[Mobius]

I'm using that SEXPs for Steadfast cutscenes. I want the messages to appear on the screen in order to make them understandable.

The problem is that I see the directives box too!

In some missions, with just one starting directive, I solve the problem by just chaining it. I may do the same with the others, but this won't impede the directives box from showing up during in-mission cutscenes or during the last cutscene.

What should I do?

[Mobius]

No replies?!?

I have another problem: send-message-list... until the 31st message is ok, then it stops. There are 46 messages in total. I have checked the SEXP with FRED and there shouldn't be problems....

[karajorma]

You have 46 messages in a single send-message-list? That's either really impressive FREDding or god-awful stupid. I'm not certain at this point which one it is.

Does the message list not work at all when you hit 31 messages? Or does it play the first 31 then stop?

[CP5670]

I've run into this problem too. Here is how you can get around it: use the lock-perspective sexp to make it switch to the external view. The directives list doesn't appear in that view. If you've activated a camera at that point, it won't matter which perspective is selected. The directives will still come up if the player hits escape to get back into the normal view, but that should be pretty rare. As an additional measure, you can also create a bunch of dummy directives to fill up the list with blank entries when the cutscene starts.

And yeah, 46 messages in a single list is insane. Split them up into four or five chunks.

[Mobius]

Karajorma: I think it's impressive FREDding

Confirmed. There are 46 messages, and the last one I can see is the 30th.

CP: I use lock perspective, vut I just add true or false. Which perspective should I stop?