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
In reply to fraerie_finetush:
No idea what's going on but it's definitely on your end; there is no other user report of this issue, so I assume some process on your computer is either deleting the files or modifying them.
Check your anti-virus maybe?
Hello ! Since 9.0.1 the window is transparent, would it be possible to correct it please? Thank you ! ♥
In reply to tannemane:
I second that. Other than that everything seems to work fine. :)
In reply to Zasz_:
Yes, and fortunately! This addon is very useful. :)
In reply to tannemane:
Working on it. Expect an update soon!
In reply to AllInOneMighty:
Updated!
Really gread addon, thanks a lot.
The only issue I still have is that the real-id-names are wrong. I'll get a whisper from person x but it shows the name y after a relog.
In reply to nihlolino:
i still do have the same problem at december 13th :(
In reply to GingersnapsOut:
Unfortunately, real IDs are never sent to the addon to protect the privacy of users. That means that through relogins, those names might not be consistent. I will see if I can replace them with something that makes the UI less confusing, but don't expect any miracles.
Hi,
great Addon! But can we please have a filter or something like "Don`t log duplicate lines"?
I have 4 chat windows. In everyone the whisper chat is checked. So when Elephant logs a whisper, it logs it 4 times. That raises log size very quickly. Especially if you have group and raid chat also in 2-3 different windows for easy use.
Dou you understand what I mean or do you need a better explanation?
Can you please do something about that? That would be really great! :D
Many Tanks and good day
In reply to Knakriktsur:
Oh nearly forgot, is in Classic :)
In reply to Knakriktsur:
I guess this addon is dead and no more updates?
in classic most (but not all) characters are logged with the server name. Is it possible to get rid of that? Aside from battlegrounds it is not possible to share a chat with any other server anyway
hello,
it keeps duplicate lines from each chat line!
00:58:07 [G] <120:Blondyneczka>: ello
00:58:07 [G] <120:Blondyneczka>: ello
00:59:34 [G] <120:Envy>: hey :)
00:59:34 [G] <120:Envy>: hey :)
In reply to oxed:
hi, do you have this duplicated lines in different chat windows? So for example two chat windows and in each is whisper active and when you get whispers you have duplicates in elephant? Just posted about this, hopefully it will get fixed :D
In reply to Knakriktsur:
actually duplicate in all over addons in all windows
Is it intentional that the addon randomizes the names of battle.net names in the log? I had a chat with friend A but after relogging its showing friend Bs name. Because that wasnt always the case.
2x Elephant\Initialize.lua:48: bad argument #1 to 'sub' (string expected, got nil)
[C]: in function `sub'
Elephant\Initialize.lua:48: in function <Elephant\Initialize.lua:45>
Elephant\Initialize.lua:89: in function <Elephant\Initialize.lua:64>
[C]: ?
AQT\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0-12.lua:70: in function <AQT\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:65>
AQT\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0-12.lua:527: in function `EnableAddon'
AQT\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0-12.lua:620: in function <AQT\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:605>
[C]: in function `LoadAddOn'
FrameXML\UIParent.lua:353: in function `UIParentLoadAddOn'
FrameXML\UIParent.lua:424: in function `TimeManager_LoadUI'
FrameXML\UIParent.lua:693: in function <FrameXML\UIParent.lua:658>
In reply to wicatfly:
Well that's bizarre. Can you try to reinstall the addon? On which version are you trying this? Which client (Classic / Retail)?
In reply to AllInOneMighty:
Classic Chinese client
Tried reinstall, but nothing changed.
Thanks.