Merging combat logs keeps failing

[Srayman]

I love the progress you've made on this log parsing and I think it has potential to be the best there is and would like to contribute to helping make that happen.  So here's an issue I've been having that will hopefully help make the process better for myself and others later on.

I'm trying to merge my combat log with that of the other tank for Explosive Conflict.

I'm in EST timezone while he is in CST.  I've tried uploading the logs separately while selecting the appropriate timezone, and I tried uploading the logs together while selecting my character name and the EST timezone.

When I uploaded the logs at the same time I get double the number of boss attempts with only the CST information showing up first and the EST showing up following that.  As if they were both treated as being in the same timezone.

Here's a link to the current merged file that has the boss attempts not lining up correctly.
http://forums.askmrrobot.com/index.php?action=activate;u=9866;code=713b2fe35d

Here are the two logs that were uploaded separately that I can't manage to get them to merge.
CST Log: http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/combatlog/a93fa4be-3da7-4311-89ea-7b61928966d6#d=0
EST Log: http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/combatlog/a1ab7854-fe2e-46df-8d8a-0e39f2582216#d=0

There was a lot of trash in front of the EST log when I uploaded the separately, but I fixed that manually before uploading when I uploaded them together.

[Revulva]

Can you somehow get the original logs to us for testing (dropbox or something)? Right now it seems like we are not recognizing the two logs as being "compatible" for some reason.

[Srayman]

Let me know how you want them sent, PM or something and I'll send them.

[yellowfive]

Thanks for the report Strayman -- we got your email with one of the logs.  We are working on some improvements and bug fixes today -- when we get your 2nd log later today, we'll add them to the list of logs that we are going to test on the new code, and we'll let you know what we find.

[Srayman]

Cool, I look forward to seeing the results.

One thing I would like to suggest.  When you select a specific encounter it shows the elapsed time, but not the actual start/end time of the encounter. 

It would be nice/beneficial to see both so you can compare specific attempts vs the time you made that attempt instead of having to guess which one it was based off the duration.

[Zoopercat]

I have a link here with 3 of the logs merged: http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/combatlog/73b9e339-f097-4fed-bd83-022029007d67#d=0

I uploaded all of them at once and selected CST for Maxium. I tried again and selected EST for Whittle. Both times it merged everyone, but the merging is definitely not right.

I see the first 8 attempts only show svenil and maxium. Boss attempt 9 is only wittle. 10-16 is everyone. 17-18 is Wittle only. 19 is all 3 players. 20 is wittle only. 21-24 is all 3 players. 25-32 is wittle only.

Totals:

• 8 attemps with svenil and maxium only
• 12 attempts have all 3
• 12 attempts have wittle only

If all 3 of you can get on vent... can you tell each other the time you see on your computers? I'm wondering if someone's computer is off by 1+ minutes. We'll keep investigating in case something else is the cause.

[Srayman]

I just checked, we're all within 8 seconds of each other.

[yellowfive]

We may need to increase the tolerance on matching up fights... I'll have to look specifically at these logs to see what's up.

[Srayman]

I looked at a couple of the logs and the "enter combat" was something like 30-45 seconds apart.  Not sure what you have it set to or if that helps.

[Srayman]

I have a link here with 3 of the logs merged: http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/combatlog/73b9e339-f097-4fed-bd83-022029007d67#d=0

I uploaded all of them at once and selected CST for Maxium. I tried again and selected EST for Whittle. Both times it merged everyone, but the merging is definitely not right.

I see the first 8 attempts only show svenil and maxium. Boss attempt 9 is only wittle. 10-16 is everyone. 17-18 is Wittle only. 19 is all 3 players. 20 is wittle only. 21-24 is all 3 players. 25-32 is wittle only.

Totals:

• 8 attemps with svenil and maxium only
• 12 attempts have all 3
• 12 attempts have wittle only

If all 3 of you can get on vent... can you tell each other the time you see on your computers? I'm wondering if someone's computer is off by 1+ minutes. We'll keep investigating in case something else is the cause.

Not sure if this matters, but you selected explosive conflict 8 man normal.

Also, when I uploaded those logs separately they had different numbers for damage/damage taken etc then the totals in the merged log.  Does the merge remove some attempts that aren't in sync?

[Zoopercat]

The merge will have different DPS numbers some times, which is intended. Here's an example.

On your own log, you're fighting, doing awesome DPS, then die half way thru the fight. We don't get a boss-kill event in your log (it only shows up in 1 person's log, likely the one who got the killing blow). so on your personal log, you'd have a nice DPS number, let's say 1,100.

Then we merge logs, and we see the fight lasted 50 more seconds after your death. We recalculate your DPS number with the new 'timeline' and it will end up lower, say 930 DPS, since you can't DPS while dead.

Make sense?

[Srayman]

Yea I understand that.  I'm not talking about DPS numbers though.  When looking at "All Attempts" and being a tank I was comparing my damage taken to the other tanks damage taken over all attempts those numbers are different on the merged log you guys did vs the logs uploaded separately.

[yellowfive]

So I think that I almost have this one fixed -- was another date/time zone issue.

Question for Srayman, trying to make sure that we're reading this correctly... when I get this parsed, it says that attempt 18 was a kill, but then there were 3 more attempts after.  If I am reading the log correctly, did you kill Toth and Zorn, then die to Handler Murdok?  Flagging attempts vs. kills is pretty tricky on some of these boss fights.

[Srayman]

I'm trying to remember, I know we had some attempts where we only had 2-3 people left alive when Toth/Zorn went down so they died to the Handler and then we finally got it down a few attempts later, so that sounds about right.

A question I have related to the parsing.  How do you handle the situation where someone stealth's mid fight which puts them out of combat and then re-enters the same fight?  From what you've described, merging logs would fix that by merging with someone who was in combat the entire duration.  But what about the individual's log who stealthed, would it show up as 2 attempts?

[yellowfive]

Yeah, stealth is a bit tough -- for that person, it will show up as multiple fights if they exit and enter combat (I have to inspect a log for a stealther more closely to be certain, but I believe that's what happens).

Merging does what you say -- it will combine the fights into a single fight if some other player was in combat the whole time.