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

[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