Description.ext issue/help

[Duke101 18]

Hi,

Hoping someone can help.

I'm having a strange description.ext problem.

Just starting a fresh new mission- named it and saved it. Added some 'standard' scripts I use, init.sqf and des.ext, etc. copied straight from the previous mission, which works perfectly.

It appears that the description.ext is not loading at all. I'm getting errors where I have scripts running fine from the init, because they're not loading from the des.ext. The loadmission name isn't showing correctly. I have left it blank, written 'test', etc, etc. and I get on the loadscreen when I preview in the editor is the name of the new mission folder I created ? I even purposefully wrote some gibberish in the description.ext and no crash or anything ?

First time I've come across this, but it is as if the des.ext is not being read. I tested several older missions and have no issues at all. I've created several new missions and I'm getting the same issue with des.ext.

Any ideas/help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[jshock 513]

Make sure that you have re-saved the mission again (with SAVE or SAVE AS) to ensure that the files are included in the mission folder.

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[dreadedentity 278]

Is it copied to the right folder?

[killzone_kid 1333]

Make sure it is not saved as description.ext.txt, that could happen if you have extensions of files hidden while your text editor saving it a .txt by default.

[Duke101 18]

Thanks for your replies guys, it's appreciated.

Well this morning I set up, as @CRY3rn suggested, just a very simple mission and the des.ext was working ! I slowly added things to this test mission, with an init, etc and all seems to be working fine.

I did all the fundamentals and rechecked, etc. at the time yesterday (at least I think so).

@CRY3rn I agree with you- my thinking was the same. If my old missions were working fine, then surely the problem couldn't be that fundamental and that turns out to be the case.

It was late for me and I was tired. I can only assume that I missed something or screwed something up without noticing. I honestly don't know what the issue was.

Lesson learnt- don't start messing with a new mission when it's late and your tired.

Thanks again all, it's appreciated and sorry to have wasted your time.

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Thanks for your replies guys, it's appreciated.

Well this morning I set up, as @CRY3rn suggested, just a very simple mission and the des.ext was working ! I slowly added things to this test mission, with an init, etc and all seems to be working fine.

I did all the fundamentals and rechecked, etc. at the time yesterday (at least I think so).

@CRY3rn I agree with you- my thinking was the same. If my old missions were working fine, then surely the problem couldn't be that fundamental and that turns out to be the case.

It was late for me and I was tired. I can only assume that I missed something or screwed something up without noticing. I honestly don't know what the issue was.

Lesson learnt- don't start messing with a new mission when it's late and your tired.

Thanks again all, it's appreciated and sorry to have wasted your time.

Just in case you're curious...I found out what the problem was.

I didn't include my ParamsArray.ext file in the mission folder, but was calling it from the des.ext - that's what screwed it up. :o