Can VB be configured to read such a language?

[chemicalNova]

Oh, and also, this line:

Characters(num_characters).name = GetValue(Trim$(Replace$(Mid$(str, currPos + [b]14[/b], (InStr(currPos + 1, str, "{") - (currPos + [b]14[/b]))), vbNewLine, "")))

the currPos+14 means it passes the CHARACTERPROC bit by 1 more than the length of CHARACTERPROC. So, change it to:

Characters(num_characters).name = GetValue(Trim$(Replace$(Mid$(str, currPos + [b]6[/b], (InStr(currPos + 1, str, "{") - (currPos + [b]6[/b]))), vbNewLine, "")))

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