How to enable detailed logs in MTG Arena
Detailed Logs is a setting in Arena. With it on, Arena writes every game to Player.log. Without it, Arena doesn't write the games and a tracker cannot read your matches.
- In Arena, go to Options › Account.
- Turn on «Detailed Logs (Plugin Support)».
- Restart Arena.
The option is at Options › Account › Detailed Logs (Plugin Support)
What ManaLab reads from the log, and what it doesn't
It reads
Player.logand the card database Arena leaves on your PC, without changing them.Player.logis the file Arena writes when «Detailed Logs (Plugin Support)» is turned on in its settings.- Arena writes it to
C:\Users\<your user>\AppData\LocalLow\Wizards Of The Coast\MTGA\Player.log. - ManaLab finds the log by itself. In Settings › Games you can set the path of Arena's
Player.log, only if it is not found automatically.
It doesn't
- It doesn't modify Arena, doesn't read its memory and doesn't connect to Wizards' servers.
- The optional overlay is a separate window that only shows public information or what can be worked out from what has been played, never hidden information.
- Your games, screenshots and statistics stay in a folder on your PC, except what you share yourself: team mode, exporting a game or the AI analysis.
And in Magic Online?
Magic Online needs no setting. It writes its own log, mtgo.log, with nothing to turn on: open Magic Online and ManaLab picks it up by itself.
Let ManaLab save your games
ManaLab saves every match you play in MTG Arena and Magic Online on your PC and shows what works: your win rates by deck, by opponent and by matchup, your mulligans, your mistakes and your sideboard changes.
The app is free. Only the AI analysis is paid.
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Requirements: Windows 10 or 11. Unzip the file and open ManaLab.exe. Nothing to install.
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