I'd like to suggest a free windows app for viewing dcs.log as the mission is running -> BARETAIL

[TEMPEST.114]

Here's the app: https://www.baremetalsoft.com/baretail/

I didn't write this app nor do I get any benefits from promoting it, just that I don't think many are aware of it and it's usefulness.

 

What this app allows is a live, realtime view of the dcs.log as it's being appended to from DCS and your scripts.

The killer feature however is that you can use the HIGHLIGHT system to give colours to key phrases or words so they stand out. 

Here's a screenshot of how I've set mine up. My Superscript (currently called 'DCSTLC') is broken down into atomic 'Modules' that have one singular function, and each module has it's own three letter name. For each of these names (which I log out to dcs.log with) BARETAIL can read the log entry and if it finds a pattern match it will highlight that line accordingly.

 

 

This way, the bits you're interested in don't get lost in the sea of other log messages.

Hope this helps!

 

 

 

 

[Zyll]

Good recommendation, I have seen other colleagues using this tool. For those who already use Notepad++, it also has 'tail' capability, as well as keyword highlighting which you can setup in the preferences. What I do is have a windows shortcut that launches DCS.log in tail mode within Notepad++.

Just another option for folks out there.

Zyll @ TAW

[Pizzicato]

I use Glogg which is a very similar (almost identical by the looks of it) tailer. I'd be absolutely lost without it. It's invaluable.

I really like your approach of having different colours for your different Lua classes. I hadn't thought of that, but I can see how it would be really valuable. I think I'm going to have to rework the output from my classes to work the same way.

Thanks for the tip, Tempest.

Edited May 7, 2024 by Pizzicato