Elephant
"Shoot... what did he say again? I just got disconnected."
"Didn't that folk already loot that rare item 10 minutes ago?"
"I really wish I could remember the name of the item linked on the guild chat yesterday at 9:00 PM."
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Already been in one of these situations? Don't be annoyed anymore, here is the solution!
Solution to chat loss annoyance
Elephant logs the chat for you in the background even when you get disconnected. It saves the WHISPER & BATTLE.NET, RAID, INSTANCE & BATTLEGROUND, PARTY, GUILD, SAY, YELL and OFFICER chats separately, but also all general chats (General, Trade, LocalDefense, ...), custom chats you are currently on, achievements, loots and finally system messages (auctions, rolls, server going down, ...). You can easily go through all these logs, thanks to a straightforward interface displaying all the access buttons on the right side of the main window. You can access the options of the addon by typing /elephant and also bind a key to pop up the addon.
Elephant gives you the ability to copy up to 100,000 (yes, 100k) characters of logs to another application. A BBCode feature is even included, letting you copy/paste a chat with colors and links to an item database in a very quick and simple way to your favorite forum.
This is THE addon that you should install if you want to never forget what somebody told you in game. Be a pro of managing hell tells, go peacefully AFK for a few minutes, or be an awesome role player. Elephant is also perfectly designed for Guild Leaders, Officers and Raid Leaders particularly because it restores the chats after you've been disconnected.
Main features
- Logs the chats in the background, with a limit of 10,000 lines for each chat (Blizzard's default is 161 lines for everything).
- Saves the logs when you log out or get disconnected.
- Display the chats with timestamps, or using your Prat settings if you have it installed.
- Copy the chat and paste it in other applications (BBCode supported!), up to 100,000 characters.
- Save the chat and combat log in two different files on your computer (using the default Blizzard logging system).
Other features
- Use filters to avoid logging some of the custom channels you join.
- Enable/disable logging for each chat separately.
- Item links in logs are displayed in their proper color and are clickable.
- Player names in the main window are clickable.
- ...and much more!
Community
Report an issue (bug & suggestions): https://www.wowace.com/projects/elephant/issues
2. I'll give it a look. Are you using Prat formatting, or Elephant's default style?
3. What filter are you talking about? Elephant's filters or something else? FYI, there is a BIG description about filters on the Filters tab in the options. Do you think some information is missing? If you're talking about the Filters tab, they are used to avoid logging custom channels (not general ones, guild, whisper, ...) that match a specific pattern.
4. I'll give a look at RatingBuster and see if it is something I can -and want to- implement. Thanks for the idea!
2. Some messages were not logged when using Prat formatting. Should be fixed in 3.0.7-beta, you can give it a try after an update.
3. I couldn't reproduce that lag on my computer, are you able to try that with only Elephant enabled? I suppose it won't be easy on the Lich King, but if you can, it would be very helpful ;) I'm wondering if it really comes from Elephant since I don't see why it would do that.
For your additional question, it is not possible. Logging to files is using Blizzard's methods that do not let any customization on what is actually logged (ex: http://wowprogramming.com/docs/api/LoggingChat). It by the way reminds me to add a note about this in the tooltip options since I get this question quite regularly ;)
3.0.6-beta is out, with a brand new option: class colors in logs if you're not using Prat! And a few other enhancements.
Maybe instead of displaying "Uknown", Elephant could display something else. If you got an idea about it, don't hesitate to talk about it here. Otherwise, I may find something useful to put there instead ;)
@ Beebolini: Thanks!
By the way, there is a "bug" when using Prat formatting: Emotes and other events are not dipslayed in the logs. This is because Prat doesn't manage them directly, it seems. I'll see with Sylvanar how we can manage that.
Date: 2010-10-31 15:38:09
ID: 2
Error occured in: Global
Count: 3
Message: ..\AddOns\Elephant\Event.lua line 38:
attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)
Debug:
(tail call): ?
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Elephant\Event.lua:38:
Elephant\Event.lua:18
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...Ons\Ace3\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:157
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Ace3\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:120:
Ace3\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:119
In order to log achievements that happen around you, go on the achievement log and then select "Achievements" from the message catchers at the top right of the main window. By default it is deactivated because it creates a duplicate if soomeone in the guild gets an achievement and you are near him/her.
As for your request, I will see what I can do! ;-)
question about how to record the achivement of party/raid member or player was in solo but record someone got achivement beside you? I remember there is one issue log said it is default to disable, so I just would like to know how to enable elephant to record more ppl who get achivement thanks :)
and is it possible make the enable/disable switch into elephant configuration in ace3?
3.0.5-beta is out, with:
Enjoy ;)
- Bugfixes and tweaks!
- New addon icon!
- New options display, much more straightforward!
Enjoy ;)
Welcome back in Beta!
3.0.4-beta is out! This version should be much more stable, have quite a few optimizations and enhancements in the interface, and offer a brand new way to configure the addon. Good testing!
I'm looking for some people to update the locales of the addon. If you are one of those, don't hesitate to commit the modifications directly on Wowace!
Addon still does not have a minimap icon, working on this (should be available pretty soon).
3.0.4-beta is out! This version should be much more stable, have quite a few optimizations and enhancements in the interface, and offer a brand new way to configure the addon. Good testing!
I'm looking for some people to update the locales of the addon. If you are one of those, don't hesitate to commit the modifications directly on Wowace!
Addon still does not have a minimap icon, working on this (should be available pretty soon).
May the God of Addons shower you with gifts and rose petals! Thanks so much for your work on this addon. It has been extremely valuable when having to deal with many Guildies asking questions all the time. A perfect Secretary. So far it is working very well with only a few bugs that I am sure you are working on.