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Ok i now know what the issue is, when you add a smiley in XOOPS it goes in fine if you add it to the postrow show in post whatever its called....
NOW! if you change that smiley ( or emotion as IPB call them ) to NOT show to TO show ( basically set it diffrent from what XOOPS setting is ).
This then generated the half assed html/bb output. So basically some form of desync in the X-IPB Emotions/Xoops smiley system.
If you have this issue, just ensure there both set the same