Character (Text) Limits

[Eirikr]

I believe that display was removed at some point when it no longer accurately reflected the character count as the game saw it (getting confused by something to do with the RTE).

Not sure whether that was with the RTE we have now, but it was certainly at least a version or two ago.

Actually, now that you mention it, I think that's the crux of the issue. The display was dropped shortly before the messaging overhaul (I forgot this timing aspect). I think that's backed up by how the re-implemented warning works, too, since it shows the various tags and counts them as characters. (I had to cut a message a bit more than I thought to accommodate the automatically generated closing tags.)

With those connections made, I'd say the re-implemented feature is probably actually the best solution now, since it'll also ensure your formatting remains in the limits.