Closed majimboo closed 7 months ago
Noted, Thank you for your suggestion :)
Some generic interface that makes adding logging for any function/method call would be great.
Like, a decorator/function/attribute to easily mark certain methods/network calls to log em, along with a possibility to log certain types of events(filtering), via config, say
config {
LogFilter: (LogMessage mess) => mess.Level == INFO & mess.type == MessageTypes.ItemTransfer
}
Good idea, maybe using a separate process (as for MySQL) only for logging
This is so important and I hope it gets implemented or someone creates an addon for it
Wow, it is very informative.
I've created a log handling component interface (IServerLogHandlers) in 1.87, you will have to implement the interface by yourself, and the component which implements that interface has to be attached to the same game object with map network manager to use it for log handling.
Developing and shipping a game specially an MMORPG is only a small portion of the undertaking, upon release and as long as the MMORPG is in service you will have to support your players.
Without proper support the game you have taken a few years of your life to develop will bow down to an overwhelming negative reviews and lose players.
So a system that can help you manage and support players should be a major feature of any MMORPG kit but often gets neglected.
I propose that another process called "logging server" should be created too. This will handle all logging where you can easily write your own logger, either log it to file or ideally a database that is separate from the game database.
For every action a player makes, the logging server is notified and logs that action. Basic information should include: player id, map server where the action happened, a timestamp, some meta data.
Connections
Chat
Death
Deal/Trade
Storage
Items
Character
Those are just a few of the things that could be logged to help make sense of your community and help players with issues.
I don't expect something like this to be included anytime soon, but would appreciate if it gets on the roadmap.
I understand that we can implement these ourselves, but having this out of the box where we'll just need to expand it to our needs would make this kit a lot more valuable than other kits out there that also didn't think to make logs important.
This is only a suggestion and thank you for the awesome kit!