Please add something to FFXIV that disables 3rd party software interactions.

[Avidria]

Ahem...

Cough.. cough... Ahem...

E.I. Text files are tiny, even with hundreds of pages of text in them.

Oh, god. I took a look at those logs, and yeah they've got combat stuff in them, but they've also got... what looks like loot info from everyone near you (possibly just party members?), NPC dialogue... system messages...

It looks like a log of everything, with a bunch of garbled symbols chucked in for flavor lmao

The game may keep logs, but you couldn't pay me to sit and decipher that into something usable

[Komarimono]

Oh, god. I took a look at those logs, and yeah they've got combat stuff in them, but they've also got... what looks like loot info from everyone near you (possibly just party members?), NPC dialogue... system messages...

It looks like a log of everything, with a bunch of garbled symbols chucked in for flavor lmao

The game may keep logs, but you couldn't pay me to sit and decipher that into something usable

I'm sorry, but you're misinformed. None of those logs contain anything but combat data of the player and party members. It's not hard to decipher the symbols you don't personally understand, since those are referred to as 'Calls'. Abrievated terms and language for quick and easy navigation for the software.

As for deciphering it, it takes a few seconds with a simple plugin to Notepad++. It's just language code, not hard to figure out.

But, as I had my friend check, you cannot access these logs on PS4, the console doesn't let you delve that deep into the file system, for them to know this. PC users though, can freely and easily check the logs, even without parsing software.

[Avidria]

I'm sorry, but you're misinformed. None of those logs contain anything but combat data of the player and party members. It's not hard to decipher the symbols you don't personally understand, since those are referred to as 'Calls'. Abrievated terms and language for quick and easy navigation for the software.

As for deciphering it, it takes a few seconds with a simple plugin to Notepad++. It's just language code, not hard to figure out.

But, as I had my friend check, you cannot access these logs on PS4, the console doesn't let you delve that deep into the file system, for them to know this. PC users though, can freely and easily check the logs, even without parsing software.

No, like... hang on a second let me get a screenshot...

This is what I'm looking at. Unless we're looking at a different log file here?

As a side note, it may be easy for you to figure out, but this is something I have zero experience with. It's basically a foreign language to me lmao. I was being a bit flippant by saying it was just tossed in for flavor. I'm aware it serves a purpose that I don't understand :P

Edit: Looking through the rest of the log files, it's more of the same. Lots of combat info yes, but also dialogue, exp gains, etc. Either I'm looking in the wrong place, or the logs have more than just combat info in them. This kinda feels like it's veering off topic though, so I'm just gonna slide on out.

[Komarimono]

No, like... hang on a second let me get a screenshot...

This is what I'm looking at. Unless we're looking at a different log file here?

As a side note, it may be easy for you to figure out, but this is something I have zero experience with. It's basically a foreign language to me lmao. I was being a bit flippant by saying it was just tossed in for flavor. I'm aware it serves a purpose that I don't understand :P

Can't look at it through normal notepad, not and it make sense, no. Same log file, but not the same. Hard to explain, but the logs are there. Yours is logging chat, from the looks of it the intro the the game itself. If you've multiple characters, or have deleted and made new ones, make sure in the right FFXIV CH folder, since can be several.

[Avidria]

Can't look at it through normal notepad, not and it make sense, no. Same log file, but not the same. Hard to explain, but the logs are there. Yours is logging chat, from the looks of it the intro the the game itself. If you've multiple characters, or have deleted and made new ones, make sure in the right FFXIV CH folder, since can be several.

Ok, that explains why it looks different lol. Normal notepad's all I've got. That file is from my alt, but my main's logs also have a lot of that info too.

Oh well. Good to know it's there, though I'm honestly not sure how to make it into something useful. Guess I'll just keep trucking and hoping I'm doing alright on my damage for now

[YojimboM]

Ok, that explains why it looks different lol. Normal notepad's all I've got. That file is from my alt, but my main's logs also have a lot of that info too.

Oh well. Good to know it's there, though I'm honestly not sure how to make it into something useful. Guess I'll just keep trucking and hoping I'm doing alright on my damage for now

It's just a chat log. The combat "log" is in a chat window in the game. The log files spit out everything that goes into your chat, including combat and player text.

[Avidria]

It's just a chat log. The combat "log" is in a chat window in the game. The log files spit out everything that goes into your chat, including combat and player text.

Yeah, makes sense. Just thought I was going nuts and looking at the wrong (identically named) file for a minute lmao. No longer confused, only very tired apparently