"cbuf_insertText Overflow" when execing autoexec

[Josellis]

I am creating an autoexec.cfg which includes all my binds (aliens, humans, admin, messages, etc.) and I recently added a whole section involving the keypad keys. Previously to this addition, autoexec worked perfectly, however, since I added these 100 extra lines (brings to total line count to 450+, and 20kb), whenever I run autoexec, it comes up with "cbuf_insertText Overflow".

Trying to locate the error, I created a "keypad.cfg" file, containing all I did, exec it in the console and no problems there. I added some messages (echo) display at the start, end and middle sections, and all messages where displayed. I tried the binds ingame, and they worked fine. Pasted this into autoexec, and the same error appeared again.

Would anyone have a possible cause and even better a solution to this problem? And would it be possible to keep my autoexec file in one piece (instead of spreading it in admin.cfg, alien.cfg, human.cfg, etc.).



Thank you

[Plague]

Unfortunately, that error occurs when a script file exceeds the max character limit.  It looks like you'll be forced to split your present config into a number of smaller one's in order to make it work.

Edit: A preliminary look into cmd.c, the file responsible for parsing user scripts, shows a value of 16384 as the char limit.

[Caveman]

The char limit is correct, but there is afaik no limit to how many different configs can get called.

[Josellis]

That's a shame, I really liked having all my autoexec.cfg file in one piece... anyway, I guess it will keep me occupied for a little while the changing of my autoexec.cfg file and the creation of other .cfg files

And thanks for the quick answer