Saving missions from editor.

[tarkin92 13]

Hi guys I have a question, how can I save mission I made in editor to single missions. If I just choose "Save in missions folder" the mission called let's say Hind Attack saves as "Hind%20Attack.chernarus" which is very ugly :( How can I make the mission name to display properly?

[W0lle 1042]

Well maybe name it HindAttack instead?

[shuko 59]

Or hit F2 and replace the %20 with a single space?

[tarkin92 13]

But will that solve ".chernarus'?

Or hit F2 and replace the %20 with a single space?

Tried that earlier, doesn't work either - just causes mission to disappear from my scenarios.

Edited July 18, 2010 by Tarkin92

[shuko 59]

What exactly is there to resolve with that? It's the name of the island the mission is for and it's require by the game.

[tarkin92 13]

Yup but some user-made missions can be named properly, you just go to the "Scenarios" and see My Uber Mission not My%20Uber%20Mission.chernarus

[kylania 567]

Click on the Mission Info box in the editor and give it a proper name.

[Toasticuss 10]

Yup but some user-made missions can be named properly, you just go to the "Scenarios" and see My Uber Mission not My%20Uber%20Mission.chernarus

Setup your overview.html

That defines what you see in the scenarios mission list for your mission.

[tarkin92 13]

Click on the Mission Info box in the editor and give it a proper name.

Geez maan! I've been wondering for what this "Name" thing is since OFP golden times :D Thank you very much , that helped :)

Edited July 18, 2010 by W0lle
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[neokika 62]

BTW @Tarkin92,

You can use under score to make spaces and name of mission file will be ok.

Like this:

Hind_Attack

_neo_

[shuko 59]

Yeah, but underscores look stupid when you can just use spaces.

[neokika 62]

Yeah, but underscores look stupid when you can just use spaces.

Hi shk.

Well, in the mission file name you cant use spaces, if you do you will have the same problem Tarkin92 has.

For that you can use underscores.

_neo_

[shuko 59]

Yes you can. The name given in the intel dialog in editor will override the file name. So, using them in the file name really doesn't matter. What is more silly is using underscores in the intel dialog name.

[neokika 62]

Yes you can. The name given in the intel dialog in editor will override the file name. So, using them in the file name really doesn't matter. What is more silly is using underscores in the intel dialog name.

Ok. Yes you can.

Im not arguing, just saying that using spaces in the mission FILE NAME (NOT mission name), will cause that.

I just said that he can go over that little problem by adding underscores to the file name as I do.

_neo_

[kylania 567]

Yeah, but underscores look stupid when you can just use spaces.

%20 looks way more stupid than an underscore ever will. :)

• stupid_mission_name.pbo
  
• stupid mission name.pbo
  
• stupid%20mission%20name.pbo
  

Underscores are much easier to read for me at least. Spaces require use of "" or %20 on the web and with filesystems, so never use them in filenames please.

[shuko 59]

Spaces work fine with hosted server and with both (Win & Linux) dedicated servers. Thus, I dont see any reason why you would not name the mission (in intel dialog) to:

co 12 my mission with spaces

And when you release the mission/add it to server, replace %20 with space to get:

co 12 my mission with spaces.Takistan.pbo

No silly extra chars and looks nice.

[neokika 62]

Spaces work fine with hosted server and with both (Win & Linux) dedicated servers. Thus, I dont see any reason why you would not name the mission (in intel dialog) to:

Thats the point, we are not talking about the mission name, we are talking about the mission file name.

And the mission file name will create %20 if it has spaces.

_neo_

[shuko 59]

So was I.

[kylania 567]

It's just a matter of preference. If shk prefers spaces and doesn't mind changing downloaded files names that's all good. I just happen to prefer filenames rather then filesentences. :)

[shuko 59]

I already depbo and change the editor name of every single mission I download and add to our server. ;)

Underscores are so... 15 years ago. :)

Anyway, it seems 95% of the mission makers now a days have missed or just ignore the standard naming: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=82816. Kyllikki has used that since Feb 2003. :)

Edited July 19, 2010 by Shuko