Something cool I recently noticed (that you probably knew)
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:54 am
I was looking through my .minecraft folder and saw a folder called "logs". Thinking it was part of my chatlogging program, I clicked it, and found that it was actually the console log for Minecraft.
So, okay, whatever. Console logs. What's so interesting about that?
What's interesting is that that includes chat logs! If you still have your .minecraft folder from a time, you have logs from that time, even if you weren't using a chatlogging program. It doesn't include things like color, but still, it's pretty amazing. I went back to 2013 and found this:
(I did have to copy-paste it into WordPad; for some reason, Notepad doesn't detect the line breaks once you go far enough back. Not sure why.)
If I can figure out how to change my old-old hard drive back from RAW to Ext and NTFS (halp), I might well be able to go back to 2011 or earlier! (Not sure exactly how far it goes back.)
Anyway, I just figured that was pretty cool, being able to see all chat you've ever seen or done.
~dlgn
So, okay, whatever. Console logs. What's so interesting about that?
What's interesting is that that includes chat logs! If you still have your .minecraft folder from a time, you have logs from that time, even if you weren't using a chatlogging program. It doesn't include things like color, but still, it's pretty amazing. I went back to 2013 and found this:
[15:44:29] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] + dimeslime9: I am soul stealer.And this:
[15:44:30] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] pcgamer176 left the game.
[15:44:32] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] PlasmaBeam64 has just earned the achievement [Taking Inventory]
[15:44:35] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] AJS312: Funny guy.
[15:44:39] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] awesome_spark: By everyone I'm going ps I love this server.
[15:44:39] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] dlgn: I'm also a soul stealer!
[15:44:45] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] dlgn: See ya, awesome_spark.
[15:44:46] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] mateoeh: Cya.
[15:44:47] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] 123tepig: Whoa, another Rotom.
[15:44:51] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] awesome_spark: By.
[15:44:51] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] dlgn: Anyway, I enjoy stealing souls.
[15:44:52] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] awesome_spark left the game.
[15:44:53] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] AJS312: Bai awesome.
[15:44:55] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] JustinCullen10 joined the game for the first time.
[15:44:55] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] ColdF3ar left the game.
[15:44:58] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] JustinCullen10 has just earned the achievement [Taking Inventory]
[15:45:03] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] mateoeh: Welcome to MineRealm.
[15:45:05] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] dimeslime9 left the game.
[15:45:11] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] dlgn: I prefer the method of summoning the demon Hunger into a 13-times desecrated blade.
[15:45:15] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] dlgn: How do you do it?
[15:45:15] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] AJS312: Welcome to MineRealm JustinCullen10 we are a legit survival server!
[15:45:17] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] dlgn: Oh, he left.
[16:56:38] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] <Buddy> dlgn: i'm just miningAnd plenty of other stuff.
[16:56:43] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] <Buddy> dlgn: strip mining
[16:57:01] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] <Buddy> dlgn: for every diamond i find, i remove an article of clothing
(I did have to copy-paste it into WordPad; for some reason, Notepad doesn't detect the line breaks once you go far enough back. Not sure why.)
If I can figure out how to change my old-old hard drive back from RAW to Ext and NTFS (halp), I might well be able to go back to 2011 or earlier! (Not sure exactly how far it goes back.)
Anyway, I just figured that was pretty cool, being able to see all chat you've ever seen or done.
~dlgn