Because Stingray relied heavily on Lua, programmers often preferred using external IDEs like VS Code or Sublime Text. The "Full" integration allowed them to work outside the engine. They could edit scripts, run a command line p4 submit , and the Stingray Editor would hot-reload the changes in real-time. This separation of concerns (Code in IDE/Perforce, Art in Engine/Perforce) was one of Stingray's strongest features.