Joined: 11 Jan 2018 Location: Eastern North Westlandia (South Side)
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 8:38 pm Post subject:
Text Briefing Limits
Simply put - is there a hard character limit for the [Briefing] section of the .map files? I've tried editing one in the past, and it cuts off after a bit. If this is the case, is there a simple workaround?
Starting years ago, I used to do simple edits and buffs/unit additions to TS/FS for personal amusement. I'd started to make a short campaign some time last year, but, as the only way I had to tell the story was through text, the Mission Briefings started to get pretty long. That's when I encountered the problem. Life got in the way, things happened, and I haven't been back to it since. I wanted to know if this was an actual limit, or perhaps something I was doing wrong, before I decided to, maybe, get back in to editing. QUICK_EDIT
I don't know about TS unfortunately, but if it helps:
RA2 and YR have a limit of 20 lines (the 21st being half-way cut), each line only taking up ~64 characters.
The character-limit is also enforced for the mission texts that show up with, MapAction 11.
^This^ is dependent on the resolution, tho. _________________ One and only developer of the Command & Conquer Dune "C&C D" mod.
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Joined: 11 Jan 2018 Location: Eastern North Westlandia (South Side)
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:05 am Post subject:
I appreciate the response, thank you. I hadn't ever messed with RA2/YR that much, so, I had no idea that it had a character limit as well. Is there some kind of workaround for RA2/YR? It probably wouldn't apply to TS, but I'm curious anyway. QUICK_EDIT
I appreciate the response, thank you. I hadn't ever messed with RA2/YR that much, so, I had no idea that it had a character limit as well. Is there some kind of workaround for RA2/YR? It probably wouldn't apply to TS, but I'm curious anyway.
AFAIK, not even Ares can fix it.
The limit might be to make briefings readable even on 640x600
So with a limit Westwood made sure players on lowest resolution won't get less than the whole story, IF the briefings had a proper story written, like MO, TI, DTA and C&C S have to because they don't have FMVs. _________________ One and only developer of the Command & Conquer Dune "C&C D" mod.
m7 wrote:
I tend to release things I create so that assets are never lost to hard drive problems, accidental deletion, or me having to pretend to care about rippers taking things from my project when it is done.
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