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Change (combat) log messages
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Grauth Thorner
Vicious Trading Company
#1 - 2012-05-15 14:58:25 UTC
I've seen some youtube video's where people changed the combat log that shows up when someone shoots at you or when your gun(s) fire. But the thing is I can't find anywhere how this is done. I suppose it can be done by changing one of the XML files, but I couldn't find this file either. I want to make an application that makes it easy to change the looks of the combat log but ofcourse if I can't even find how it's changed, I won't be able to even start.

So my questions are:

Is it still possible to change the template of the combat log (the colors of the text as well as the text it's self)?

What file should be edited in order to change the default template?

Kind regards,
Grauth Thorner

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Vessper
Dark Mason Society
#2 - 2012-05-15 15:11:05 UTC
There is an option in the Eve settings to allow (or disallow) simple damage notifications which changes the format of the combat logs, both displayed on screen and in the gamelog files. Not sure if this is what you're referring to though.
Durzel
Questionable Ethics.
Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork
#3 - 2012-05-15 15:39:15 UTC
Doesn't sound like it since he specifically mentioned colours.
Grauth Thorner
Vicious Trading Company
#4 - 2012-05-15 15:49:17 UTC
Yes but in the Eve settings you can only change wether you want to show them or not. What I would like to do is change, for instance, the color of the damage or the color of the shiptype etc.

An example is shown here.

Thanks to the imba quality of the image (not!) it's not really clear what the message is, but it says the following:

Quote:
Your group of Heavy Pulse Laser I hits shiptype
Harbringer
Pilotname: meatomatic
shipname: Corsair

Alliance: [RVB-B]

Distance: . doing 3304 damage


Kind regards,
Grauth Thorner

Source of the image: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaRW64SOAqc

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Shionoya Risa
The Xenodus Initiative.
#5 - 2012-05-15 16:34:34 UTC
This was done via the overview settings files and generated from a now dead website. Someone was possibly going to recreate the site a few weeks ago.

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=101893
Vessper
Dark Mason Society
#6 - 2012-05-15 17:14:54 UTC
Awesome, forgot about the overview editor. Now I have something to do in my spare time Big smile
Grauth Thorner
Vicious Trading Company
#7 - 2012-05-15 17:21:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Grauth Thorner
Shionoya Risa wrote:
This was done via the overview settings files and generated from a now dead website. Someone was possibly going to recreate the site a few weeks ago.

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=101893


Cheers very cool! Does anybody happen to have one of those XML files that include the global settings?

Edit: Nevermind, I've already been able to find some on the internet =) typing "eve global settings XML" in google will pop up some interesting hits for those interrested.

Thanks,
Grauth Thorner

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NickyYo
modro
The Initiative.
#8 - 2012-05-16 14:29:42 UTC
Shionoya Risa wrote:
This was done via the overview settings files and generated from a now dead website. Someone was possibly going to recreate the site a few weeks ago.

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=101893


Yep all the backend is now done, just styling the site up.
Just had some rl issues with my land lord selling the place lol.
Will be done soon guys.

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Grauth Thorner
Vicious Trading Company
#9 - 2012-05-16 16:16:05 UTC
I'm busy on it as well, but it will be an external application that can only export an XML-file for the global settings (so overview settings will stay unchanged). A website would be a lot better ofcourse since it's less of a threat, but I suck on PHP/HTML/whatever other language is out there.

@NickyYo:
I hope you don't mind that I'm also on it (even though it's only for creation of a global settings XML rather then an XML for the full overview as well). I'd like to see the differences between your global settings part and mine, I hope you feel the same about it.

Cheers,
Grauth Thorner

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NickyYo
modro
The Initiative.
#10 - 2012-05-16 17:50:34 UTC
Grauth Thorner wrote:
I'm busy on it as well, but it will be an external application that can only export an XML-file for the global settings (so overview settings will stay unchanged). A website would be a lot better ofcourse since it's less of a threat, but I suck on PHP/HTML/whatever other language is out there.

@NickyYo:
I hope you don't mind that I'm also on it (even though it's only for creation of a global settings XML rather then an XML for the full overview as well). I'd like to see the differences between your global settings part and mine, I hope you feel the same about it.

Cheers,
Grauth Thorner


All is good, more different version is the better.
I'm only doing this to learn and build up my portfolio.

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Icy One
The Executives
#11 - 2012-05-16 19:18:31 UTC
Add me as another person working on an overview editor/generator.
Grauth Thorner
Vicious Trading Company
#12 - 2012-05-16 20:21:16 UTC
Icy One wrote:
Add me as another person working on an overview editor/generator.



Cool Big smile soon enough we can start a whole corp with people that made an overview/global settings editor xD

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NickyYo
modro
The Initiative.
#13 - 2012-05-17 01:04:06 UTC  |  Edited by: NickyYo
Grauth Thorner wrote:
Icy One wrote:
Add me as another person working on an overview editor/generator.



Cool Big smile soon enough we can start a whole corp with people that made an overview/global settings editor xD


Now, lets see whos will be better :)

EDIT: i would actually love to see what ways you lot do this, my method is php + html etc.

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Desmont McCallock
#14 - 2012-05-17 18:48:12 UTC
Sample code for coloring the text. http://pastebin.com/Y71sF8fe
Grauth Thorner
Vicious Trading Company
#15 - 2012-05-17 20:02:01 UTC
NickyYo wrote:


Now, lets see whos will be better :)

EDIT: i would actually love to see what ways you lot do this, my method is php + html etc.


Mine will be in Java. For coloring textlabels I will be using html but that's only 1% of the code :p

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Grauth Thorner
Vicious Trading Company
#16 - 2012-05-18 23:35:57 UTC
Does anyone know if it's possible to get info like velocity on the shiplabel/damage notification? I tried some things in the XML-file and been looking on the internet but I couldn't find anything so I suppose not.. Which is just a tiny bit of a bummer as info like that would be perfect on a shiplabel imo.

Cheers,
Grauth Thorner

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Icy One
The Executives
#17 - 2012-05-23 09:42:44 UTC
Unfortunately not. The velocity information is not available on the notifications/selected item text.
Grauth Thorner
Vicious Trading Company
#18 - 2012-05-30 17:05:47 UTC
Just out of curiousity - how far are you all? xD

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Vessper
Dark Mason Society
#19 - 2012-05-30 20:05:21 UTC
Had a fair few downloads of my Windows based version and only one comment so far - not sure if that's a good or a bad thing!
Grauth Thorner
Vicious Trading Company
#20 - 2012-06-02 09:57:49 UTC
Vessper wrote:
Had a fair few downloads of my Windows based version and only one comment so far - not sure if that's a good or a bad thing!



Where can we find it? =)

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