[J3Vr6]

I put this under bugzilla, but I'm not sure if it's a bug.  Using either Fred2_Open 3.5.3 or Fred2_Open 3.5.5, I see a bug under the Mission Specs Editor.

If you select "no briefing" or "no debriefing" under Mission Specs of Fred_Open, they will not unselect if you exit the editor, return to mission specs, and click on them again.  This happens under Fred2_Open 3.5.3 and 3.5.5.  You can unselect them and hit "OK" but if you go back into the mission specs menu they will be selected again.  If you unselected them, save, and try the mission (in case it was opening up mission specs editor that selects them), the mission will have no briefing or debriefing.

This is a little fustrating as I clicked on "no briefing" and "no debriefing" when I started fredding this mission so I can get quickly into the mission to test it.  Now that I want to see the briefing, it doesn't let me unclick it

Can anyone see if this is something that happens to them too?

[karajorma]

Just tested. The same thing happened to me. Even when I went into the briefing and debriefing editors and made a breifing and debriefing they remained ticked (Even if I made the mission a red-alert or scramble they still remained).

[J3Vr6]

Yeah, I tried all those last night also.  I was hoping that this was just my copy or I didn't click on something right, but it looks like someone else can replicate the problem.

[karajorma]

Try this. Back up a copy of your mission. Open it in wordpad/notepad and change this line +Flags: 3072 (You may have a different number but you won't have 0) to +Flags: 0

Then open it in FRED2_open again.

That should clear all flags from the Missions Specs editor and let you choose again any you do want.

Be sure to test the mission in FS2_open to be sure it didn't mess anything up (it shouldn't have but just to be sure).

[J3Vr6]

I'll try that when I go home for lunch (walking distance is such a beauty).  This little fix would be a godsend as I was regretting having to re-do the whole mission.

If it works, that only temporarily fixes this problem.  I put it in Bugzilla so hopefully the coding guru's see it and fix it for the next version.

[Goober5000]

Hmm, that's odd.  Should be an easy fix, but I'll have to take a look at it.

[J3Vr6]

Thanks, Goober.  I'm sure you will when you have time.  Just wanted to do my part for the SCP (how little it is).

Kara, that suggestion worked.  Thanks!  I thought I had to redo the entire mission from scratch!  And it was about 80% done (flop).

[karajorma]

I had hoped that editing bugs from missions in notepad was a thing of the past but I remember enough from the bad old days to remember how things used to be done

[Goober5000]

Fixed.  I forgot to clear a flag in the FRED dialog.