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  • World of Warcraft
  • 832 Monthly Downloads
  • Supports: 5.2.0
  • 143,469 Total Downloads
  • Updated 03/06/2013
  • Created 06/05/2006
  • 756 Favorites
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  • Release Type: Release
  • License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
  • Newest File: 3.3.1
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About Elephant

"Shoot... what did he say again? I just got disconnected."
"Didn't that guy 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. It saves the WHISPER & BATTLE.NET, RAID & 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 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 saves the chats even when you get disconnected.

Main features

  • Logs the chats in the background, with a limit of 1000 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!).
  • Save the chat and combat log in two different files on your computer.

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): http://www.wowace.com/addons/elephant/tickets/
Discussion thread: http://forums.wowace.com/showthread.php?t=7816

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Comments

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  • #513

    Hi there! I've enabled the logging to disk, but I can't seem to find where it's being recorded. Pointer, please? I'm trying to figure out why WoW is suddenly taking so long to swap toons on me, so trying to track down what might be open files.

     

    Thank you!

     

  • #514

    Hey scandalouswillow,

    The logs are located (as indicated in the addon on the button itself! :P) in the Logs/WoWChatLog.txt file.

  • #510

    Hi there!  Could this be updated on wow interface?  The last file update there was Nov 2010, according to the main 'about this addon' page. 

  • #511

    Updated!

  • #512

    Thank you!

     

  • #508

    Does this addon not allow copying of realID conversations?

    I go to the Elephant window, and click on whispers, I can see all the realID whispers. But if I click copy, they are gone :( Is this 'working as intended' or a bug?

  • #509

    Working as intended. Actually, AddOns are never allowed to retrieve the names of your real id friends, meaning that if you were trying to copy these chats, every real id friend would appear as UNKNOWN. This is unfortunately a limitation of the WoW API :(

  • #503

    Seeing the following error recently, although I haven't tracked down exactly when it happens.

    ----

    1x Elephant-3.1.1\Message.lua:58: attempt to index local 'mStruct' (a nil value)

    Elephant-3.1.1\Structure.lua:328: in function `CaptureNewMessage'
    Elephant-3.1.1\Event.lua:199: in function <Interface\AddOns\Elephant\Event.lua:25>
    CallbackHandler-1.0-6:157: in function <...ist\libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:157>
    <string>:"safecall Dispatcher[1]":4: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[1]"]:4>
    <in C code>: ?
    <string>:"safecall Dispatcher[1]":13: in function `?'
    CallbackHandler-1.0-6:92: in function `Fire'
    AceEvent-3.0-3:120: in function <...s\AckisRecipeList\libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:119>

    nil

    Locals:
    nil

  • #504

    Thanks for the report! Does it happen very often or is it totally bearable?

  • #507

    A quick update now that the holidays are over. I get why I thought it was intermittent. I can reproduce it every time on a particular character when I join a party. So either get invited or /invite someone, and the error pops up. Testing on several different toons, no error. The problem toon is my druid. I tried disabling every addon I could think of that was specific to her, but could not make the error go away. Let me know if that helps!

  • #506

    It's definitely intermittent, as I haven't seen it at all today. I will try to keep an eye out and post more information, perhaps other users can also add their comments to help track it down. Merry Christmas!

  • #502

    While it's recording the RealID chat, if i try to use the BBcode or export it in anyway, the realID chat just doesnt show up for me to attempt to export it

  • #501

    Message: Interface\AddOns\Elephant\Event.lua:51: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)
    Time: 12/04/11 01:32:31
    Count: 1
    Stack: Interface\AddOns\Elephant\Event.lua:51: in function <Interface\AddOns\Elephant\Event.lua:25>
    ...las\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:157: in function <...las\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:157>
    [string "safecall Dispatcher[15]"]:4: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[15]"]:4>
    [C]: ?
    [string "safecall Dispatcher[15]"]:13: in function `?'
    ...las\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:92: in function `Fire'
    ...e\AddOns\Elephant\Libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:120: in function <...e\AddOns\Elephant\Libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:119>

    Locals: <none>

     

    in 4.3 after heartstoning

  • #500

    For those asking about the local file for copies of chat logs, they can be found in:

    WoW install path|WTF|Account|*Account Name*|*Realm*|*Toon Name*|SavedVariables|Elephant.lua

    Last edited by Moraylais on 10/24/2011 6:57:13 PM
  • #499
    Are the chats stored in text files somewhere? I'd love to be able to save them as files easily.

    I tried to copy/paste, but I couldn't "select all" in the current chat, so that makes it more difficult. Any ideas to do this are welcome.

    Thanks
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