Found a minor glitch in CM

EA6B · Post by **EA6B** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:37 am

OK, you know how in the mission designer if you type "$" in the mission description, then when the mission plays the computer will replace the "$" with the name of the enemy race . . . Well, it doesn't work in the mission success messages or the mission failure messages. Instead, it just shows the "$".

Fusion_power · Post by **Fusion_power** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:32 pm

it is not a glitch, it is designed that way. look at the mission descriptions of some of the existing missions and you will find the $ used often.

DarJones

EA6B · Post by **EA6B** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:15 pm

How come using the "$" in the mission success or mission failure messages doesn't cause them to say the name of the alien race?

TheKangaroo · Post by **TheKangaroo** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:10 pm

Because that may not be a glitch but a slight design flaw. Maybe Sean can improve that for the next version.

umeboshi110 · Post by **umeboshi110** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:43 pm

well, it could just as well be a glitch

Perturabo · Post by **Perturabo** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:23 pm

Hmm...
What is the difference?

TheKangaroo · Post by **TheKangaroo** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:55 pm

A glitch is a minor malfunction, in computer world similar to a bug; something doesn't work the way it is intended to. A design flaw is something that's per se working fine but just doesn't do what the user would like it to do.

Post by **Sean OConnor** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 5:33 pm

OK, I'll look into that!