v4.88 General bug reports

[Alex.]

I stuck infocards through an XML parser, and some of the errors included:
505009 - Hessian rumor on Kaiserslautern Depot

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?><RDL><PUSH/><TEXT>The LWB doesn\'t have the greatest pilots, but I hear they managed to free some members from Vierlande. Quite impressive, if it\'s true. You never know from the boasting around here.</TEXT><PARA/><POP/> </TEXT><PARA/><POP/></RDL>

ParseError(ExpatError('mismatched tag: line 1, column 261',),)
(extra </TEXT>)

462801 - Illinois

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?><RDL><PUSH/><TRA data="1" mask="1" def="-2"/><TEXT>LIBERTY</TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="0" mask="1" def="-1"/><TEXT> </TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="5" mask="5" def="-6"/><TEXT>Settled Planets</TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="0" mask="5" def="-1"/><TEXT>None</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT> </TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="5" mask="5" def="-6"/><TEXT>Bases</TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="0" mask="5" def="-1"/><TEXT>Springfield Station</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT><TEXT>Galesburg Station</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>Attica Supermax</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>Battleship McNeil Island</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>Police Plaza</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT> </TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="5" mask="5" def="-6"/><TEXT>Corporations</TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="0" mask="5" def="-1"/><TEXT>None</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT> </TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="5" mask="5" def="-6"/><TEXT>Criminals</TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="0" mask="5" def="-1"/><TEXT>Unknown</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT> </TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="5" mask="5" def="-6"/><TEXT>Produces</TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="0" mask="5" def="-1"/><TEXT>Nothing</TEXT><PARA/><POP/></RDL>

ParseError(ExpatError('mismatched tag: line 1, column 1032',),)
(double <TEXT> before Galesburg Station)

66085 - Cambridge

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?><RDL><PUSH/><TRA data="1" mask="1" def="-2"/><TEXT>BRETONIA</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT><TRA data="0" mask="1" def="-1"/><TEXT> </TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="5" mask="5" def="-6"/><TEXT>Settled Planets</TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="0" mask="5" def="-1"/><TEXT>Cambridge</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT> </TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="5" mask="5" def="-6"/><TEXT>Bases</TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="0" mask="5" def="-1"/><TEXT>Cambridge Research Station</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>Cardiff Mining Facility</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>Battleship Norfolk</TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="0" mask="7" def="-1"/><TEXT> </TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="5" mask="7" def="-6"/><TEXT>Corporations</TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="0" mask="7" def="-1"/><TEXT>Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>Cryer Pharmaceuticals</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>Independent Miners Guild</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT> </TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="5" mask="7" def="-6"/><TEXT>Criminals</TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="0" mask="7" def="-1"/><TEXT>Mollys</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>Corsairs</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT> </TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="5" mask="7" def="-6"/><TEXT>Produces</TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="0" mask="7" def="-1"/><TEXT>Food</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>Luxuary Food</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>Med-Stasis Bands</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>Beryllium</TEXT><PARA/><POP/></RDL>

ParseError(ExpatError('mismatched tag: line 1, column 1246',),)
(second <TEXT>)

There are also a bunch of other errors relating to & - e.g. I think 133537 (Samura rumor on Planet Kyushu) should have &amp; instead of amp&.

I also (by finding it in-game, haven't scripted detection of these errors yet) noticed that "individual_name = 245151" (bartender on Tripoli Shipyard) appears multiple times in mbases.ini - under Ciutadella Outpost, Tripoli Shipyard (as you'd expect), and Skiros Station.