OH GOD! I CAN SEE FOREVER! - You need to change your filters (battlemod/data/filters/filter-<job>.xml). I have intentionally set it up so that the default filters are all-off because I figure it's worse if you miss messages that you were expecting than if you see things you weren't expecting. See the "Settings Files" part of the Readme below.
In anticipation of a lot of people having problems with this, I have made this thread to answer questions. First, here is the Readme file:
Readme said:
Author: Byrth
Version: 2.0
Date: 13/4/13
Battlemod, packet version
Abbreviation: //bm
Commands:
* help - shows a menu of these commands in game
* colortest - Shows the 509 possible colors for use with the settings file
* reload - Reloads the settings file
* unload - unloads Battlemod
* condensebuffs - Condenses Area of Effect buffs, Default = True
* condensebattle - Condenses battle logs according to your settings file, Default = True
* cancelmulti - Cancles multiple consecutive identical lines, Default = True
* oxford - Toggle use of oxford comma, Default = True
* commamode - Toggle comma-only mode, Default = False
* targetnumber - Toggle target number display, Default = True
* colorful - Colors the output by alliance member, Default = True
Purpose: To allow chat log customization.
Installation Instructions (from the Windower 4 Launcher):
* 1 Start your copy of Windower 4 and select the "Addons" menu up top in the Launcher.
* 2 Click the icon next to "Battlemod"
* 3 Log in to the game!
* 4 Alter the settings as you wish. ("//bm colortest" will let you see the color options and )
* 5 If you have changed the settings, you can use "//bm reload" to load them in game.
Settings Files:
The settings files for battlemod are composed of 3 to 25 xml files (depending on how much you like unique filters). XML files can be opened with Notepad, edited, and saved. If you are going to "Save As..." an xml from Notepad, be sure to change "Text Documents (.txt)" to "All Files" file type and make sure the file ends in ".xml"
* data/settings.xml - contains basic flags that control the features of the program.
* data/colors.xml - contains all the color codes relevant to the program, which can be adjusted using colors from the colortext command.
* filters/filters.xml - contains the chat filter settings and is explained more thoroughly therein.
* filters/filters-<job>.xml - Several examples are provided, but these are specific filter files that will load for your individual jobs. You can use this to, for instance, make sure your healing jobs can always see damage taken (by unfiltering the <monsters></monsters> section or make sure your zerg jobs don't have to see the entire alliance's damage spam.
Known Issues:
* Counters, Spikes, and Retaliations are the wrong color for some reason.
* The "__damage" colors don't do anything, but have been left in the settings file for potential future uses.
* Using //bm colortest and then expanding your chat log on small window size clients (640x480) can cause crashes. (Your guess is as good as mine)
* AoE buffs only use the first message response, so if it has no effect on the user then it will appear to have no effect on everyone even if it did.
* The settings files are much larger and more complicated than v1. (Sorry, it's because there's more options)
* This plugin bypasses and renders invalid all chat filters other than its own.
Secondly, Battlemod attempts to re-create every interaction message (event_action) and other battle messages (event_action_message). I have been testing it for two weeks, but I have not done everything and (more importantly) I do not use every job. There are three major probable and unknown errors:
1) Battle text is showing up as say-color. - This means that I did not see the message while testing battlemod.
2) I'm blocking a message that should display. - This could be anything from your Time remaining in Dynamis to your Mandau's Enpoison effect.
3) I'm failing to display something properly. - If you see ${field} in your text, if something is missing, if the spacing is weird, etc.
If you find an error, please tell me:
1) What the exact text was (if possible)
2) What color it should be (Grey, Yellow, etc.) if the color was wrong
3) If there's an error in the console, the exact line number and message.
These add_to_chat colors are blocked by battlemod:
These ones are blocked:
20,21,22,23,24,25,26,28,29,31,32,33,35,36,40,41,42,43,44,50,51,52,56,57,59,60,69,64,65,67,69,81,85,90,91,100,101,102,104,105,106,110,111,112,114,122,163,164,168,171,175,177,183,185,186,191