How to write logs on dedicated server?

[alarm9k 14]

diag_log only writes local messages. How do I enable logging for the script running on the server?

UPDATE: Disregard diag_log part. What I actually need is to see error messages generated on dedicated server.

Edited October 2, 2014 by alarm9k

[iceman77 19]

Maybe with publicVariable and PVEH? :p

init.sqf

if (isServer) then {
serverLog_fnc = {
	private "_param";
	_param = _this;
	diag_log format ["serverLog: %1", _param];
};
"serverLog" addPublicVariableEventHandler {_id = (_this select 1) call serverLog_fnc;};
} else {
waitUntil {!isNull player};
player addAction ["Log To Server",{
	_list = ["me", "you", 99];
	serverLog = format ["%1", _list];
	publicVariable "serverLog";
}];
};

[alarm9k 14]

My bad, I asked the wrong question :) What I actually need is to see error messages generated by the script running on dedicated server. My script stops running and I cannot figure out why. Testing in single player and local multiplayer doesn't produce errors.

[jshock 513]

Make sure that in your Steam startup parameters that you include -showScriptErrors, and that will popup in any server enviroment when there is a script error.

I'm not sure if there is anyway to capture these and transfer them to any outside file for later reference, but I'm sure if there is it will be brought up after this post :p.

Edited October 2, 2014 by JShock

[dreadedentity 278]

My bad, I asked the wrong question :) What I actually need is to see error messages generated by the script running on dedicated server. My script stops running and I cannot figure out why. Testing in single player and local multiplayer doesn't produce errors.

Post the script if that's possible

I'm not sure if there is anyway to capture these and transfer them to any outside file for later reference, but I'm sure if there is it will be brought up after this post :p.

Press F12 to take a screenshot in-game :p

[jshock 513]

Press F12 to take a screenshot in-game :p

In....genius.....

And just so this post isn't straight trolling, what about the RPT file, wouldn't that reflect a script error or is it dependent on certain commands/structure of the script itself?

Edited October 2, 2014 by JShock

[alarm9k 14]

Post the script if that's possible

Smarter-tanks-script. Be warned: it's big.

-showScriptErrors

Thanks, I'll give it a try!

what about the RPT file

It does contain script errors, but only client-side, not server-side. Or at least this is what I see. If ARMA process is both a server and a client (Play-->Multiplayer-->New), then RPT includes logs from both (which are actually the same one process). If you however run a dedicated server and a client copy of ARMA on the same machine (which I do to offload AI calculations to a different process and increase FPS in client), then RPT does not include server logs.

Edited October 3, 2014 by alarm9k

[hogscraper 10]

When you run a local dedicated box you have two rpt files. The folder you created that is called in profiles= in your bat file for starting your local dedicated server will contain all of the rpt logs generated by the server.