What is the best way to put in MCI codes into and ANSI menu/drawing
without jacking everything up? I have done it with the draw many time but I probably have been doing it the hard way. Like I have the ansi without the
mci codes. I do an animation rescan, then I type every code in and save it.
Is that the only way? And..... Can you add mci codes using PabloDraw. oooooor Will the !$r60 mystic stuff be the best way? Thanks for any input..

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On 01/31/15, Kidd Wicked said the following...

What is the best way to put in MCI codes into and ANSI menu/drawing without jacking everything up? I have done it with the draw many time
but I probably have been doing it the hard way. Like I have the ansi without the mci codes. I do an animation rescan, then I type every code
in and save it. Is that the only way? And..... Can you add mci codes
using PabloDraw. oooooor Will the !$r60 mystic stuff be the best way? Thanks for any input..

If it's only a couple, like a clear screen or pause at the bottom, I just use Pablodraw and hit INS to move the characters at the top over a few so it displays correctly in the BBS. Anything more complex than that I just use an animation, top-down in TheDraw.

I want to say you can put the MCI codes in and THEN enable animation and it should work fine, but I usually do what you do, animation > MCI codes > save.

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Hello Kidd,

On 31 Jan 15 21:35, Kidd Wicked wrote to All:

What is the best way to put in MCI codes into and ANSI menu/drawing without jacking everything up? I have done it with the draw many time
but I probably have been doing it the hard way. Like I have the ansi without the mci codes. I do an animation rescan, then I type every
code in and save it. Is that the only way? And..... Can you add mci
codes using PabloDraw. oooooor Will the !$r60 mystic stuff be the best way? Thanks for any input..

To be completely honest. I've ditched the whole idea of ansimation these days. It has always been a pain in the ass (one fuckup and you have to restart the whole process, etc). So I just save the ansi in Pablodraw, then edit it in a text editor, go to the very last character of the last line, and add X/Y coordinates and the proper MCI code. I've found it to be the easiest and most successful way to do it.

Regards,
Nick

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Hello maskreet,

On 31 Jan 15 23:44, maskreet wrote to Kidd Wicked:

If it's only a couple, like a clear screen or pause at the bottom, I
just use Pablodraw and hit INS to move the characters at the top over
a few so it displays correctly in the BBS. Anything more complex than
that I just use an animation, top-down in TheDraw.

I want to say you can put the MCI codes in and THEN enable animation
and it should work fine, but I usually do what you do, animation > MCI codes > save.

Refer to my last message. You don't have to go through the hassle of Thedraw (for one) or ansimation mode anymore these days.

Regards,
Nick

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On 01/31/15, Accession said the following...

Hello Kidd,

On 31 Jan 15 21:35, Kidd Wicked wrote to All:

What is the best way to put in MCI codes into and ANSI menu/drawin without jacking everything up? I have done it with the draw many time but I probably have been doing it the hard way. Like I have the ansi without the mci codes. I do an animation rescan, then I type every code in and save it. Is that the only way? And..... Can you add mci codes using PabloDraw. oooooor Will the !$r60 mystic stuff be the bes way? Thanks for any input..

To be completely honest. I've ditched the whole idea of ansimation these days. It has always been a pain in the ass (one fuckup and you have to restart the whole process, etc). So I just save the ansi in Pablodraw, then edit it in a text editor, go to the very last character of the last line, and add X/Y coordinates and the proper MCI code. I've found it to
be the easiest and most successful way to do it.

See, this is why I ask questions!! Sweet idea and it would have saved me a shit-ton of time in the past. Especially when doing a message editor with 10+ mci codes and you messup one fricken space and have to animate and start
over.. uggggggg

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Hello Kidd,

On 01 Feb 15 01:11, Kidd Wicked wrote to Accession:

See, this is why I ask questions!! Sweet idea and it would have
saved me a shit-ton of time in the past. Especially when doing a
message editor with 10+ mci codes and you messup one fricken space and have to animate and start over.. uggggggg

EXACTLY! Try it the way I've done it for quite some time now. You'll realize the only way you can mess it up is if you typo something, which is easily found
because it won't display properly.

Regards,
Nick

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On 01/31/15, Kidd Wicked said the following...

What is the best way to put in MCI codes into and ANSI menu/drawing without jacking everything up? I have done it with the draw many time
but I probably have been doing it the hard way. Like I have the ansi without the mci codes. I do an animation rescan, then I type every code
in and save it. Is that the only way? And..... Can you add mci codes
using PabloDraw. oooooor Will the !$r60 mystic stuff be the best way? Thanks for any input..

When I add MCI codes to ANSIs, I usually add them to the end of the file.
I'll use the [X and [Y codes to put the cursor in the right spot, and then
add the text after that. If you try to embed the MCI codes in the ANSI, it will just make it uneditable later.

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On 02/01/15, Kidd Wicked said the following...

On 01/31/15, Accession said the following...

Hello Kidd,

On 31 Jan 15 21:35, Kidd Wicked wrote to All:

What is the best way to put in MCI codes into and ANSI menu/d without jacking everything up? I have done it with the draw many but I probably have been doing it the hard way. Like I have the without the mci codes. I do an animation rescan, then I type eve code in and save it. Is that the only way? And..... Can you add codes using PabloDraw. oooooor Will the !$r60 mystic stuff be th way? Thanks for any input..

To be completely honest. I've ditched the whole idea of ansimation th days. It has always been a pain in the ass (one fuckup and you have t restart the whole process, etc). So I just save the ansi in Pablodraw then edit it in a text editor, go to the very last character of the l line, and add X/Y coordinates and the proper MCI code. I've found it be the easiest and most successful way to do it.

See, this is why I ask questions!! Sweet idea and it would have saved me a shit-ton of time in the past. Especially when doing a message
editor with 10+ mci codes and you messup one fricken space and have to animate and start over.. uggggggg

The only real caveat to all that is that you really should put the PO command at the beginning of the file, so that it won't ever display the prompt if it gets too long on the screen. So you don't have the luxury of putting the PO
at the bottom of the file like you can with the rest of the MCI codes.

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On 02/01/15, Gryphon said the following...

The only real caveat to all that is that you really should put the PO command at the beginning of the file, so that it won't ever display the

Good to know that. Though if i am using mci codes I tend to stay under 25 length. I guess you could do a scroller and have them at the end.. I think caphood has a 2 screener on BF with mci's in it..

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On 02/01/15, Gryphon said the following...

and then add the text after that. If you try to embed the MCI codes in the ANSI, it will just make it uneditable later.

Now you know my pain...

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