diff --git a/src/game/client/neo/ui/neo_hud_friendly_marker.cpp b/src/game/client/neo/ui/neo_hud_friendly_marker.cpp
index 9debc6117a..94791f4ded 100644
--- a/src/game/client/neo/ui/neo_hud_friendly_marker.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/neo/ui/neo_hud_friendly_marker.cpp
@@ -49,13 +49,14 @@ void iffMarkerChangeCallback( IConVar *pConVar, char const* pOldString, float fl
 	}
 }
 
-ConVar cl_neo_squad_marker("cl_neo_squad_marker", NEO_SQUAD_MARKER_DEFAULT, FCVAR_ARCHIVE | FCVAR_DONTRECORD, "IFF Marker settings for squad-mates", iffMarkerChangeCallback);
-ConVar cl_neo_friendly_marker("cl_neo_friendly_marker", NEO_FRIENDLY_MARKER_DEFAULT, FCVAR_ARCHIVE | FCVAR_DONTRECORD, "IFF Marker settings for team-mates", iffMarkerChangeCallback);
-ConVar cl_neo_spectator_marker("cl_neo_spectator_marker", NEO_SPECTATOR_MARKER_DEFAULT, FCVAR_ARCHIVE | FCVAR_DONTRECORD, "IFF Marker settings for spectated players", iffMarkerChangeCallback);
+constexpr auto markerFlags = FCVAR_ARCHIVE | FCVAR_PRINTABLEONLY | FCVAR_DONTRECORD;
+ConVar cl_neo_squad_marker("cl_neo_squad_marker", NEO_SQUAD_MARKER_DEFAULT, markerFlags, "IFF Marker settings for squad-mates", iffMarkerChangeCallback);
+ConVar cl_neo_friendly_marker("cl_neo_friendly_marker", NEO_FRIENDLY_MARKER_DEFAULT, markerFlags, "IFF Marker settings for team-mates", iffMarkerChangeCallback);
+ConVar cl_neo_spectator_marker("cl_neo_spectator_marker", NEO_SPECTATOR_MARKER_DEFAULT, markerFlags, "IFF Marker settings for spectated players", iffMarkerChangeCallback);
 #ifdef GLOWS_ENABLE
-ConVar cl_neo_squad_xray_marker("cl_neo_squad_xray_marker", NEO_SQUAD_XRAY_MARKER_DEFAULT, FCVAR_ARCHIVE | FCVAR_DONTRECORD, "IFF Marker settings for squad-mates with xray enabled", iffMarkerChangeCallback);
-ConVar cl_neo_friendly_xray_marker("cl_neo_friendly_xray_marker", NEO_FRIENDLY_XRAY_MARKER_DEFAULT, FCVAR_ARCHIVE | FCVAR_DONTRECORD, "IFF Marker settings for team-mates with xray enabled", iffMarkerChangeCallback);
-ConVar cl_neo_spectator_xray_marker("cl_neo_spectator_xray_marker", NEO_SPECTATOR_XRAY_MARKER_DEFAULT, FCVAR_ARCHIVE | FCVAR_DONTRECORD, "IFF Marker settings for spectated players with xray enabled", iffMarkerChangeCallback);
+ConVar cl_neo_squad_xray_marker("cl_neo_squad_xray_marker", NEO_SQUAD_XRAY_MARKER_DEFAULT, markerFlags, "IFF Marker settings for squad-mates with xray enabled", iffMarkerChangeCallback);
+ConVar cl_neo_friendly_xray_marker("cl_neo_friendly_xray_marker", NEO_FRIENDLY_XRAY_MARKER_DEFAULT, markerFlags, "IFF Marker settings for team-mates with xray enabled", iffMarkerChangeCallback);
+ConVar cl_neo_spectator_xray_marker("cl_neo_spectator_xray_marker", NEO_SPECTATOR_XRAY_MARKER_DEFAULT, markerFlags, "IFF Marker settings for spectated players with xray enabled", iffMarkerChangeCallback);
 #endif // GLOWS_ENABLE
 
