Description length PLEASE HELP!

nightwalker
01 Jul 2005, 18:52
Hi :) im very new to this :) only downloaded it last night and im still on the trial version :) But im making a game based on the wicker man :) Well ive just done a very long description for the first room and when i come to try out the game only half of the description is showing :( Please help :) I only have 29 days left and i really want to carry on with the game to see if its worth buying :) thank you :)

francisstokes
01 Jul 2005, 19:42
Welcome to QUEST!
I'd say your problem is likely to be this:

You have this symbol in your description ;

You cannot have this symbol as it confuses QUEST.This is because the ; symbol is a key part of ASL code (which you dont have to worry about if your using QDK).This for example will confuse quest:


define room <test>
look <you see a symbol.....;blah blah blah>
end define


This will not show anything after the ; symbol.

In ASL the symbol is used to separate things, eg:


$rand(1; 3)$


that is a function that genorates a number between 1 and 3, and is separated by the ; symbol.
You see.

Allyou have to do is take the ; out and it will work fine.

nightwalker
01 Jul 2005, 19:50
Ah cheers :) i did actuly have that in the description :oops: thank you :) I dont really udner stand the coding yet :( Im just using the normal stuff at moment :) thank you very much i owe you one :lol:

francisstokes
01 Jul 2005, 21:05
Its not as hard as it seems :D ! If you open your game up in notepad then you'll see just how un-complicated it is. :lol: