Subj : Re: Trouble with random ANSI display
To   : Don Epi
From : Avon
Date : Sun Jan 23 2022 04:06 pm

On 22 Jan 2022 at 07:28p, Don Epi pondered and said...
 
 DE> press "+" a random ANSI file is displayed... of course, I did it putting
 DE> 30 or so files with the same name: ANSIFILE.ans and ANSIFILE.an1,
 DE> ANSIFILE.an2, etc... so Mystic display them randomly...
 DE> 
 DE> Well it doesnt work anymore! It displays only two different ones (the
 DE> same) skipping nearly 30 of them... curious, because it worked!!

yes there is a new file naming convention implemented.

[snip]

- The old random display file system is gone so if you have the .ana, .anb
   type files you will need to update them to use the "new" system that is
   being brought over from the Mystic 2 build.

 + New display file random system.  If for example the base filename of the
   display file is "test" then you can make any additional files with a .#
   after the base filename and one of them will be selected randomly.  The
   old system had a limit of 36 random ANSIs per display file but this
   system has no limits.  For example:

      test.ans
      test.1.ans
      test.2.ans
      test.10.ans

   Mystic will randomly select and display one of the above files.

[snip]

Hope that helps :)

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