[Teta]

For some reason, when i type a briefing, then save, 3/4 of each slide's text delete's it's self, anyone got any idea why this is happening, its starting to seriously stress me out

[karajorma]

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I'll bet you're using a semicolon in the briefing just before the disappearing text. If you have to have a semicolon simply type $semicolon and the game should replace it automatically when running the mission.

[NGTM-1R]

FRED has also been known to get upset at certain other things, like when I tried to format a CB so it read like actual message traffic...

[Snail]

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I'll bet you're using a semicolon in the briefing just before the disappearing text. If you have to have a semicolon simply type $semicolon and the game should replace it automatically when running the mission.

Is this an SCP feature?

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Yes.  If it wasn't there wouldn't be so many screwed up messages in retail (only visible in a text editor).

[WMCoolmon]

It should warn over this kind of thing...probably take awhile to sort it out though.

[karajorma]

It's earlier in the morning than my brain usually starts working but a glance at the code makes it look like all the message text boxes pass through management.cpp string_copy()

If my sleep addled brain isn't screwing me over I might be able to just parse through the message looking for the ; character at that point and replace if when and if I find it.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Wouldn't that break backward compatibility with retail messages?  There are a few out there that will have double text.  V seemed to be good at using a ; then wondering where the text went and typing it back in without the ; . 

[karajorma]

Nope. It would simply parse whatever was in the message box in FRED. Since missions with the bug only load up to the semicolon it wouldn't do anything to them at all.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Ah I was thinking you were modifying it as it was loading.  Guess my brain wasn't awake yet either. (checks for open beer, nope not awake yet)

Are you going to implement this for all text in FRED? Briefings, Command briefings, debriefings, messages, mission specs, mission description, etc? 

[karajorma]

Whenever I get around to this I should implement if for any text box that can be screwed over by simply adding a ;

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Guess the other thing to look for is any other character that can screw it up.  Haven't seen one yet but have seen messed up briefings and debriefings that don't involve a ; .  Don't know if something caused it or just leftover junk from a crash.