I figured everyone who has ever gotten annoyed with an odd FRED problem would appreciate this one.
While writing missions for BtRL I had a problem in that the writing was done by someone not as used to FRED who kept using semi-colons. The problem is that if you do that in a multi line message the game truncates everything after the semi-colon and ignores it. Cause I was just cutting and pasting their text in I'd occasionally reload a mission to find half the text had mysteriously vanished.
While looking through
Endgame I realised I wasn't the first person to encounter this...
XSTR("The 64th will play a fighter role in this mission. The $h NTF have a few Zeus and Medusa wings remaining, so your objective will be to engage all rebel bombers and neutralize their fighter escort. The $f Colossus has engaged the $h NTC $h Vanguard and the $h NTCv $h Congreve. We will move the $f Colossus into position as soon as this battle has been resolved.", 1263)
; only the die-hard fanatics remain. They'll fight to the death and take as many of us with them as they can. We have every confidence in your ability to get the job done. Good luck.", -1)
; only the die-hard fanatics remain. They'll fight to the death and take as many of us with them as they can. We have every confidence in your ability to get the job done. Good luck.", -1)
; only the die-hard fanatics remain. They'll fight to the death and take as many of us with them as they can. We have every confidence in your ability to get the job done. Good luck.", -1)
; only the die-hard fanatics remain. They'll fight to the death and take as many of us with them as they can. We have every confidence in your ability to get the job done. Good luck.", -1)
The really funny thing is that this is from the 2nd briefing stage. The 4th one is
XSTR("This is the endgame, pilot. Bosch's $h Neo-Terran $h Front has been crushed. Only the die-hard fanatics remain. They'll fight to the death and take as many of us with them as they can. We have every confidence in your ability to get the job done. Good luck.", 1265)
So evidentially after seeing it disappear 4 times Brad Johnson just got sick of it and stuck it in another stage.
