Online Stat Messages

[TexasJG]

OK, my next project, simple, but, I'm just not getting something here... :-[
The Manual states;

The server hosting an online game may set the level of detail of the server auto-generated
stat messages. The level is set in the conf.ini file in the Pacific Fighters folder, in section
[chat], in the autoLogDetail key. E.g.:

[chat]

autoLogDetail = 3

You can set the keys to the following options:
0 – Disables all stat messages.
1 – Only player-vs.-player kill messages are displayed.
2 – Player-vs.-player and AI-vs.-player kill messages are displayed.
3 – A lot of chit-chatting.

My question is (stupid I know), what are the "Online Stat Messages" exactly?
I'm assuming they are the messages displayed at the top left of the screen by default, such as xxplayer killed, bailed out, etc.
But, setting up a coop-mission on a LAN, the details of the messages do not seem to differ when editing the "autoLogDetail" to differing settings.

Other words, if I set autoLogDetail=3, I don't seem to get any more or differing messages than if it's set to autoLogDetail

Also, what is the file these online message use?
I'm assuming it's the "netmessages.properties" file in the i8n folder.
And, if so, anyone know the system of how these messages are activated?

Any comments?
Thanks!!