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Originally Posted by YJIET Ok, you lost me after packed strings part.. anyway, can the code below cause any side effects? pawn Code: new     gPlayerName[MAX_PLAYERS][MAX_PLAYER_NAME char]; //OnPlayerConnect GetPlayerName(playerid, gPlayerName[playerid], MAX_PLAYER_NAME); format(str, 64, "%s has joined the server.", gPlayerName[playerid]); It seems to work great

First off, this is a normal string:

pawn Code:

"string"

and this is a packed string:

pawn Code:

!"string"

To deal with packed strings, you need functions that can deal with them aswell. format, print, printf, SendClientMessage, .. does NOT work with packed strings.

gPlayerName[MAX_PLAYERS][MAX_PLAYER_NAME char]

this will make the string 4 times smaller - try connecting with a nick like hellohellohelloh and see how far that gets you.


Also, LIKE I SAID, don\'t use packed strings for actual strings. In your case, just don\'t use them - you will find yourself having loads of weird bugs and such.