:
 
         # Launch!
         try:
-            
-            
+            if ERROR_LOGGING:
                 self._subprocess = subprocess.Popen(
                     [binary_name, '-cfgdir', self._ba_root_path],
                     stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
@@ -595,6 +599,12 @@ class ServerManagerApp:
 
                 self.nbsr = NBSR(self._subprocess.stdout)
                 self.nbsrerr = NBSR(self._subprocess.stderr)
+            else:
+                self._subprocess = subprocess.Popen(
+                    [binary_name, '-cfgdir', self._ba_root_path],
+                    stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+                    cwd='dist')
+                
         except Exception as exc:
             self._subprocess_exited_cleanly = False
             print(
@@ -724,6 +734,7 @@ class ServerManagerApp:
                 break
             # output=self._subprocess.stdout.readline()
             # print(output)
+            if ERROR_LOGGING:
                 out = self.nbsr.readline(0.1)
                 out2 = self.nbsrerr.readline(0.1)
                 if out:
@@ -763,7 +774,6 @@ class ServerManagerApp:
             # Watch for the server process exiting..
             code: Optional[int] = self._subprocess.poll()
             if code is not None:
-
                 clr = Clr.CYN if code == 0 else Clr.RED
                 print(
                     f'{clr}Server subprocess exited'
@@ -883,6 +893,8 @@ def main() -> None:
         # Any others will bubble up and give us the usual mess.
         exc.pretty_print()
         sys.exit(1)
+
+
 def dump_logs(msg):
     if os.path.isfile('logs.log'):
         size = os.path.getsize('logs.log')
@@ -893,5 +905,6 @@ def dump_logs(msg):
     with open("logs.log", "a") as f:
         f.write(msg)
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()