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When trying to use more than 1 icon in the sever name of a multiplayer game loaded from save game, I get the string "[virtual-signal=signal-a" entered in the server name field.

To reproduce:
1. Pick a savegame to host as multiplayer game, click Load
2. Under "Server name:" pick an icon from the icon picker (I used a red heart)
3. (not sure if needed) enter some text in the field. I did use "A&B".
4. Try to pick another icon from the icon picker
5. "[virtual-signal=signal-a" will be added to the server name. I would expect to see the 2nd icon instead.

I'm on 2.0.76 on MacOS.

Nothing urgent, but I thought I'd report it anyway.

Let me know if you need more info.

The max length of the name field is 50 characters. Rich-text works by having the (verbose) name-tag system. As a result most rich-text icons will not work well in the name field. You'll likely hit the limit within 2 icons as you've experienced.

Ah, that makes a lot of sense! Probably not a real bug, just the length limit in combination with how icons are represented then.
Thx for the quick response.