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
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AllInOneMighty Owner
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Posted Aug 30, 2012Awesome thank you :)
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Posted Sep 12, 2012Thanks!
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Posted Aug 29, 2012Update for patch 5.0.4 please!!
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Posted Aug 30, 2012I'll try to update it during this week-end!
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Posted Aug 29, 2012yes plz, proably needs also some lib-updates:
Message: ...hant\Libs\AceGUI-3.0\widgets\AceGUIWidget-Button.lua:66: CreateFrame(): Couldn't find inherited node "UIPanelButtonTemplate2"
Time: 08/29/12 22:13:43
Count: 1
Stack: [C]: ?
...hant\Libs\AceGUI-3.0\widgets\AceGUIWidget-Button.lua:66: in function `?'
...rface\AddOns\Elephant\Libs\AceGUI-3.0\AceGUI-3.0.lua:136: in function <...rface\AddOns\Elephant\Libs\AceGUI-3.0\AceGUI-3.0.lua:125>
...rface\AddOns\Elephant\Libs\AceGUI-3.0\AceGUI-3.0.lua:174: in function `Create'
...nfig-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0.lua:1117: in function <...nfig-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0.lua:1055>
...nfig-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0.lua:1582: in function `FeedGroup'
...nfig-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0.lua:1507: in function <...nfig-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0.lua:1487>
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[string "safecall Dispatcher[3]"]:9: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[3]"]:5>
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...rface\AddOns\Elephant\Libs\AceGUI-3.0\AceGUI-3.0.lua:314: in function `Fire'
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[string "safecall Dispatcher[2]"]:9: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[2]"]:5>
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...rface\AddOns\Elephant\Libs\AceGUI-3.0\AceGUI-3.0.lua:314: in function `Fire'
...GUI-3.0\widgets\AceGUIContainer-BlizOptionsGroup.lua:20: in function <...GUI-3.0\widgets\AceGUIContainer-BlizOptionsGroup.lua:19>
[C]: in function `Show'
Interface\FrameXML\InterfaceOptionsFrame.lua:28: in function `InterfaceOptionsList_DisplayPanel'
Interface\FrameXML\InterfaceOptionsFrame.lua:46: in function `InterfaceOptionsListButton_OnClick'
[string "*:OnClick"]:2: in function <[string "*:OnClick"]:1>
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Posted Aug 24, 2012Hi
Is there going to be an update of this addon for MOP? Our guild leadership use it to keep track of guild chat in a large guild. It's been great.
Thanks
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Posted Aug 24, 2012Thank you for the reminder! Yes, I will update the mod for MOP!
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Posted Aug 29, 2012Very happy to hear this! Thank you so much, pb_ee1! Also, that name!
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Posted Jun 26, 2012I like this addon but what kills it for me is that the logs are character specific, making it useless if I am toon hoping.
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Posted Apr 3, 2012Hi there! I've enabled the logging to disk, but I can't seem to find where it's being recorded. Pointer, please? I'm trying to figure out why WoW is suddenly taking so long to swap toons on me, so trying to track down what might be open files.
Thank you!
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Posted Apr 3, 2012Hey scandalouswillow,
The logs are located (as indicated in the addon on the button itself! :P) in the Logs/WoWChatLog.txt file.
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Posted Mar 28, 2012Hi there! Could this be updated on wow interface? The last file update there was Nov 2010, according to the main 'about this addon' page.
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Posted Mar 28, 2012Updated!
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Posted Apr 3, 2012Thank you!
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Posted Mar 28, 2012Does this addon not allow copying of realID conversations?
I go to the Elephant window, and click on whispers, I can see all the realID whispers. But if I click copy, they are gone :( Is this 'working as intended' or a bug?
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Posted Mar 28, 2012Working as intended. Actually, AddOns are never allowed to retrieve the names of your real id friends, meaning that if you were trying to copy these chats, every real id friend would appear as UNKNOWN. This is unfortunately a limitation of the WoW API :(
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Posted Dec 22, 2011Seeing the following error recently, although I haven't tracked down exactly when it happens.
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1x Elephant-3.1.1\Message.lua:58: attempt to index local 'mStruct' (a nil value)
Elephant-3.1.1\Structure.lua:328: in function `CaptureNewMessage'
Elephant-3.1.1\Event.lua:199: in function <Interface\AddOns\Elephant\Event.lua:25>
CallbackHandler-1.0-6:157: in function <...ist\libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:157>
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[1]":4: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[1]"]:4>
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<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[1]":13: in function `?'
CallbackHandler-1.0-6:92: in function `Fire'
AceEvent-3.0-3:120: in function <...s\AckisRecipeList\libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:119>
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Posted Dec 23, 2011Thanks for the report! Does it happen very often or is it totally bearable?
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Posted Dec 24, 2011It'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, 2012A 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!