EQEmulator Forums - Logging quests

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I am wanting to log the activities of my quests. Such as char name, items turned in etc. I have tried adding the perl statements to log to a text file. Also tried using a sub. My quest broke in both cases.

What I would like todo, if there isn't already a way to do it, is to place a log sub in the plugins folder and call the log like this:

Code:

plugin::log($name);

Question 1: Can we add other subs to the plugins folder and get them read by the server?

Question 2: Why didn't this work? or What error is lurking here?

Code:

sub log

{

    open FH, ">> test.log" or die $!;

    print FH @_;

    return 1;

}

Also, the server is running on debian and my permissions are set to allow the quest folder to be writeable by anyone.

Any thoughts or ideas are appreciated.

Thanks,

Sorry guys, Just found the mlog/log.ini stuff. I'll look at that but I'm betting it will tell me what I need.

Thanks

It might not work exactly as you want for everything, but I use this alot for tracking turn-ins and kills:

Code:

sub EVENT_DEATH {



$timestamp = localtime(time);



quest::write("bossdeaths.txt","[$timestamp]:$mname was killed by $name the $class.");



}

Code:

sub EVENT_ITEM {



$timestamp = localtime(time);



  if (plugin::check_handin(\%itemcount, 4700 => 1)) {

    quest::say("Thank you, $name, here is your reward!");

    quest::exp(999);

    quest::ding();

    quest::summonitem(1234);

    quest::write("quests.txt","[$timestamp]:$name the $class completed the [insert quest name here] Quest in $zonesn.");

  }



}

They make it very easy to keep track of important things you want to track without feeding through tons of logs.

Thanks, Trev.
Thats what I was looking for.