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"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."
...

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!

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Report an issue (bug & suggestions): https://www.wowace.com/projects/elephant/issues

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yndara
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Posted Dec 16, 2009
Thank you so much for fixing the party leader issue! This is one of my favorite mods, it's wonderful to see it updated. The only problem I'm still having is with the achievement pane. It still shows %s instead of the person's name. Any chance of a fix for that one?

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Posted Dec 14, 2009
Should be fixed! ;-)

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Posted Dec 14, 2009
YAY!!! Thank you!!

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Posted Dec 13, 2009
I am also having a problem with Elephant not tracking the Party Leader text. I'm also a roleplayer and rely on these records to help me remember what has happened with my character(s). Any more updates in progress? I adore this add-on and I'm very grateful for the work you put into it!!

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Posted Dec 11, 2009
I've been using the 2.5.9 beta since it was released, but Elephant still doesn't log the new Party Leader chat. This has been bugging me a bit, as I sometimes RP in party chat, and like to keep a log of it, but one person's messages are always left out. I've converted the party to a raid as a temporary work-around, but that wouldn't help much if we were trying to level at the time.

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Posted Nov 17, 2009
I love this addon. Thank you heaps for your great work.

Although, I too am getting the %s in place of the player's name for achievements. Considering the achievements now have their own section, I guess it's not a known bug on the todo list, but rather another addon clashing perhaps? My first guess would be Prat. I don't have any other chat modifying addons.. that come to mind :)

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Posted Oct 29, 2009
anyway to increase the size of the text?

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Posted Oct 28, 2009
Date: 2009-10-28 01:46:41
ID: 2
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\Elephant\Event-Handle.lua line 24:
attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)
Debug:
(tail call): ?
...ddOns\AtlasLootFu\Libs\AceEvent-2.0\AceEvent-2.0.lua:303: TriggerEvent()
...ddOns\AtlasLootFu\Libs\AceEvent-2.0\AceEvent-2.0.lua:910:
...ddOns\AtlasLootFu\Libs\AceEvent-2.0\AceEvent-2.0.lua:903
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Posted Oct 27, 2009
Is it possible to filter certain things that are said in trade chan? For example i am an enchanter and i like to watch trade channel for people that need enchants.

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Posted Oct 21, 2009
I'm not sure when this started happening, but in my achievement log, Elephant is showing %s for the name of the person. So I can't actually see who got the achievement, just which achievements were earned.

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Posted Sep 15, 2009
Is there a way to change the log time to be the same as my Server time? It is currently displaying my local time which is 2 hours behind Server Time.

Thanks

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Posted Sep 3, 2009
I get this error when zoning into new places. I think this particular one was when i joined Isle of Conquest - but it pretty much can happen when zoning into anywhere - stormwind, ulduar, dalaran, etc

Date: 2009-09-03 15:35:39
ID: 1
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\Elephant\Event-Handle.lua line 24:
attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)
Debug:
(tail call): ?
...ddOns\AtlasLootFu\Libs\AceEvent-2.0\AceEvent-2.0.lua:303: TriggerEvent()
...ddOns\AtlasLootFu\Libs\AceEvent-2.0\AceEvent-2.0.lua:910:
...ddOns\AtlasLootFu\Libs\AceEvent-2.0\AceEvent-2.0.lua:903
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Posted Aug 12, 2009
Date: 2009-08-11 22:38:56
ID: 2
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\Elephant\Event-Handle.lua line 24:
attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)
Debug:
Ace2\AceEvent-2.0\AceEvent-2.0.lua:303: TriggerEvent()
Ace2\AceEvent-2.0\AceEvent-2.0.lua:910:
Ace2\AceEvent-2.0\AceEvent-2.0.lua:903
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Posted Oct 20, 2009
i get the same Errors as Teffsi

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Posted Aug 8, 2009
How do I get to the graphical screen for logging options?

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Posted Aug 6, 2009
This is a fanastic addon, one of my essentials. Thanks for making it! :)

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Posted Jul 21, 2009
Hi,
Is there an offline viewer for elephant logs? I just installed it on Monday night, and here it is Tuesday morning with no way to log on and export the elephant logs. I'll go have a look at WoWChatLog.txt and WoWCombatLog.txt, but i was wondering if there'd be an offline viewer with a pretty presentation like the one I see in the screenshots of the online viewer.
Peace.

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Posted Jul 13, 2009
Hi there,

I've installed Elephant and it's great, but I can't seem to locate the chat log at all. I've checked for the WoWChatLog.txt file throughout my computer and I am set up for logging in the interface in the game. It just doesn't appear.

Is there a problem if I'm on Vista 64? Could another addon interfere with logging? I'm very anxious to fix this.

Thanks so much.

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Posted Jun 4, 2009
[2009/06/04 20:06:38-454-x1]: Elephant-2.5\Event-Handle.lua:24: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)

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Posted May 23, 2009
Greetings,

how di I set Elephant to show the chat of all my characters in all my other characters? I've created a twink - my first one, that is - and I've been trying to find out how to get my main's chat to show while I'm logged in with my twink and vice versa. How do I do that?

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