[System64]

Hi all! This is my first tutorial on this forum and I'll show you how to make a chat log for your server
It's very simple, it have few steps!

1. Go to your scriptfiles folder and there make a folder called Logs, in him make a new text document Chat.txt (Right click>New>Text Document)

2. Copy this somewhere on the bottom of your script!

pawn Код:

stock ChatLog(playerid, text[])
{
    new
     File:lFile = fopen("Logs/Chat.txt", io_append),
     logData[178],
        fyear, fmonth, fday,
        fhour, fminute, fsecond;
        
    getdate(fyear, fmonth, fday);
    gettime(fhour, fminute, fsecond);
    
    format(logData, sizeof(logData),"[%02d/%02d/%04d %02d:%02d:%02d] %s: %s \r\n", fday, fmonth, fyear, fhour, fminute, fsecond, GetName(playerid), text);
    fwrite(lFile, logData);

    fclose(lFile);
    return 1;
}

Let me explain,

pawn Код:

File:lFile = fopen("Logs/Chat.txt", io_append)

- with this code we make a new text document in folder Logs called Chat.txt

pawn Код:

logData[178]

- how many letters will have in that log!

pawn Код:

fyear, fmonth, fday, fhour, fminute, fsecond

- variables with we can see when we open log year, month, day, hour, minute & seconds when that was written!

pawn Код:

getdate(fyear, fmonth, fday);
gettime(fhour, fminute, fsecond);

- with this 2 functions we will learn the time when it was written, year, month, day, hour, minute & seconds!

pawn Код:

format(logData, sizeof(logData),"[%02d/%02d/%04d %02d:%02d:%02d] %s: %s \r\n", fday, fmonth, fyear, fhour, fminute, fsecond, GetName(playerid), text);

- with this function we will format data for log (I dunno how to explain better)!

pawn Код:

logData

- variable for size of letters in log!

pawn Код:

fday, fmonth, fyear, fhour, fminute, fsecond

- dyear, month, day, hour, minute & seconds!

pawn Код:

GetName(playerid)

- with this function we will get the name of player who written something!

pawn Код:

text

- text that was written by the player!

pawn Код:

fwrite(lFile, logData);

- with that it enrolled data in log

pawn Код:

fclose(lFile);

- with this it close (I dunno why this)!

One more function we need to add on the bottom of your script:

pawn Код:

stock GetName(playerid)
{
    new
     pName[MAX_PLAYER_NAME];
     
    GetPlayerName(playerid, pName, MAX_PLAYER_NAME);
    return pName;
}

3. Just this add this in OnPlayerText callback:

pawn Код:

ChatLog(playerid, text);

If you done everything ok, enter your server, type something in chat and open Chat.txt, you will have to get something like this,[/size]

pawn Код:

[17/06/2011 09:20:15] System32: test

Normally you will write your name and your text!

Tutorial by System32
Script by Paradox

If I do something wrong or type something wrong please say!

[Ronaldo_raul™]

Good....but I think now all the Admin scripts are with this thingy's......

Btw Good tutorial....

[System64]

I dunno, I don't use admin scripts (I have mine) and I saw a lot Chat Logs but only this works for me :P

thanks dude!

[Lorenc_]

Why is it Croatian people always have unique ideas and creations :3 Well done, this is very useful

[playbox12]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lorenc_ Why is it Croatian people always have unique ideas and creations :3 Well done, this is very useful

I don't see how this is unique?

Good job, I don't recommend storing everything a player says though, but thats up to you.

[[FTC]Scorpion]

Thanks, man!

[System64]

Quote:

Originally Posted by playbox12 I don't see how this is unique? Good job, I don't recommend storing everything a player says though, but thats up to you.

Me to, this is not unique but thanks

[Lorenc_]

Quote:

Originally Posted by playbox12 I don't see how this is unique? Good job, I don't recommend storing everything a player says though, but thats up to you.

Though, never stated whether it is Unique, I'm just saying, they create unique stuff.

[Ehab1911]

Awesome dude! Love it, but it doesn't save what the players type? Like commands, it doesn't save that :S How to make it save it ^^?

[Lenny the Cup]

It depends on which command processor you have. If you don't know which it is, just put it under OnPlayerCommandText

[HfV.pT]

Good Job!!!

[System64]

thanks

[Snipa]

You should add if(fexist(filename)) just in case they don't make the file.

[emokidx]

hmm,, pretty useful,, nice

[System64]

thanks

snipa - I should but I didn't xD

[dEcooR]

very nice ty

[Sibuscus]

Good tutorial, but to be able to use this more efficiently for whisper for /pms for all the other command chats, I'd make it ChatLog(str) without the playerid thing in the brackets. Later on you could just use the format(str bla blah "%s PMed to %s, senderName, receiverName) and store that str in ChatLog(str)

[Yashas]

This is terrible.

The fopen should be moved out. Why open and close a file for every chat message?

This will cause a lot of I/O blocking and take a big toll on the performance. The server is forced to wait until the I/O request is cleared.

[Variable™]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yashas This is terrible. The fopen should be moved out. Why open and close a file for every chat message? This will cause a lot of I/O blocking and take a big toll on the performance. The server is forced to wait until the I/O request is cleared.

This tutorial is very old and of course not good, the guy just bumped it unnecessarily. There are way pretty much efficient tutorials other than that one.

[Sibuscus]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Variable™ This tutorial is very old and of course not good, the guy just bumped it unnecessarily. There are way pretty much efficient tutorials other than that one.

and that's why I bumped it. Can you provide me with a link to an updated tutorial?