Smagd
Encina Technologies
Namtz' aar K'in
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Posted - 2010.08.05 19:29:00 -
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Edited by: Smagd on 05/08/2010 19:36:48
Since the info how to do it is a bit hidden in the Test Server forum section somewhere, here's a quick guide on how to get logs for CCP for their current mass testing events:
1) Right-click your EVE client and "show package contents". Receive new Finder window with a "Contents" folder.
2) Navigate to Contents -> MacOS folder. Find three files: cider, cider_noui and tgUpdate. The "cider" one is the binary to start EVE. It's a good idea to make a backup of this folder at this point in case EVE won't start after the following two steps.
3) Duplicate "cider" and rename the copy to "cider_orig". Name it "cider_orig" or you'll have to adjust the reference in the code block below.
4) Open the original "cider" (yes, the original, not the copy) with a plain text editor like TextEdit. Erase all the gibberish in it completely, and replace it with this:
 Quote:
#!/bin/sh
EVEDIR=$( /usr/bin/dirname "$0")
LOGFILE=$HOME/Desktop/EVEcrashlog.log
if [ ! -f "$EVEDIR/cider_orig" ]
then
EVEDIR="/Applications/EVE Online (SISI).app/Contents/MacOS"
fi
"$EVEDIR/cider_orig" -debugmsg +seh,+tid,+module,+debugstr &> $LOGFILE
EVEDIR is the path to the original "cider_orig" and should be found automatically, but if it doesn't seem to work you can manually adjust it in the line with "Applications" in it.
You can also manually adjust where to put the Logfile in the LOGFILE-line. As you can see, I named my Sisi-Client "EVE Online (SISI)".
Doing it this way keeps the "executable" bits alive so I don't have to walk you through terminals and chmod.
5) Save this and try to start EVE. If all went well, you'll now have a logfile on your Desktop. It's a good idea to keep a copy of the modified "cider" script file because each Patch will overwrite it again.
You send these Logs to CCP by zipping them, creating a bug report describing what even you logged, and attaching the Zip file.
Shoutout to CCP Gangleri who wrote the original EVElopedia article I used to create the above script.
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