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+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    Collects DayZ server + client logs (and the mod's live config) for
+    debugging the YALootBoxes mod, then bundles them into one timestamped
+    .zip that is easy to hand off.
+
+.DESCRIPTION
+    Copies recent .RPT / .ADM / .log / .mdmp / crash logs from the server
+    profile folder and the client log folder, plus the auto-generated
+    profiles\YALootBoxes\*.json config. Produces:
+      - server\ , client\               : the raw collected files
+      - server\YALootBoxes_config\*.json: the mod's live config
+      - YALootBoxes_filtered.txt        : every "[YALootBoxes]" line, by file
+      - summary.txt                     : machine info + ERROR/WARN counts + file list
+    ...all inside YALootBoxes_logs_<timestamp>.zip on your Desktop.
+
+    Handles files locked by a running server (shared-read copy).
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\Collect-YALootBoxesLogs.ps1
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    # widen the window to the last 48 hours
+    powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\Collect-YALootBoxesLogs.ps1 -SinceHours 48
+#>
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param(
+    [string]$ServerProfile = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DayZServer\profiles',
+    [string]$ClientLogs    = 'C:\Users\drasi\AppData\Local\DayZ',
+    [string]$OutDir        = "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop",
+    [int]   $SinceHours    = 12,
+    [string]$Tag           = '[YALootBoxes]'
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+$stamp       = Get-Date -Format 'yyyyMMdd_HHmmss'
+$stageRoot   = Join-Path $env:TEMP "YALB_logs_$stamp"
+$stageServer = Join-Path $stageRoot 'server'
+$stageClient = Join-Path $stageRoot 'client'
+New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $stageServer, $stageClient | Out-Null
+
+$patterns = '*.RPT', '*.log', '*.ADM', '*.mdmp', 'crash_*.log', 'error.log', 'script*.log'
+$cutoff   = (Get-Date).AddHours(-$SinceHours)
+
+# Copy a file even if a running server holds it open (shared read).
+function Copy-Locked {
+    param([string]$Src, [string]$Dst)
+    try {
+        $in = [System.IO.File]::Open($Src, 'Open', 'Read', 'ReadWrite')
+        try {
+            $out = [System.IO.File]::Create($Dst)
+            try { $in.CopyTo($out) } finally { $out.Dispose() }
+        } finally { $in.Dispose() }
+        return $true
+    } catch {
+        Write-Warning "Could not copy '$Src': $($_.Exception.Message)"
+        return $false
+    }
+}
+
+function Collect {
+    param([string]$Source, [string]$Stage, [string]$Label)
+    if (-not (Test-Path $Source)) {
+        Write-Warning "$Label path not found: $Source"
+        return @()
+    }
+    $files = Get-ChildItem -Path $Source -Recurse -File -Include $patterns -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
+             Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -ge $cutoff }
+
+    # Always include the newest .RPT even if it predates the cutoff window.
