Combat Damage Log

WHOM IS IT FOR:

- players and modders seeking to gain better understanding of the combat mechanics in general and overwhelmingly better feedback during combat.

DISCLAIMER: THE LOG OUTPUT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN GAME - IT HAPPENS IN THE GAME'S LOG FILE LOCATED  c:\Users\\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\Logs\DragonAge_1.log

(you'll have to switch between windows to read it during (paused) gameplay, ideally using two separate monitors one for the game window and one for the file editor/reader displaying the .log file )

Notepad++ is great alternative to Notepad and one of the best free text editors around with a lot of powerful and very useful features. Although the program is not setup to monitor file changes in real time by default, with just a few setting changes it can be made to behave that way. When you normally open a file in Notepad++ and its content is changed by an external source, a window will popup with the prompt “This file has been modified by another program. Do you want to reload it?”. Every time the file is updated you will be shown the popup. If this prompt is turned off the file will automatically be reloaded silently every time it gets updated. In Notepad++ go to Settings > Preferences > MISC. and check the Update silently and Scroll to the last line after update boxes. The second box is optional and scrolls to the end of the file every time it’s updated and reloaded.

WHAT IT DOES: 

- enables a ton of debugging messages in the ..\Logs\DragonAge_1.log file. (so much that you'll need to manually purge the file after each playing/testing session to prevent it from growing out of control)

- displays step by step Weapon damage calculation

- target stats : LVL, MaxHitpoints,  Defense, Armor and difficulty scaled Resitances (physcal, mental, magical and elemental)

- displacement dice ROLL

- chance to crit dice ROLL

- chance to hit dice ROLL

- staff spellpower dice ROLL

- armor dice ROLL

- exploit weakness dice ROLL

- stealing dice ROLL

- physical and mental resistance ROLL (or lack of)

- magical resistance dice ROLL (or lack of)

- elemental damage bonus calculation

- elemental damage resistance calculation

- apply poison effect ROLL

- and tons more debug info..

HOW TO INSTALL:

- unzip combatlog.zip to the override folder  ("c:\Users\\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\packages\core\override" )

- unzip the ECLog.ini file in the game install folder (  "..\steamapps\common\Dragon Age Ultimate Edition\bin_ship" )

output examples:

Script combat_h. GetAttackResult Attacker's Crit Chance: 10. 742096 = ( Attacker's melee or ranged crit stat 3. 000000 + on weapo