Event desciption length

[MattyG]

What is the highest total number characters possible in the description for an event?

 

[unmerged(31994)]

Hmmmm alot, I remember the AGCEEP event for the HYW took up the whole screen

 

[TheLoneTaco]

I don't know the technical limit, but the practical limit is probably about 25 lines. If your event demands a description longer than that, you should break up the event! Something so complicated that it needs such a verbose explanation is too complex for a single event, me thinks

-Matt

 

[Jayavarman]

I know there is a limit of how much text you can have in the event file, which will force you to place the text in the text. csv file.

 

[MattyG]

Hmmmm alot, I remember the AGCEEP event for the HYW took up the whole screen

The ABE II is currently freezing afterwe added all your new events. I think its because the descriptions are long. We need either to cut them down or place them into the .csv.

 

[Jayavarman]

Hmmmm alot, I remember the AGCEEP event for the HYW took up the whole screen

...and that did not even matter, because you are no able to scroll down to read text in the event window. (bug)

 

[aylo1]

Just keep it short, my rule of thumb is any description that takes up more than 1/4 of the screen is too much. If ur PC isn't that crash hot (like mine!) large volumes of text do occassionally slow the game down (event crashed on me once!)

Try 2 summarise ur description aswell, most ppl don't read too much into the event texts anyway, I prefer 2 just skim it.

Treat it like the opening paragraph of a newpaper article or an extract from an academic paper or a diary entry, generally its the ACTION A,B,C or D that ppl pay more attention 2.

Otherwise use shorthand (though i don't think the ppl here like it if u upload shorthand events onto the forum) Maybe its just me??

Hope it helps...

Aylo1