Legacy BBCode inner HTML being counted towards character maximum

[SteamGamers]

We have a spoiler tag that contains about 650 characters of HTML characters. It seems that this bbcode is expanded and then inserted into the database in class_dm_shout.php so the entire HTML code of the bbcode is being counted towards the maximum. Ideally, the expanded BBcode shouldn't be counted towards the instance maximum. To get around this I just increased the maximum in the admin console to 800 or so, but this makes it open for abuse.

Furthermore, custom commands within vbShout shouldn't count towards the maximum either. If we have a command, /warn [member], and it spits out a long 300 character message, it shouldn't get cut off if the maximum is 255.

 

[Fillip H.]

This is not actually a bug, since it's currently designed to work that way.

I will change this thread to a Feature Request so we can look at getting it changed in a future version

 

[SteamGamers]

Ok, sounds good.

 

[Fillip H.]

This will be implemented in the next version, scheduled to be released tomorrow (Monday)