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Revision as of 22:34, 12 July 2025
timestamped.log is a log file internally created and referenced by the 
Source engine. Using the COM_TimestampedLog function, arbitrary log entries can be added to this file, prepended by the current timestamp.
The file will only be generated on the 
Xbox 360, or with the -profile / -etwprofile command line arguments. Alternatively, the assembly of COM_TimestampedLog can be patched to permanently enable the logging.
The log is used extensively throughout the engine, almost two hundred times[1]. At a high level, everything the game does is documented in the log. As such, it is quite good for finding issues / crash points, better than most other logging methods.
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