Magic token function returns incorrect result?

[Blakeg612]

I have a text object with word_wrap set to true in which I place a bunch of game info (title, year, mfr, etc.). Because I want to use uppercase versions of said text, I've structured my fe.Text creation like this (this is an abbreviated version):

function getTitle () { return fe.game_info(Info.Title).toupper(); }
function getMfr () { return fe.game_info(Info.Manufacturer).toupper(); }
function getPlayedTime () { return fe.game_info(Info.PlayedTime).toupper(); }
  
local myText = fe.add_text("[!getTitle]\n(c) [Year] [!getMfr]\n[Players] PLAYER(S)\nPLAYED FOR [!getPlayedTime]", 0, 0, w, h);

However, when I run AM, my results are a garbled mess: portions of the tokens are expanded properly, but some elements include un-expanded bits and pieces of the magic token. For example, I might get something like this:

JOJO'S VENTURE
(C) 1998 CAPCOMlayedTime]

Or:

GALAGA
(C) 1981 NAMCOM (MIDWAY LICENSE)tName]; MAME

I've tried with and without newlines, but it makes no difference: something in the magic token functions -- or the way AM handles such functions internally -- corrupts what should get returned. I started a thread in the support forums, but no one else had a solution, either.

[oomek]

I've never mixed magic tokens with magic token function, but I've checked it just now and indeed it's not interpreted properly. As a workaround you can put everything inside a single function like so:

function getAll() { return fe.game_info(Info.Title).toupper() + "\n(c) [Year] " +
						fe.game_info(Info.Manufacturer).toupper() + "\n[Players] PLAYER(S)\nPLAYED FOR " +
						fe.game_info(Info.PlayedTime).toupper() }

local all = fe.add_text("[!getAll]", 0, 0, w, h)

[Blakeg612]

Thanks for the suggestion, oomek: I'll have to try later tonight (I'm not in front of my PC during the day). If I'm remembering correctly, I think I tried something similar, but I hadn't integrated a transition callback, and the game_info values remained "stuck" on whatever they were when the layout was first loaded. Again, I intend to give it a try tonight. Thanks!

[mickelson]

ok I've found and fixed the bug for this one, thanks for the report