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Déjà Bru · 03-31-2025, 08:24 PM

This thread is like striking gold. I had to use Google Search repeatedly to find it again.*

The links to Matt's Dropbox files still work, and I see that this is part of the Mods forums that are being brought forward now to OOTP 26. So, there is a chance that this post will be seen.

First, my thanks to Matt once again for having posted this in the first place. This time, I have downloaded AND saved these spreadsheet files. (I neglected to do the latter last year.)

Second, pstrickert, will you see this and respond? Per your request, I am reporting this error; the second name reference is incorrect:

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You want us to "please report typos so we can fix them for everyone" and I certainly want the same. But here is the situation: I am still on OOTP 25 and probably will be for the foreseeable future. Hence I cannot rely on your fixes for OOTP 26.

So, if I post what I find, which may gain momentum because I am playing the heck out of OOTP 25 now that I have committed to it long-term, will you answer some hopefully quick questions?

Such as this. I found the entry (yellow highlight) in storylines_english.xml:

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Am I correct in saying the error is in the second "%personname#1" and that it should have been "%personname#2" as in similar messages in which a manager has a comment to make (e.g., green highlight)?

And one auxiliary question: Are these XML entries all hard-coded someplace, so that the game knows "%personname#1" is the player and "%personname#2" is the manager just from having picked a certain player to apply the circumstance to? That is, the first person is the player and the second person is his manager? That's what has me head scratching — how does the XML file know whom we are talking about from these generic codes?

I am not asking for a tutorial. As a matter of fact, I have put together a document from the In-Game Text section of the defunct online manual. I just need a few details cleared up . . . in exchange for future typo reporting?

*EDIT: All right, all right, stop laughing. I saw, after I posted this and went back out to the forum, that this thread was stickied. Well, good!

03-31-2025, 08:24 PM	#10
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Long Island Posts: 11,700	This thread is like striking gold. I had to use Google Search repeatedly to find it again.* The links to Matt's Dropbox files still work, and I see that this is part of the Mods forums that are being brought forward now to OOTP 26. So, there is a chance that this post will be seen. First, my thanks to Matt once again for having posted this in the first place. This time, I have downloaded AND saved these spreadsheet files. (I neglected to do the latter last year.) Second, pstrickert, will you see this and respond? Per your request, I am reporting this error; the second name reference is incorrect: You want us to "please report typos so we can fix them for everyone" and I certainly want the same. But here is the situation: I am still on OOTP 25 and probably will be for the foreseeable future. Hence I cannot rely on your fixes for OOTP 26. So, if I post what I find, which may gain momentum because I am playing the heck out of OOTP 25 now that I have committed to it long-term, will you answer some hopefully quick questions? Such as this. I found the entry (yellow highlight) in storylines_english.xml: Am I correct in saying the error is in the second "%personname#1" and that it should have been "%personname#2" as in similar messages in which a manager has a comment to make (e.g., green highlight)? And one auxiliary question: Are these XML entries all hard-coded someplace, so that the game knows "%personname#1" is the player and "%personname#2" is the manager just from having picked a certain player to apply the circumstance to? That is, the first person is the player and the second person is his manager? That's what has me head scratching — how does the XML file know whom we are talking about from these generic codes? I am not asking for a tutorial. As a matter of fact, I have put together a document from the In-Game Text section of the defunct online manual. I just need a few details cleared up . . . in exchange for future typo reporting? *EDIT: All right, all right, stop laughing. I saw, after I posted this and went back out to the forum, that this thread was stickied. Well, good! __________________ - Bru Last edited by Déjà Bru; 03-31-2025 at 08:33 PM.