WAgame manager/archiver?

zookman · 6 May 2012, 05:42

What I want to be able to do is 'keyword search' the in game chat logs for a specific conversation I had with an unknown player at an unknown time.

I assume doing this on-the-fly wouldn't be viable, as each WAgame file would require separate processing. I might be wrong.

But if I could somehow batch process all 10k+ of my WAgames, and end up with a searchable chat log document, then I'd be able to find that specific conversation.

Ideas?

GreeN · 6 May 2012, 15:47

mass extract the logs and use windows search or find a hex editor that can search for unicode strings

StepS · 6 May 2012, 17:59

quoted:

Originally Posted by GreeN

mass extract the logs

no need. Chat messages themselves are plain text in the replays. Just use Search in contents

quoted:

Originally Posted by GreeN

unicode

what?

GreeN · 6 May 2012, 18:18

quoted:

Originally Posted by StepS

what?

text strings, as opposed to hex values

StepS · 6 May 2012, 18:48

they aren't in Unicode.

Pac-Man · 9 May 2012, 13:07

If the Windows Indexing Service for the Windows Search works correctly (e.g. never?), you can also set up the WAgame extension to be searched in a way which also reads the content of the files - including the chat logs. Then you just have to enter the chat text in the search box when you're in the replays folder.

To set it up like this (Vista / 7 only):
- Start, enter "index" and select "Indexing options" in the search results.

- Click the "Advanced" button in the new window:

- Select the "File Types" tab page in the new window.
- Choose "WAgame" in the file extension list (you can enter WAgame after you have clicked into it), and check the second radio button:

Accept all windows and have a try. Maybe Windows needs some time to index the contents first.

Lex · 14 May 2012, 08:15

You could get and use ack for this purpose. You'd have to install Perl 5.8.8 or higher, then install ack. Ack is like grep, but better. Also, there's a supposedly-better tool called Ag (or "The Silver Searcher") which is like ack but uses simple search strings instead of regular expressions, but searches multiple times faster.

Don't expect using these to be newbie-friendly. Both tools only have command line interfaces. However, once installed and working, these tools are very valuable for searching for anything within many files.

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6 May 2012, 05:42	#1
zookman Join Date: November 2006 Location: South	WAgame manager/archiver? What I want to be able to do is 'keyword search' the in game chat logs for a specific conversation I had with an unknown player at an unknown time. I assume doing this on-the-fly wouldn't be viable, as each WAgame file would require separate processing. I might be wrong. But if I could somehow batch process all 10k+ of my WAgames, and end up with a searchable chat log document, then I'd be able to find that specific conversation. Ideas?

6 May 2012, 18:48	#5
StepS Join Date: November 2009 Location: Moscow	they aren't in Unicode. __________________ signature.

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6 May 2012, 15:47	#2
GreeN Join Date: February 2007 Location: West Sussex	mass extract the logs and use windows search or find a hex editor that can search for unicode strings

9 May 2012, 13:07	#6
Pac-Man Join Date: October 2006 Location: ⁭	If the Windows Indexing Service for the Windows Search works correctly (e.g. never?), you can also set up the WAgame extension to be searched in a way which also reads the content of the files - including the chat logs. Then you just have to enter the chat text in the search box when you're in the replays folder. To set it up like this (Vista / 7 only): - Start, enter "index" and select "Indexing options" in the search results. - Click the "Advanced" button in the new window: - Select the "File Types" tab page in the new window. - Choose "WAgame" in the file extension list (you can enter WAgame after you have clicked into it), and check the second radio button: Accept all windows and have a try. Maybe Windows needs some time to index the contents first.

14 May 2012, 08:15	#7
Lex Join Date: February 2002 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada	You could get and use ack for this purpose. You'd have to install Perl 5.8.8 or higher, then install ack. Ack is like grep, but better. Also, there's a supposedly-better tool called Ag (or "The Silver Searcher") which is like ack but uses simple search strings instead of regular expressions, but searches multiple times faster. Don't expect using these to be newbie-friendly. Both tools only have command line interfaces. However, once installed and working, these tools are very valuable for searching for anything within many files.