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-[[File:Timestamped.log.png|thumb|right|375px|An example of the {{code|timestamped.log}} file, as exported from a modified {{hl2|1}}.]]
-{{code|timestamped.log}} is a log file internally created and referenced by the {{source|4}} engine. Using the {{code|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 {{x360|4}}, or with the {{code|-profile}} / {{code|-etwprofile}} command line arguments. Alternatively, the assembly of {{code|COM_TimestampedLog}} can be patched to permanently enable the logging.
-The log is used extensively throughout the engine, almost two hundred times{{Cite|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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-{{ref2|cite id=1|Every reference to the COM_TimestampedLog function in the engine code, as exported from grep. <br> [[File:COM_TimestampedLog.png|450px|]]}}
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-[[Category:Programming]]