silence output by default in release mode for things we can't do much about on a live server... TODO: @cekis can we find a nice way of silencing or outputting java stack dumps into a file instead of the console?

engine/server/library/serverScript/src/shared/ConfigServerScript.cpp

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ void ConfigServerScript::install(void)
 	KEY_BOOL    (allowDebugSpeakMessages, true);
 	KEY_BOOL    (disableScriptLogs, false);
 	KEY_BOOL    (logBalance, false);
+	KEY_BOOL    (printStacks, false);
 
 	int index = 0;
 	char const * result = 0;

engine/server/library/serverScript/src/shared/ConfigServerScript.h

@@ -17,16 +17,17 @@ class ConfigServerScript
 
     struct Data
     {
-            // script data
+        // script data
         const char *    scriptPath;         // location of scripts
         const char *    javaLibPath;        // location of jvm files
         const char *	javaDebugPort;		// ip port we connect to for remote debugging
-		bool            useRemoteDebugJava;	// flag to use the jvm for remote debugging
-		bool            allowBuildClusterScriptAttach; //used only on the build cluster for attaching scripts without a VM.
-		bool            allowDebugConsoleMessages; //used only on the build cluster for attaching scripts without a VM.
-		bool            allowDebugSpeakMessages;   //used to enable/disable the debugSpeakMessage script function
-		bool            disableScriptLogs;
-		bool            logBalance;
+	bool            useRemoteDebugJava;	// flag to use the jvm for remote debugging
+	bool            allowBuildClusterScriptAttach; //used only on the build cluster for attaching scripts without a VM.
+	bool            allowDebugConsoleMessages; //used only on the build cluster for attaching scripts without a VM.
+	bool            allowDebugSpeakMessages;   //used to enable/disable the debugSpeakMessage script function
+	bool            disableScriptLogs;
+	bool            logBalance;
+	bool		printStacks;
     };
 
   private:
@@ -42,15 +43,17 @@ class ConfigServerScript
     static const char *     getJavaLibPath              (void);
     static const char *     getJavaDebugPort            (void);
     static bool             getUseRemoteDebugJava       (void);
-	static bool             getAllowBuildClusterScriptAttach();
-	static bool             allowDebugConsoleMessages();
-	static bool             allowDebugSpeakMessages();
-	static bool             getDisableScriptLogs();
-	static bool             getLogBalance();
+    static bool             getAllowBuildClusterScriptAttach();
+    static bool             allowDebugConsoleMessages();
+    static bool             allowDebugSpeakMessages();
+    static bool             getDisableScriptLogs();
+    static bool             getLogBalance();
 
-	static bool hasJavaOptions();
-	static int getNumberOfJavaOptions();
-	static char const * getJavaOptions(int index);
+    static bool		    getPrintStacks();
+
+    static bool hasJavaOptions();
+    static int getNumberOfJavaOptions();
+    static char const * getJavaOptions(int index);
 };
 
 inline const char *ConfigServerScript::getScriptPath(void)
@@ -112,6 +115,15 @@ inline bool ConfigServerScript::getLogBalance()
 	return data->logBalance;
 }
 
+inline bool ConfigServerScript::getPrintStacks()
+{
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+	return true;
+#else
+	return data->printStacks;
+#endif
+}
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 

engine/server/library/serverScript/src/shared/JavaLibrary.cpp

@@ -2183,7 +2183,8 @@ jlong JavaLibrary::getFreeJavaMemory()
  */
 void JavaLibrary::printJavaStack()
 {
-	ms_env->CallStaticVoidMethod(ms_clsThread, ms_midThreadDumpStack);
+	if (ConfigServerScript::getPrintStacks())
+		ms_env->CallStaticVoidMethod(ms_clsThread, ms_midThreadDumpStack);
 }
 
 /**