Configuring Logs

battleWarden is capable of creating logs of your game server messages. In order to configure the log functionality, you will need to edit thebwspysettings.ini file located in the root application directory. A simple text editor is suitable here. After opening the byspysettings.ini file you will notice a section that looks like the following example:

bwspysettings.ini

class bWSpySettings{

    class Log{
        Enable="1"
        LogPath="Logs\"
        FileMask="<ServerDescription>_<Date>_<Type>.txt"
        DateMask="%yyyy-%mm-%dd"
        TimeMask="(%hh:%ii:%ss) : "
    }

    // ...

The example shows the configuration class for the log functionality called Log, being a nested class within bWSpySettings. To instruct battleWarden to log server messages, you need to set Enable to 1 as shown in the above example. Then, you need to specify a path for the folder, where battleWarden will create the log files. This is done by modifying the LogPath attribute. Please make sure that the specified path ends with a backslash character \. battleWarden will use the file mask specified for the FileMask attribute as the name for the logs files. The following variables can be used for the FileMask:

Variable	Description
<ServerDescription>	Contains the description of the game server battleWarden is connected to.
<Date>	Contains the current system date formatted with the mask specified in the DateMask parameter.
<Type>	Contains the type of the current server message to be logged in form of a string (either Log or Chat).

The DateMask attribute specifies a mask battleWarden will use to format the current system date. It is used for the explained variable. When logging server messages, battleWarden uses a prefix for each message specifying the time. This prefix has to be specified in the TimeMask attribute containing a mask for formatting the current system time.

Tip

Alternatively, you can configure logs by using the settings dialog (click Settings → Settings...) in the Main Menu Bar).