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How Change this Mission Name in the MP Hosting "Create Game" Screen

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I've been editing the Bohemia Interactive version of "Escape from Tanoa", and the mission folder is already changed to what I want  (BI Escape from Tanoa, with "%20" instead of spaces). 

 

But I notice that when I'm hosting a new MP game, in the "Create Game" menu list, it still shows up as "Escape 10 Tanoa".  And I haven't found any phrase like that (with %20 for spaces or underscores for spaces or with just spaces) in any file in the mission folder. 

 

Some webpages say to change this line (in either description.ext or mission.sqm):

onLoadName = $STR_A3_EscapeFromTanoa_onLoadName;
But as you can see it already says something different. 

 

Likewise other webpages say, "When in the editor, change the map name by going to the advanced intel screen and writing the name in the correct space. This will add the name to the mission.sqm."  But I don't see any menu called "Intel" in the editor. 

 

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This is what it currently says in description.ext:

 

       briefingName = $STR_A3_EscapeFromTanoa_missionName;
       author = $STR_A3_Bohemia_Interactive;
       overviewPicture = "a3\Missions_F_Exp\data\img\MP_EscapeFromTanoa_overview_CA.paa";
       overviewText = $STR_A3_EscapeFromTanoa_overview;
       onLoadName = $STR_A3_EscapeFromTanoa_onLoadName;
       onLoadMission = $STR_A3_EscapeFromTanoa_overview;
       loadScreen = "a3\Missions_F_Exp\data\img\MP_EscapeFromTanoa_overview_CA.paa";

 

At this point, neither BriefingName nor onLoadName say what appears on the Create Game menu's mission list, which is 

 

FYI, on my computer, there is no file "MP_EscapeFromTanoa_overview_CA.paa", nor is there a sub-folder "Documents\Arma 3\Saved\a3\missions_f_exp\" called "data" -- but I don't think that's related to my main question. 

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3 hours ago, dgrrrhelp said:

 onLoadName = $STR_A3_EscapeFromTanoa_onLoadName;

Remove and replace this:   $STR_A3_EscapeFromTanoa_onLoadName

with the name you want:

 

onLoadName = "your name here";

 

When loading a mission in mp lan, you'll see the pic of the mission within the box, and

at the top will be the name of the mission as you name it, then at the bottom of the picture is the

description of the mission which is:

     onLoadMission = " describe the mission here";

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Hi Gunter! I recently started using your SP Self Revive / Self Heal script from youtube! 

 

FYI none of these have had an effect on what appears in the MP > LAN > HOST > Create Game (show custom missions) screen...

 

briefingName = x;
author = x;
overviewText = x;
onLoadName = x;
onLoadMission = x;
 

EXCEPT that (a) changing "author" results in "by Unknown Community Author", and (b) changing "briefingName" hides the mission from the list. 

 

I've added an image to original post for context

 

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