Battle logs?

**bebekija** · 05-10-2010, 10:04

Hey all!

I've seen quite a few posts now with ppl talking about how they checked their "battle logs", and how they could find there precious information about the specifics of one battle, such as the indiviual exp gained by each man (not unit, man), or the number of kills of the general.
And of course there is this empty "logs" directory in the M2TW main directory.

I'm very interested in such intel, so my question is pretty straightforward : how do you record those logs?

Cause I've checked all game options, all console commands, and I can't find it.

Thx for your answers!!

**_Tristan_** · 05-10-2010, 14:39

I don't know anything about this feature... Are you sure these people are not reffering to another TW game ? Or another game altogether ?

Perhaps you could point us to those posts mentioning this feature ?

I consider myself a veteran of the franchise and I'm reknowned for pushing the game to its limits but I've never heard of such a feature... I'd like to be pointed towards it if it exists... Could be fun

PS : And welcome to the Org !!

**bebekija** · 05-11-2010, 08:11

Thank you!

I know I've heard about that from 3-4 different people, but the only one I've been able to find again is this post by apalca (assistant moderator, so should be reliable?...) :
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...=1#post1591446

I've been wondering myself if maybe he's talking about MTW (I know the feature existed in this one), but on the other hand the thread he's posting in is clearly unambiguous, and he's talking about a log where "all triggers are logged"...

So, is it a bluff or what?

**King Flambard I** · 05-11-2010, 10:28

I have heard of a spreadsheet which tracks all your kills/ deaths. When you say 'logs directory' have you been into that and/or is it empty?

**_Tristan_** · 05-12-2010, 14:25

Originally Posted by bebekija

I've been wondering myself if maybe he's talking about MTW (I know the feature existed in this one), but on the other hand the thread he's posting in is clearly unambiguous, and he's talking about a log where "all triggers are logged"...

So, is it a bluff or what?

It is no bluff but a simple misunderstanding I think...

The log to which alpaca refers is an error log used by modders to see how the different triggers related to traits/ancillaries or events work/ don't work... It doesn't list any stats concerning the kills made by a unit/single character, but only if that unit/character has matched the threshold stated to gain the according trait or ancillary...

Maybe PMing alpaca could confirm this...

I've never heard of any spreadsheet tracking your kill/death ratio...

**bebekija** · 05-13-2010, 10:00

Originally Posted by Tristan de Castelreng

It is no bluff but a simple misunderstanding I think...

The log to which alpaca refers is an error log used by modders to see how the different triggers related to traits/ancillaries or events work/ don't work... It doesn't list any stats concerning the kills made by a unit/single character, but only if that unit/character has matched the threshold stated to gain the according trait or ancillary...

Alright the triggers part is what I wanted anyway.

Do you know how to produce this "trigger log"?

**_Tristan_** · 05-13-2010, 13:01

You should post that question in the M2TW modding forum or send alpaca a PM asking for explanation... I've never done any hardcore modding and I've never had need of these logs...

Good luck !!

Keep us posted if you get your answer... Might be of use to others

**bebekija** · 05-14-2010, 21:43

Ok I found the info I was looking for.
If anyone's interested in it, see this page :
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=70942

The *trace option allows, among other things, to monitor all triggers for traits, ancillaries...

Thx for your help Tristan