Server log viewer is barely functional

[Regalis11]

Discussed in #15940

^{Originally posted by profole April 22, 2025}

Disclaimers

• I have searched the issue tracker to check if the issue has already been reported.
• My issue happened while using mods.

What happened?

Lua client with lua mods.

The server log viewer is (and has been for ages) barely functional.
Whenever you search for something and a new log gets added to the history, it resets the scroll bar making it practically impossible to search the most common categories on high pop servers (because stuff will constantly happen).

Also, new logs ignore the current search and are visible regardless. You have to manually refresh the search, by for example deleting a character and readding it. This is unexpected, if I search for the name of a player I would want to only see logs of that player, including new ones.

Reproduction steps

1. Be in multiplayer
2. Have server log access
3. Open server log and attempt to use it
4. Cry cause this is what you have to deal with as a server admin

Bug prevalence

Happens every time I play

Single player or multiplayer?

Multiplayer hosted using a dedicated server

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No response

Version

v1.8.7.0 (Calm Before the Storm update)

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No response

Which operating system did you encounter this bug on?

Windows

Relevant error messages and crash reports

No response

[xklonx]

I agree.
Also, theres a limited count of messages shown in interface which should be configurable as its not enough most of the times.
Also, there must be option to show previos rounds logs OR they must be shown there by default.

[Regalis11]

Fixed in our private repo now, fix coming up in the next unstable build and the upcoming release.