Description length PLEASE HELP!
nightwalker
01 Jul 2005, 18:52Hi
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, 19:42Welcome 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:
This will not show anything after the ; symbol.
In ASL the symbol is used to separate things, eg:
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.
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, 19:50Ah cheers
i did actuly have that in the description
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 






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

