Quoting in Mod DB

[Isif]

I noticed that this comment in the Vintage Story Mod DB embeds another inside of it. How is this possible? Also, does this give a notification like mentioning a name with '@' does?

[Brady_The]

23 minutes ago, Isif said:

I noticed that this comment in the Vintage Story Mod DB embeds another inside of it. How is this possible? Also, does this give a notification like mentioning a name with '@' does?

It's a bit of a cheat. While you have very limited styling capabilities in the comment editor, compared to the mod description editor, the comment section gladly takes any copied styling properties and displays them properly.

You simply highlight the comment you want to quote, right-click on the selection and hit copy, or press Ctrl+C, then you write your comment and hit Ctrl+V wherever you want the quote to appear.

As long as it's the mod author you are quoting, that author should be notified about the comment. If it is somebody else, I don't know, haven’t had the opportunity yet to test it (I somewhat doubt it, though).

Edit: I posted two test comments. One just copied, another one slightly edited with an @mention. The latter should definitely theoretically notify you.

Btw, really nice mod you released!

Edited April 20, 2025 by Brady_The

[Isif]

Thanks for the response! This editor seems very accepting of styles and elements.

1 hour ago, Brady_The said:

As long as it's the mod author you are quoting, that author should be notified about the comment. If it is somebody else, I don't know, haven’t had the opportunity yet to test it (I somewhat doubt it, though).

Edit: I posted two test comments. One just copied, another one slightly edited with an @mention. The latter should definitely theoretically notify you.

I was notified by the comment with the @ but not the other one, if you were curious.

1 hour ago, Brady_The said:

Btw, really nice mod you released!

Thanks a lot!

[Brady_The]

16 minutes ago, Isif said:

if you were curious.

I was indeed! This quote-responding on the ModDB is really mainly playing around with things.

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But editing the username to be a mention would be an acceptable workaround to trigger a ping. Quotes are too visually pleasing to pass them up.