problem with description.ext

[macguba]

My mission has gone mad.    I created description.ext and had a test run, everything went fine.    Played about a bit more then went for another Preview CRASH !!  The error message says

mission\description.ext.': ';' encountered instead of '='

No big deal I thinks, there's a typo somewhere.    Well I can't find it.   The mission keeps crashing out.  It works ok if there is no description.ext or if that file exists but is completely empty.    I tried putting nothing in the file except

; test

and it still crashed out with the same error message.

Any ideas?  

[Wolf]

Let us see the what you wanted in your Ext, and maybe we can help you fix it.
We'd need to see the whole thing.

[Bronski]

If it is indeed a typo involving : .  You may want to copy and paste the description file into word and use the find option (under edit menu).  Just put in : and go through every part of the file and see where you put :

Otherwise i have no clue how to solve your problem  

[macguba]

Thanks guys.   I've managed to establish that its not a typo.    What I want to do is put some text notes in the file.   In a script you can write

; this is just a note to say this script is rubbish

and I was trying to do the same thing in description.ext.   That seems to be what the problem is.   It won't accept ; at the start of a line.

Anybody know how you can put text notes in this file?   Is it even possible?

[Sui]

class Weapons
{
class ak47
// this is a secret scientific formula I am smuggling out of the country
// in this .ext file. I'm so smart they'll never catch me... *knock*
// *Muffled voice* "Open up in there this is the KGB"
count = 2
};

Anyway... you get the idea

[macguba]

Sui, you're my hero

 

thanks pal