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Console and Log

TOLoneWolf edited this page Mar 17, 2020 · 4 revisions

Log Host Sites

Please provide a copy of the Full GDLauncher log not the part you think is wrong in it.

If posting in a github issue, you can just upload the log directly instead of using one the these hosting sites.

If posting in discord, please do not paste the log contents directly into chat.
Instead upload it to one of the hosts listed below and copy the URL that is in your browser and past it in your github issue/discord message.

Open a log site from the list above. going to use hastebin.com for this example.
Empty Log Paste
A Valid Log Link

Then just paste that URL into your message to share it.





Log file location

The File might show up as log or log.log depending on your systems settings.

  • Windows: %APPDATA%\GDLauncher\log.log

    %APPDATA% expands to C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\

  • Linux: ~/.config/GDLauncher/log.log

  • MacOS: ~/Library/Logs/GDLauncher/log.log

    ~ expands to /Users/<USERNAME>/ on MacOS.
    Full path to log: /Users/<USERNAME>/Library/Logs/GDLauncher/log.log
    MacOS Finder > "Go" Menu > "Go to Folder..." (Command + Shift + G) > type: ~/Library/Logs/GDLauncher/ > Go button.





Console Window

On the very top left of the launcher is >_
Clicking on this icon will open the "Developer Tools" window which has a "Console" tab.

Open Dev Tools


Next click on the "Console" tab in the window that appears as shown.

Switch To Console Tab

This shows a live view of any log messages that have happened since GDL was opend.


Console Copy Full Log

You can select all the text in the console by:
Clicking on one of the lines in the console and then ctrl+A, ctrl+C (Command+A, Command+C MacOS).
Then ctrl+V (Command+V MacOS) into the paste websites text area.


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