Amuntet Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Where are they? Why is it that when a warzone ends the game can tell me what my DPS was, but I can't see a live combat log? And not just what my DPS, but what my effective DPS was. They are already doing some reasonably accurate parsing to determine effective DPS, but they refuse to put a simple combat log in. When I get killed, it would be nice to see, "Joe Blow cast Stupid Ability for 9000 damage." I can only surmise that some lead designer somewhere has something lodged somewhere that has him/her convinced that "the feel of the game" is somehow ultra-important and would be compromised if I knew what the hell was going on in its holy confines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkgryphon Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Defeat and Victory messages are in game, and will show you what you did and how much damage you did when you killed something and when something kills you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeramieCrowe Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Where are they? Why is it that when a warzone ends the game can tell me what my DPS was, but I can't see a live combat log? And not just what my DPS, but what my effective DPS was. They are already doing some reasonably accurate parsing to determine effective DPS, but they refuse to put a simple combat log in. The combat in this game doesn't work like other games, from a nuts'n'bolts standpoint. "A simple combat log" doesn't exist for the combat in TOR. BioWare is working on getting us some real-time tracking, but to do so, it's definitely not "simple" like other games. I'm one of the ones where I would be happy, for now, for at least a ballpark stream. But, if you've been on these forums for any length of time at all, the outcry would be enormous if it wasn't "just so". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amuntet Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 The combat in this game doesn't work like other games, from a nuts'n'bolts standpoint. "A simple combat log" doesn't exist for the combat in TOR. BioWare is working on getting us some real-time tracking, but to do so, it's definitely not "simple" like other games. I'm one of the ones where I would be happy, for now, for at least a ballpark stream. But, if you've been on these forums for any length of time at all, the outcry would be enormous if it wasn't "just so". What are you talking about? When I push a button, I want a line of text to appear in my "combat log" that says "Hey! you just cast Ability X on Enemy Y, and it crit for 9000 damage!" It's exactly what's already available in the combat log, but nicely formatted and real-time and in-game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amuntet Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) Defeat and Victory messages are in game, and will show you what you did and how much damage you did when you killed something and when something kills you. Really? All I see is "You've been defeated by Blah". Where is this mystical damage breakdown you speak of? And if "Defeat and Victory messages" are already in the game, why not just show messages for each damage/healing/other effect so I can do what I want with that information. Edited April 23, 2012 by Amuntet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeramieCrowe Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Really? All I see is "You've been defeated by Blah". Where is this mystical damage breakdown you speak of? And if "Defeat and Victory messages" are already in the game, why not just show messages for each damage/healing/other effect so I can do what I want with that information. Oh, you have to turn on combat logs to file in your game Preferences, and it will be a text file in your game folder, I believe. LOTS of combat info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pdarkk Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 My log doesnt work for some reason ive turned it on, off and on hoping it fixes but still get no kill or defeat messages. Anyone know what the problem might be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickRedOne Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 My log doesnt work for some reason ive turned it on, off and on hoping it fixes but still get no kill or defeat messages. Anyone know what the problem might be? Go into your chat settings on the tab, and select "combat info' . That should fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestunhi Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 (edited) My log doesnt work for some reason ive turned it on, off and on hoping it fixes but still get no kill or defeat messages. Anyone know what the problem might be? There's no ingame combat log. You enable it ingame then find the text file in your documents folder / library (e.g. mine is in: "C:\Users\**Windows Account Name**\Documents\Star Wars - The Old Republic\CombatLogs") :edit: The file contains data like this: [21:41:35.610] [@Jestunhi] [Warlord Kephess {2800357331697664}] [Combustible Gas Cylinder {2020687623487488}] [RemoveEffect {836045448945478}: Burning (Tech) {2020687623487746}] () [21:41:35.610] [@Jestunhi] [Warlord Kephess {2800357331697664}] [superheated Rail {2269039812411392}] [ApplyEffect {836045448945477}: Burning (Tech) {2269039812411663}] () [21:41:35.611] [@Jestunhi] [Warlord Kephess {2800357331697664}] [burning (Tech) {2269039812411663}] [ApplyEffect {836045448945477}: Damage {836045448945501}] (988* elemental {836045448940875}) <741> [21:41:35.612] [@Jestunhi] [Warlord Kephess {2800357331697664}] [superheated Rail {2269039812411392}] [RemoveEffect {836045448945478}: Burning (Tech) {2269039812411663}] () [21:41:35.613] [@Jestunhi] [Warlord Kephess {2800357331697664}] [Combustible Gas Cylinder {2020687623487488}] [ApplyEffect {836045448945477}: Burning (Tech) {2020687623487746}] () [21:41:35.613] [@Jestunhi] [Warlord Kephess {2800357331697664}] [burning (Tech) {2020687623487746}] [ApplyEffect {836045448945477}: Damage {836045448945501}] (578 elemental {836045448940875}) <433> [21:41:35.614] [@Jestunhi] [Warlord Kephess {2800357331697664}] [Rail Shot {814278554681344}] [ApplyEffect {836045448945477}: Damage {836045448945501}] (2123 energy {836045448940874}) <1592> Edited April 25, 2012 by Jestunhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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