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 Sep 4, 2017This does NOT support 7.3.0, as mentioned below before the update, the playsound needs fixing.
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Posted Sep 7, 2017Sorry, indeed missed this while upgrading to 7.3.0. It has been fixed in version 3.7.5.
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Posted Sep 2, 2017The Ace 3.0 package attached to this project is outdated as of 7.3. This is because it uses the old format for Playsound. You can fix this by going through each lua file in the Ace directories and commenting out instances of PlaySound with --Playsound. Alternatively, you can lookup the name of every call in Ace 3 on wowhead and replace the string with the number.
For example, AceConfigDialog.lua has this line:
PlaySound("igPlayerInviteDecline")
Doing a google search for igplayerinvitedecline gives you the wowhead link. In the URL for the wowhead link is the number 882, which is the number you replace it with.
So, you would update this one of two ways:
--Playsound(igPlayerInviteDecline")
or
Playsound(882)
You have to scan all lua files and perform the same operations until you have updated Elephant.
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Posted Sep 3, 2017Thanks :-)
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Posted Sep 7, 2017Thanks for the report! Fixed in 3.7.5. Sorry I was on holidays :)
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Posted Aug 31, 20173x [string "*:OnHide"]:1: Usage: PlaySound(soundKitID, optional["SFX","Music","Ambience", "Dialog" or "Master"], [forceNoDuplicates, runFinishCallback])
[C]: in function `PlaySound'
[string "*:OnHide"]:1: in function <[string "*:OnHide"]:1>
[C]: in function `Hide'
Elephant\Interface.lua:453: in function `Toggle'
[string "*:OnClick"]:1: in function <[string "*:OnClick"]:1>
Locals:
(*temporary) = "SPELLBOOKCLOSE"
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Posted Sep 7, 2017Fixed in 3.7.5.
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Posted Aug 30, 2017Will there be an update pushed for 7.3 anytime soon?
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Posted Sep 7, 2017Updated yesterday!
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Posted Jun 15, 2017Is there a way to just have everything show up in the elephant window? Or what's in the default chat window at least?
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Posted Sep 7, 2017I'm not sure what you mean by "everything". Elephant separates the logs in a way that (hopefully) makes sense, i.e. whisper / say / yell / guild / officer / ... separately.
However, for each of these logs, you can log additional things that vary depending on which log you're looking at. For example, in the Say log, you can also log the Yells, as sometimes it makes sense to have both at the same place. Check the message catchers at the top right of the main window for each log to select which ones you want to be saved.
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Posted May 28, 20173x Elephant\Initialize.lua:48: bad argument #1 to 'sub' (string expected, got nil)
[C]: in function `sub'
Elephant\Initialize.lua:48: in function <Elephant\Initialize.lua:45>
Elephant\Initialize.lua:89: in function <Elephant\Initialize.lua:64>
(tail call): ?
[C]: ?
[string "safecall Dispatcher[1]"]:9: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[1]"]:5>
(tail call): ?
Ace3\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0-12.lua:558: in function `EnableAddon'
Ace3\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0-12.lua:651: in function <Ace3\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:636>
[C]: in function `LoadAddOn'
FrameXML\UIParent.lua:420: in function `UIParentLoadAddOn'
FrameXML\UIParent.lua:511: in function `TimeManager_LoadUI'
FrameXML\UIParent.lua:1056: in function <FrameXML\UIParent.lua:953>
Locals:
nil
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Posted May 28, 20173x Elephant\Initialize.lua:48: bad argument #1 to 'sub' (string expected, got nil)
[C]: in function `sub'
Elephant\Initialize.lua:48: in function <Elephant\Initialize.lua:45>
Elephant\Initialize.lua:89: in function <Elephant\Initialize.lua:64>
(tail call): ?
[C]: ?
[string "safecall Dispatcher[1]"]:9: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[1]"]:5>
(tail call): ?
Ace3\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0-12.lua:558: in function `EnableAddon'
Ace3\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0-12.lua:651: in function <Ace3\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:636>
[C]: in function `LoadAddOn'
FrameXML\UIParent.lua:420: in function `UIParentLoadAddOn'
FrameXML\UIParent.lua:511: in function `TimeManager_LoadUI'
FrameXML\UIParent.lua:1056: in function <FrameXML\UIParent.lua:953>
Locals:
nil
副本频道不能显示，也不能记录。
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Posted Apr 22, 2017I love your add-on.
Only issue I have with it is I would like some form of way to have whispers with diffrent people put into a separate log.
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Posted Sep 7, 2017Thanks Seth :)
This isn't something that I plan on doing. There are other addons that are more IM oriented that would potentially do that. I know it's not the answer you're looking for, but that would be a huge amount of work and would likely make the UI a lot more confusing :|
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Posted Jan 14, 2017Hello there!
I'm having an issue with double logged messages. Prat formating is enabled and the addon is active.
Thanks in advance!
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Posted Nov 24, 2016Hey guys,
In a few hours, a new version of Elephant will be pushed that will add a much requested feature: being able to copy more than 250 lines of log in one copy/paste. You'll actually be able to copy up to 100,000 characters at once.
It is counted as characters due to how the UI works, so the default value is 15,000.
Let me know if you have any problem!
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Posted Nov 29, 2016Very nice!
Problem I found after (finally) updating today: 'Party' is now logging boss emotes/yells in addition to logging party chat. I use Elephant to keep track of RP in /party and I've never had this issue before. It's not a huge deal, just a little annoying having to go through the party logs I've copied and remove line after line of Waking Nightmares telling me that I will suffer horrors and Talon King Ikiss talking about pretty trinkets.
This is an amazing addon, by the way. Thank you for all of your work!
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Posted Dec 4, 2016Thanks! You can actually select what is logged in each chat by going in that chat log (party, here) and then clicking on the top-right Chat icon in the Elephant window: there you'll be able to remove some message catchers, like monster yell for example!
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Posted Dec 19, 2016Thank you! :D