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"Effects" in triggers or waypoints won't display text
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Description

This is on Dev Branch and the issue has been here for a while. When selecting "Effects" in a Trigger (or Waypoint), and you select "Text," it doesn't give you the option to type in text to display when the Trigger (or WP) has been activated.

This happens in both the 2D and 3D editor. If you have a mission that was saved prior to the last stable, then the Effect will still function, but once you resave the mission in current versions, it loses the properties to display it. {F27890}

Details

Legacy ID
2539640275
Severity
None
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Eden Editor
Steps To Reproduce

I can't really reproduce it now because any mission I save, I'll lose the old Effect. However, in older missions, I still have this in the mission file and the Effect still fires correctly:

class Effects

			{
				titleType="TEXT";
				titleEffect="PLAIN DOWN";
				title="This is ZULU SIX.  Sniper targets are down.  OUT.";
			};

Event Timeline

gatordev edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)Jan 26 2016, 1:36 AM
gatordev set Category to Eden Editor.
gatordev set Reproducibility to Always.
gatordev set Severity to None.
gatordev set Resolution to Open.
gatordev set Legacy ID to 2539640275.May 8 2016, 1:34 PM
Bohemia added a subscriber: ceeeb.Jan 26 2016, 1:36 AM

Hello,

would you mind sending us the old mission? You can attach it to this ticket (or use a free file sharing service).

Thank you

Uploaded a mission file with the Effects working. I was able to work around the issue by manually editing the mission file and adding the "Class Effects" into the trigger. If you try and resave this in the editor, the Effect will go away.

Hopefully that helps. Looks like the engine hasn't forgotten what to do, it's just the Trigger or WP "Effect" drop down that has lost it's ability to select it and add text.