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| Chat Logging; -how to do it! | |
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| Topic Started: Jan 11 2010, 06:13 PM (997 Views) | |
| VanillaRose | Jan 11 2010, 06:13 PM Post #1 |
What do you mean?
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After mentioning that I could check my chat logs to see if a certain thing did or did not happen, I received some requests to share how to set up chat logging. Instead of sending PMs, I decided to post here so everyone could benefit. ![]() How to Set Up Chat Logging - Go to the nwn2player.ini file that is located in your My Documents/Neverwinter Nights 2 file and open it. - Scroll down a bit until you see [Game Options] in text. - Insert the following line beneath the [Game Options] header: ClientChatLogging=1 - Save and close the file. Your chat will now be logged, and it will be saved in a certain file that's a pain to find. - Pull up your C drive. - Go to the Documents and Settings folder. ---If you are using a version of Windows that is newer than XP, go to the Users folder. - Go to the folder that has the username you use for your computer. - Go to the Local Settings folder. ---If you are using a version of Windows that is newer than XP, go to the AppData folder and then the Local folder. --- Depending on your settings, this folder may be hidden. To show folders that are hidden, go up to the Tools options at the top of your screen. Then select Folder Options. Then select the View tab. In the Advanced Settings window, you should see a folder icon called "Hidden files and folders" and a button option to select "Show hidden files and folders". Once you select the option and OK it, the Local Settings folder should show. - Go to the Temp folder. - Go to the NWN2 folder. - Go to the LOGS folder. - There will be two documents inside this folder. Chat logging is saved to the one called nwclientLog1.txt. I strongly recommend that if you are serious about saving your chat logs that you create a shortcut to nwclientLog1 on your desktop, because it is far easier than remembering how to get to the file each time. Important Notes - Every time you start NWN2 from your desktop, the words in the chat file will be erased! It is important to save before you restart the game if you want to keep your chat logs. I created a folder called Chat Logs in the My Documents/Neverwinter Nights 2 folder and save all my logs there. - If the server crashes and you only exit back to the main menu, your chat logs are fine. - Auto-downloader information - all the files that get checked when logging into the server - gets saved to chat logs. It's a big blob of text, and it will show in your chat log each and every time you have to rejoin the server. Tips and Tricks Since I use chat logs for many purposes, I have a naming system I use. Developing your own system helps when you want to find a certain chat log after some time has passed. My system consists of me naming the file with the date and a tidbit of information as to what the main RP it contains. For example, the file called January9-2010-1 Gwynnithe Upset has RP that occurred on January 9th, and the main RP in which I was involved consisted of when Gwynnithe was upset. Later in the day, I had to restart NWN2 for whatever reason, and I have another file called January9-2010-2 Drinking with Dom. These files and others are saved in the appropriate January 2010 subfolder in the Chat Logs folder I mentioned earlier. My system may work for you, or you may think I'm a too-organized nerd (it's true) with too much time on her hands. But at any rate... that's how to log chat!~VR |
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| Mr_Otyugh | Jan 11 2010, 07:11 PM Post #2 |
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Nice info, good to have. Maybe I wouldn't need to take so many screenies of my conversations after that either ;P I'll add it somewhere in stickies at some point... though not going to make any more stickies... any more of those just makes things confusing. Which reminds me I should start re-arranging those also <,< |
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| pelhikano | Jan 11 2010, 07:13 PM Post #3 |
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Thank you for the info VanillaRose. |
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| Pashan01 | Jan 11 2010, 07:18 PM Post #4 |
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The Pink Inspirator
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Use it all the time Vanilla its great for helping me on story stuff and for going back on things that I do forget. The little things can sometimes be important.Good to share the tips.:) |
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| Zadara | Jan 11 2010, 08:17 PM Post #5 |
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Titan, Golden Lord
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Thanks sooo much for taking the time to write this up VR!! I'm going to go try this right now I also was planning on starting up a "quotes" thread (the hilarity must be shared with the world) - but found myself *always* forgetting the exact wordage of certain quotes I wanted to post (aka my crappy memory not quite capturing the full blown hilarity of what was written). This'll make it happen hehe. |
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| VanillaRose | Jan 11 2010, 10:16 PM Post #6 |
What do you mean?
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After helping Zadara, who uses Windows 7, I've edited my original post to include alternate steps for non-XP users.
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| SharpGn2 | Jan 12 2010, 12:05 AM Post #7 |
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thank you thank you! in like.... Seven hours.. im gonna go do this after work! |
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| Pashan01 | Oct 5 2010, 10:38 AM Post #8 |
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The Pink Inspirator
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((post bumped as someone asked me recently how this was done)) |
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| Reptiller | Oct 5 2010, 03:22 PM Post #9 |
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Mimir
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Thank you for the help! |
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| AniKai | Oct 6 2010, 11:14 PM Post #10 |
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The living paradox
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Another option (if using Skywing's Client Extension): - SCE keeps an accumulating log (never clearing it, that needs to be done manually) in the game's installation directory, filename nwn2reportlog.txt |
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| Kiuna | Aug 16 2013, 02:09 PM Post #11 |
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Gnomish Log Rotator - this works for NWN and NWN2 both. It's really simple to use and will save your chat logs in any folder you designate with the date as default name and a field to type in your saving convention. |
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But at any rate... that's how to log chat!







12:29 AM Jul 11