+    if (-not ($files | Where-Object { $_.Extension -eq '.RPT' })) {
+        $newestRpt = Get-ChildItem -Path $Source -Recurse -File -Filter '*.RPT' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
+                     Sort-Object LastWriteTime -Descending | Select-Object -First 1
+        if ($newestRpt) { $files = @($files) + $newestRpt }
+    }
+
+    $collected = @()
+    foreach ($f in ($files | Sort-Object FullName -Unique)) {
+        $dst = Join-Path $Stage $f.Name
+        if (Test-Path $dst) {
+            $dst = Join-Path $Stage ('{0}_{1}{2}' -f $f.BaseName, $f.LastWriteTime.ToString('HHmmss'), $f.Extension)
+        }
+        if (Copy-Locked $f.FullName $dst) {
+            $collected += [pscustomobject]@{
+                Source = $Label; Name = $f.Name; Size = $f.Length; Modified = $f.LastWriteTime
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return $collected
+}
+
+# --- collect server + client logs ---
+$serverFiles = @(Collect -Source $ServerProfile -Stage $stageServer -Label 'server')
+$clientFiles = @(Collect -Source $ClientLogs    -Stage $stageClient -Label 'client')
+
+# --- grab the mod's live generated config ($profile:YALootBoxes\*.json) ---
+$modCfg = Join-Path $ServerProfile 'YALootBoxes'
+if (Test-Path $modCfg) {
+    $cfgStage = Join-Path $stageServer 'YALootBoxes_config'
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $cfgStage | Out-Null
+    Get-ChildItem $modCfg -Filter '*.json' -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object {
+        Copy-Locked $_.FullName (Join-Path $cfgStage $_.Name) | Out-Null
+    }
+} else {
+    Write-Warning "Mod config folder not found (mod may not have run yet): $modCfg"
+}
+
+$all = $serverFiles + $clientFiles
+
+# --- extract only the mod-tagged lines into one file ---
+$filterPath = Join-Path $stageRoot 'YALootBoxes_filtered.txt'
+$sb = New-Object System.Text.StringBuilder
+$textFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $stageServer, $stageClient -Recurse -File |
+             Where-Object { $_.Extension -in '.RPT', '.log', '.ADM' }
+foreach ($tf in $textFiles) {
+    $hits = Select-String -Path $tf.FullName -SimpleMatch -Pattern $Tag -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+    if ($hits) {
+        [void]$sb.AppendLine("===== $($tf.Name)  ($($hits.Count) line(s)) =====")
+        foreach ($h in $hits) { [void]$sb.AppendLine(('{0,6}: {1}' -f $h.LineNumber, $h.Line.Trim())) }
+        [void]$sb.AppendLine('')
+    }
+}
+if ($sb.Length -eq 0) { [void]$sb.AppendLine("No '$Tag' lines found in the collected logs.") }
+Set-Content -Path $filterPath -Value $sb.ToString() -Encoding UTF8
+
+# --- summary ---
+$errCount  = (Select-String -Path $filterPath -SimpleMatch -Pattern '[ERROR]' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).Count
+$warnCount = (Select-String -Path $filterPath -SimpleMatch -Pattern '[WARN]'  -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).Count
+
+$lines = @(
+    'YALootBoxes log bundle'
+    "Generated:  $(Get-Date -Format 'u')"
+    "Machine:    $env:COMPUTERNAME   User: $env:USERNAME"
+    "Window:     last $SinceHours hour(s)   Tag: $Tag"
+    "Server src: $ServerProfile"
+    "Client src: $ClientLogs"
+    ''
+    "Mod-tagged ERROR lines: $errCount"
+    "Mod-tagged WARN  lines: $warnCount"
+    ''
+    'Files collected:'
+)
+if ($all) {
+    foreach ($f in $all) {
+        $lines += ('  [{0}] {1}  ({2:N0} bytes, {3:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm})' -f $f.Source, $f.Name, $f.Size, $f.Modified)
+    }
+} else {
+    $lines += '  (none - check the paths or widen -SinceHours)'
+}
+Set-Content -Path (Join-Path $stageRoot 'summary.txt') -Value $lines -Encoding UTF8
+
+# --- zip + cleanup ---
+$zip = Join-Path $OutDir "YALootBoxes_logs_$stamp.zip"
+if (Test-Path $zip) { Remove-Item $zip -Force }
+Compress-Archive -Path (Join-Path $stageRoot '*') -DestinationPath $zip
+Remove-Item $stageRoot -Recurse -Force
+
+Write-Host ''
+Write-Host "Collected $($all.Count) log file(s)." -ForegroundColor Green
+Write-Host "Mod-tagged lines -> ERROR: $errCount   WARN: $warnCount"
+Write-Host "Bundle: $zip" -ForegroundColor Cyan
+Write-Host 'Send me that .zip (summary.txt + YALootBoxes_filtered.txt inside are the key files).'