The project was started to help re-live boss encounters and identify areas for improvement in my own organised group raids. The resultant program is a parser for .evtc event chain logs created by arcdps.
It is written in Java 8 and requires an installation of JRE 1.8, but in most cases you probably already have it installed.
Because of the way Java works in tandem with Windows, you don't want to run the program by just double-clicking evtc_log_parser.jar. Instead you will have to run using the supplied run .bat, but more on this later. First you want to create a folder to contain the two files.
On the very first run, the following folders are created in the launch directory: /logs/, /graphs/, and /tables/. You will want to re-run the program after it detects /logs/ is empty. Copy .evtc file(s) for parsing into /logs/. The program will recursively search /logs/ and its sub-directories for .evtc files. Both /graphs/ and /tables/ are output folders for the related options.
For basic use you can double click run .bat which will open up a console with a menu. Enter the option you want by number (e.g. 1 for Final DPS) and press Enter to confirm. Each .evtc file in /logs/ will be processed. The results will be displayed directly into the console, or be directed to files in the sub-directories where appropriate.
The .evtc files are automatically created by arcdps at the end of encounters.
Your files can be found at Documents\arcdps.cbtlogs, each sub-directory corresponds to a different encounter.
Consult the table below to find the logs you need want to analyse.
| Folder | Boss |
|---|---|
| 15438 | Vale Guardian |
| 15429 | Gorseval the Multifarious |
| 15375 | Sabetha the Saboteur |
| 16123 | Slothasor |
| 16088 | Berg |
| 16137 | Zane |
| 16125 | Narella |
| 16115 | Matthias Gabrel |
| 16235 | Keep Construct |
| 16246 | Xera |
| 17194 | Cairn |
| 17172 | Mursaat Overseer |
| 17188 | Samarog |
| 17154 | Deimos |
Double clicking any .evtc file will display an Open with... dialogue. Tick Always use this app to open .evtc files and choose run.bat. Now, whenever you double-click an .evtc file, the file will be parsed on the spot based on the options command argument. The default argument is options=516 which displays the Miscellaneous Combat Statistics, Final DPS, and Final Boons in that order. Option 4 and 8 do not work with file association.
You can customise the parsing to your liking by opening run .bat in a text editor such as Notepad.
You will notice everything is on a single line prefixed by start "EVTC Log Parser" /MAX. If you don't want to maximise the console you can delete this, but it is highly recommended to maximise the console so text does not wrap around.
The java -jar "path" section is required and you MUST make sure you have an absolute path to evtc_log_parser.jar (e.g. C:\Users\JohnDoe\Desktop\EVTC Log Parser\evtc_log_parser.jar). On Windows, the default path will only work if you create a desktop folder named "EVTC Log Parser" on your desktop, and move the attached files from the latest release into it.
After the path is specified you can add arguments in any order by space separating arg_name=value. For convenience all the arguments have already been written for you.
The program has the following general arguments that apply to both basic running and file association:
- is_anon
- The default value is
0 - You can edit this string to
1to hide all account/player names
- The default value is
The program has the following arguments specific to file association:
- file_path
- The default value is
%1 - NEVER change or remove this argument as it is required for file association.
- The default value is
- options
- The default value is
5126 - NEVER remove this argument as it is required for file association
- You can edit this string to match any of the available options below to display tables in a certain order
- The default value is
All DPS numbers are derived from the players (and pets) to ONLY the boss. Phases are sections of the fight when the boss is vulnerable to damage. This only applies for encounters which consist of predictable phases, so not Keep Construct.
The program has the following options:
- Text Dump
- For debugging, or if you want to see a human readable version of the log
- Final DPS
- DPS by player and group
- Damage dealt by each player and group
- Phase DPS
- DPS for each phase where applicable
- Phase duration
- Damage Distribution - ranks damage output by skill by each player
- Damage breakdown of each player by skill
- Ranks skills in order of contribution
- Total Damage Graph
- Graphs the damage
- Can be used to identify mechanical portions of the fight (e.g. flat lines for Matthias sacrifices)
- Miscellaneous Combat Statistics
- Healing, Toughness and Condition damage of each player on a scale of 1-10
- Fight rates such as Scholar up-time, seaweed salad movement, and critical rates
- Final Boons
- Show relevant boon up-time
- Show relevant class buff up-time
- Phase Boons
- Boons for each phase where applicable
- Text Dump Tables
- Saves options 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 tables into
/tables/
- Saves options 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 tables into
-Phase related statistics if you don't reach the final phase of the boss
-This program has only been tested on Windows 10
-If there are any problems not listed here, contact me via PM on reddit or GW2 (Phoenix.5719)
-Dynamic phase detection for non-linear fights like Keep Construct
-Damage taken statistics