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

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

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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

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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.
 

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Calipah said:
Hmmmm alot, I remember the AGCEEP event for the HYW took up the whole screen :p

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.
 

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Calipah said:
Hmmmm alot, I remember the AGCEEP event for the HYW took up the whole screen :p
...and that did not even matter, because you are no able to scroll down to read text in the event window. (bug)
 

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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...:)

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