 void CNEOHud_FriendlyMarker::UpdateStateForNeoHudElementDraw()
@@ -407,7 +408,29 @@ bool ImportMarker(FriendlyMarkerInfo *crh, const char *pszSequence)
 	for (int i = 0; i < iPszSequenceLength && iSegmentIdx < NEOIFFMARKER_SEGMENT__TOTAL; ++i)
 	{
 		const char ch = szMutSequence[i];
-		if (ch == ';')
+
+		// NEO NOTE (Rain): I am changing the delimiter away from ';' because the Source cmd tokenizer
+		// does not have a sensible character escape syntax, and ';' is already used as command end token,
+		// which causes issues when trying to chain commands with an inner semicolon.
+		// NEO TODO (Rain): we should probably also update the xhair syntax and any other such serializations
+		// to ideally use the same, non-semicolon token, and declare that in a global header somewhere.
+		constexpr char deprecated_delimiter = ';';
+		static_assert(deprecated_delimiter != NEO_MARKER_DELIMITER);
+		if (ch == deprecated_delimiter)
+		{
+			char point_to[NEO_IFFMARKER_SEQMAX];
+			V_memset(point_to, ' ', i);
+			point_to[i] = '^';
+			point_to[i+1] = '\0';
+			Warning("Please replace the \"%c\" characters with \"%c\" in your marker syntax.\n"
+				"Failed for input at pos %d:\n\t%s\n\t%s\n",
+				deprecated_delimiter, NEO_MARKER_DELIMITER,
+				i, pszSequence,
+				point_to);
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		if (ch == NEO_MARKER_DELIMITER)
 		{
 			szMutSequence[i] = '\0';
 			const char *pszCurSegment = szMutSequence + iPrevSegment;
@@ -454,15 +477,15 @@ bool ImportMarker(FriendlyMarkerInfo *crh, const char *pszSequence)
 void ExportMarker(const FriendlyMarkerInfo *crh, char (&szSequence)[NEO_IFFMARKER_SEQMAX])
 {
 	V_sprintf_safe(szSequence,
-			"%d;%d;%d;%d;%.2f;%d;%d;%d;%d;%d;",
-			crh->iInitialOffset,
-			static_cast<int>(crh->bShowDistance),
-			static_cast<int>(crh->bVerboseDistance),
-			static_cast<int>(crh->bShowSquadMarker),
-			crh->flSquadMarkerScale,
-			static_cast<int>(crh->bShowHealthBar),
-			static_cast<int>(crh->bShowHealth),
-			static_cast<int>(crh->bShowName),
-			static_cast<int>(crh->bPrependClantagToName),
-			crh->iMaxNameLength);
+			"%d%c%d%c%d%c%d%c%.2f%c%d%c%d%c%d%c%d%c%d%c",
+			crh->iInitialOffset, NEO_MARKER_DELIMITER,
+			static_cast<int>(crh->bShowDistance), NEO_MARKER_DELIMITER,
+			static_cast<int>(crh->bVerboseDistance), NEO_MARKER_DELIMITER,
+			static_cast<int>(crh->bShowSquadMarker), NEO_MARKER_DELIMITER,
+			crh->flSquadMarkerScale, NEO_MARKER_DELIMITER,
+			static_cast<int>(crh->bShowHealthBar), NEO_MARKER_DELIMITER,
+			static_cast<int>(crh->bShowHealth), NEO_MARKER_DELIMITER,
+			static_cast<int>(crh->bShowName), NEO_MARKER_DELIMITER,
+			static_cast<int>(crh->bPrependClantagToName), NEO_MARKER_DELIMITER,
+			crh->iMaxNameLength, NEO_MARKER_DELIMITER);
 }
diff --git a/src/game/client/neo/ui/neo_hud_friendly_marker.h b/src/game/client/neo/ui/neo_hud_friendly_marker.h
index 9f83af606a..485a7631ed 100644
--- a/src/game/client/neo/ui/neo_hud_friendly_marker.h
+++ b/src/game/client/neo/ui/neo_hud_friendly_marker.h
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ enum NeoIFFMarkerSegment
 	NEOIFFMARKER_SEGMENT__TOTAL,
 };
 
-#define NEO_SQUAD_MARKER_DEFAULT "0;1;0;0;0.50;1;0;1;1;32;"
-#define NEO_FRIENDLY_MARKER_DEFAULT "0;1;0;1;0.50;1;0;0;0;32;"
-#define NEO_SPECTATOR_MARKER_DEFAULT "0;0;0;1;0.50;1;1;1;1;32;"
+constexpr const char NEO_MARKER_DELIMITER = ',';
+
+#define NEO_SQUAD_MARKER_DEFAULT "0,1,0,0,0.50,1,0,1,1,32,"
+#define NEO_FRIENDLY_MARKER_DEFAULT "0,1,0,1,0.50,1,0,0,0,32,"
+#define NEO_SPECTATOR_MARKER_DEFAULT "0,0,0,1,0.50,1,1,1,1,32,"
 #ifdef GLOWS_ENABLE
-#define NEO_SQUAD_XRAY_MARKER_DEFAULT "4;0;0;0;0.50;1;0;1;0;32;"
-#define NEO_FRIENDLY_XRAY_MARKER_DEFAULT "4;0;0;0;0.50;1;0;0;0;32;"
-#define NEO_SPECTATOR_XRAY_MARKER_DEFAULT "4;0;0;0;0.50;1;0;1;1;32;"
+#define NEO_SQUAD_XRAY_MARKER_DEFAULT "4,0,0,0,0.50,1,0,1,0,32,"
+#define NEO_FRIENDLY_XRAY_MARKER_DEFAULT "4,0,0,0,0.50,1,0,0,0,32,"
+#define NEO_SPECTATOR_XRAY_MARKER_DEFAULT "4,0,0,0,0.50,1,0,1,1,32,"
 #endif // GLOWS_ENABLE
 constexpr int NEO_IFFMARKER_SEQMAX = 32;
 constexpr int MAX_MARKER_STRSIZE = 48 + NEO_MAX_CLANTAG_LENGTH + 1;