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thistleknot

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Is there a way to search, or create combat/announcement logs?
« on: November 04, 2011, 04:59:51 pm »
Every reload starts with a clean slate no?

I read about dwarf companion, and a stripped down version called Combat Reports.

I also read in an '09 post, that this was a feature that Toady was working on.

I don't see how it would be that hard for the game to just have a text log file that records all this stuff.
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Re: Is there a way to search, or create combat/announcement logs?
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2011, 05:01:48 pm »
the gamelog.txt file will actually contain every single message the game creates, including all combat/announcement logs.
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Re: Is there a way to search, or create combat/announcement logs?
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2011, 05:07:58 pm »
THANK YOU!  Where is this file located?  It's not in my save directory.  Does compressed saves have something to do with it?

Nevermind, found it.  Apparently it's outside of the save folders (scary since I save scum).

It would be nice if it had monster descriptions in it (before I looked at them).  Lesson learned, will do from now on (knowing it's recorded?)
« Last Edit: November 04, 2011, 07:48:26 pm by thistleknot »
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