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Feature Showcase: Chat Logs

 

Information

 

Chat logs are without a doubt one of the most important resources that are generated while playing on a role playing server. They can be used to create screenshots, keep track of conversations (example: interrogations held by the Police Department), assist with reports, and so on.

 

RAGEMP does not provide chat log functionality out of the box, which is why we created it ourselves to enhance your experience while playing on the server. You will be able to save all of your generated chat logs with a special tool we made for the job.

 

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Usage

 

The GTA World Chat Log Assistant is a tool we developed to extract your chat logs. All you need to do to get started is download the latest (stable) release from https://github.com/AdvGTAW/GTAW-Log-Parser/releases, select your RAGEMP directory, and click on "Parse". You will then be able to choose between saving the parsed chat log to your computer, or copying it to the clipboard.

 

We decided to make the program Open Source because we do not trust random programs from the internet and neither should you. The source code is available at https://github.com/AdvGTAW/GTAW-Log-Parser and we strongly encourage you to learn to compile the program on your own. If you trust us and do not wish to compile it yourself, we still encourage you to verify the downloaded file using the SHA256 hash found alongside the release.

 

Features

 

Automatic Backup

The GTA World Chat Log Assistant not only parses chat logs at will, but also gives you the option to do it automatically after selecting a valid RAGEMP directory location. Enabling this feature is as simple as clicking on the "Automatic Backup Settings" option found on the menu bar and setting a backup directory. All of the chat logs will be neatly organized and you won't have to do a thing! This feature works great if you also enable the option that starts the program with your computer. Set it and forget it!

 

Filtering

Accessing the filtering menu is as simple as clicking on the "Filter Chat Log" option found on the menu bar. To get started, you can either load the current chat log that hasn't been parsed yet, or browse your file system for a chat log you parsed previously.

 

There are two types of filtering, simple and advanced:

  • Simple filtering implies using the checkboxes on the filtering screen to add or remove content
  • Advanced filtering can be used in conjunction with simple filtering to filter for specific lines that contain sequences of words given in the indicated text box

 

Known Issues

 

As said before, RAGEMP does not offer a native chat log experience and we had to make our own. This system uses the local storage functionality of the client, which has the tendency to break randomly.

 

In simple terms, the chat log is stored (almost) in the same way cookies are stored in your web browser. This is an issue with RAGEMP, not the GTA World Chat Log Assistant.

 

To combat this we added an option that, when enabled, warns you when the same chat log has been backed up automatically 2 or more times. If you see this message you will have to delete the resource folder of the server (found inside RAGEMP/client_packages) to repair the chat logs. Lost chat logs cannot be recovered.

Edited by Adv
Version updated to combat known issues
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