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"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

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AllInOneMighty
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Posted Dec 23, 2011
Thanks for the report! Does it happen very often or is it totally bearable?

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Posted Dec 24, 2011
It's definitely intermittent, as I haven't seen it at all today. I will try to keep an eye out and post more information, perhaps other users can also add their comments to help track it down. Merry Christmas!

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Posted Jan 2, 2012
A quick update now that the holidays are over. I get why I thought it was intermittent. I can reproduce it every time on a particular character when I join a party. So either get invited or /invite someone, and the error pops up. Testing on several different toons, no error. The problem toon is my druid. I tried disabling every addon I could think of that was specific to her, but could not make the error go away. Let me know if that helps!

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Posted Dec 9, 2011
While it's recording the RealID chat, if i try to use the BBcode or export it in anyway, the realID chat just doesnt show up for me to attempt to export it

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Posted Dec 3, 2011
Message: Interface\AddOns\Elephant\Event.lua:51: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)
Time: 12/04/11 01:32:31
Count: 1
Stack: Interface\AddOns\Elephant\Event.lua:51: in function <Interface\AddOns\Elephant\Event.lua:25>
...las\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:157: in function <...las\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:157>
[string "safecall Dispatcher[15]"]:4: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[15]"]:4>
[C]: ?
[string "safecall Dispatcher[15]"]:13: in function `?'
...las\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:92: in function `Fire'
...e\AddOns\Elephant\Libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:120: in function <...e\AddOns\Elephant\Libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:119>

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in 4.3 after heartstoning

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Posted Oct 23, 2011
For those asking about the local file for copies of chat logs, they can be found in:

WoW install path|WTF|Account|*Account Name*|*Realm*|*Toon Name*|SavedVariables|Elephant.lua

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Posted Oct 3, 2011
Are the chats stored in text files somewhere? I'd love to be able to save them as files easily.

I tried to copy/paste, but I couldn't "select all" in the current chat, so that makes it more difficult. Any ideas to do this are welcome.

Thanks

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Posted Dec 23, 2011
That's it! ;)

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Posted Aug 23, 2011
Why is it called elephant?

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Posted Aug 24, 2011
It's said that elephants have great abilities to remember things, like old whispers and so on.

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Posted Aug 11, 2011
Hi
Have some troubles with recording only needed channels. I have russian wow client and when i choose which channels to record, addon ignores it.
Is there any idea how to fix that (exept using eng-client)or how can i set channels i need manually?

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Posted Jul 26, 2011
Hi, how do I choose which channels not to record?

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Posted Jul 19, 2011
Great addon :) since some days I get the following error:

Date: 2011-07-18 19:49:42
ID: -1
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\Elephant\Message.lua line 58:
attempt to index local 'mStruct' (a nil value)
Debug:
(tail call): ?
(tail call): ?
Elephant\Message.lua:58: GetLiteralMessage()
Elephant\Structure.lua:328: CaptureNewMessage()
Elephant\Event.lua:199:
Elephant\Event.lua:25
...Ons\Ace3\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:157:
...Ons\Ace3\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:157
[string "safecall Dispatcher[1]"]:4:
[string "safecall Dispatcher[1]"]:4
[C]: ?
[string "safecall Dispatcher[1]"]:13: ?()
...Ons\Ace3\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:92: Fire()
Ace3\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:120:
Ace3\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:119

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Posted Jul 16, 2011
<3!

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Posted Jul 19, 2011
At your service!

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Posted Jul 9, 2011
any word on an update?

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Message: Interface\AddOns\Elephant\Event.lua:51: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value) Time: 07/03/11 20:35:09 Count: 1 Stack: Interface\AddOns\Elephant\Event.lua:51: in function <Interface\AddOns\Elephant\Event.lua:25> ...las\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:157: in function <...las\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:157> [string "safecall Dispatcher[15]"]:4: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[15]"]:4> [C]: ? [string "safecall Dispatcher[15]"]:13: in function `?' ...las\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:92: in function `Fire' ...e\AddOns\Elephant\Libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:120: in function <...e\AddOns\Elephant\Libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:119>

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Message: Interface\AddOns\Elephant\Event.lua:51: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)
Time: 07/03/11 20:35:09
Count: 1
Stack: Interface\AddOns\Elephant\Event.lua:51: in function <Interface\AddOns\Elephant\Event.lua:25>
...las\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:157: in function <...las\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:157>
[string "safecall Dispatcher[15]"]:4: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[15]"]:4>
[C]: ?
[string "safecall Dispatcher[15]"]:13: in function `?'
...las\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:92: in function `Fire'
...e\AddOns\Elephant\Libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:120: in function <...e\AddOns\Elephant\Libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:119>

Locals: <none>

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Posted May 10, 2011
Hi I was wondering if you can make Elephant save the logs to a file? and keep the files seperate for whisper, party, raid etc. Like user/Whisper.txt

That would be great so you don't have to do that manually, copy paste to file for the awesome conversations you want to keep!

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Posted May 8, 2011
Hey there, been using your addon for a very long time. Have not found anything that I like better. With that said I'm having an issue where its not logging the Dungeon Guide. I remember an issue with this some time back because of a change in their format and I thought it was fixed but I went to copy a conversation where I was the dungeon guide and saw everyone but me.

Also, I would love to be able to increase the limit from 1000. Is that possible?

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