Note Text Won't Show Up

[Cranky Old Man]

Nothing seems to be working And my story description doesn't seem to show up either...

Thanks for trying to help though, I really appreciate it.

Hold on here. "And my story description doesn't seem to show up either..."
This is really important information, because that means that it's not just one entry not working, but your entire lang file.

[bkrstirregular]

Ack! x_X So should I start over?

[Cranky Old Man]

Ack! x_X So should I start over?

I am guessing that NOTHING in your lang file shows up, right?
If you really have corrected
<CATEGORY Name="CustomStoryDescription">
into
<CATEGORY Name="CustomStoryMain">
then
your lang file is either not named extra_english.lang (like maybe it's named "extra_english.lang.txt" and you just don't see the ".txt" because you have file extensions turned off)
or your lang file is not in the correct folder.
Could you type me the directory path to where your lang file is?

[bkrstirregular]

Sure!

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\amnesia the dark descent\custom_stories\HouseOfUsher

Also, I just erased everything but the description and then it showed up, but as soon as I added this inside the <LANGUAGE> </LANGUAGE>

then the description wouldn't show?

<CATEGORY= "Journal">
<Entry Name="Note_firstnote1_Name"> "A Hastily Written Note"</Entry>
<Entry Name="Note_firstnote1_Text"> "Little Teapot."</Entry>
</CATEGORY>

[Cranky Old Man]

Sure!

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\amnesia the dark descent\custom_stories\HouseOfUsher

Also, I just erased everything but the description and then it showed up, but as soon as I added this inside the <LANGUAGE> </LANGUAGE>

then the description wouldn't show?

<CATEGORY= "Journal">
<Entry Name="Note_firstnote1_Name"> "A Hastily Written Note"</Entry>
<Entry Name="Note_firstnote1_Text"> "Little Teapot."</Entry>
</CATEGORY>

Oh, I see it!

<CATEGORY= "Journal">
should be:
<CATEGORY Name= "Journal">

[Apjjm]

You haven't specified a "Name" in your CATEGORY tag. Try the following:

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<LANGUAGE>
<RESOURCES></RESOURCES>
<CATEGORY Name="Journal">
<Entry Name="Note_firstnote1_Name"> "A Hastily Written Note"</Entry>
<Entry Name="Note_firstnote1_Text"> "Little Teapot."</Entry>
</CATEGORY>
</LANGUAGE>

I would advise you at least give my Lang Editor Tool quick try, it handles all the syntax for you so you can focus on writing content rather than deal with errors - failing that you can load your .lang files in and check the info tab to see error message reported.

[bkrstirregular]

O. M. G.

You are a cranky old man in shining armor!!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3

I have agonized for days about this.

You are amazing.

Thank you!!!!!

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You haven't specified a "Name" in your CATEGORY tag. Try the following:

Code: (Select All)

<LANGUAGE>
<RESOURCES></RESOURCES>
<CATEGORY Name="Journal">
<Entry Name="Note_firstnote1_Name"> "A Hastily Written Note"</Entry>
<Entry Name="Note_firstnote1_Text"> "Little Teapot."</Entry>
</CATEGORY>
</LANGUAGE>

I would advise you at least give my Lang Editor Tool quick try, it handles all the syntax for you so you can focus on writing content rather than deal with errors - failing that you can load your .lang files in and check the info tab to see error message reported.

Sure Do I have to do anything specific to install it?

[Cranky Old Man]

O. M. G.

You are a cranky old man in shining armor!!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3

I have agonized for days about this.

You are amazing.

Thank you!!!!!

You're welcome. (A +1 rep would be nice, though. )

[Apjjm]

Do I have to do anything specific to install it?

You shouldn't need to. Just download the latest version from the topic and extract the zip to wherever you want the tool to go, you are then free to run it, no installation required. If the program doesn't run / crashes on start up you may need to grab .net Framework 3 redist - this is all assuming you are running on (a XP or later) windows OS of course.

[bkrstirregular]

O. M. G.

You are a cranky old man in shining armor!!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3

I have agonized for days about this.

You are amazing.

Thank you!!!!!

You're welcome. (A +1 rep would be nice, though. )

Done and done!!