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I have never learned a scripting language before...so I found the scripting tutorial by Chris Jones to be a little confusing to me.
Can you suggest a book that would help me more to understand the language used in AGS?

Also, Can i use a VB script in (add script) in the editor?
If yes, does AGS supports all releases of VB? i mean VB 6.0, VB.NET etc...

Thanks to everybody for these responses,
OneDollar, what you said makes since to me:)
But it seems to me that scripting is the way to go, so I think I'll have to pursue the way KhrisMUC mentioned.
Scripting is something that I'll have to learn sooner or later, specially since I would like to have more freedom creating puzzles.

Thanks again Crazy,KhrisMUC and OneDollar

Lets say I want to add several objects to a room,and have them disappear when clicking on them.
when all the objects are cleared from the screen(in no particular order) a message appears, or the player moves to another room...I also would like to add a list of the objects names,and have the name of any object disappears from the list at the same time the object it self is removed from the room.
Can this be done just by using room editor and object's properties?or do I need scripting for that?
Can you point me where to start?if there is any tutorial would help with scripting?
I did finish the beginner's tutorial and scripting tutorials at the AGS site.

Can AGS be used to make a simple "hidden object" game?