Messages

Wait, are you saying that writing responses in the script using a command like "Display," will bypass the message limit?  D'oh! If it really is that simple, I should just go bang my head against the wall or something.

Sorry for the noob question.  I was just browsing the AGS Manual for the nth time, and paniced when I saw the system limits page.

Writing snarky responses to bizarre player input is my favorite part of game making

I just read the AGS system limits, and I'm concerned for my game.
I'm planning to include a unique message for using each inventory item on each hotspot in a room.  However, the limit of 100 messages per room won't even come close.  I calculate I'll need something like 4 times that, especially if I want to include multiple responses.

Is there a way to increase the limit of messages per room?

Is it possible to create a "To Do List" item, and update the description of that item each time the player is introduced to a new puzzle?  For instance, when an NPC asks the hero for a flower, the message "Get flower" would be added to the description.  The message would then be removed from the description once the player uses the Flower item on the NPC.

I'm working on a large, nonlinear game, and don't want the inventory box to become cluttered with "recipe" items and separate "note" items reminding the player of his objectives.  It would be nice to have a single, all-encompassing reminder where messages could be added in any order.

Whew!  Thanks for your help.  I got the manual up and running.  Now I can look forward to finishing my game sometime in the next two years (30 rooms and twenty objects - that's a lot to draw and script).

Can anyone tell me when the AGS demo game will be available for download again?

Also, when I try to use the Help Manual in AGS, it gives me an Internet Explorer "Action Canceled" error message, then a "Page Cannot Be Displayed" message when I try to click on other sections of the Manual.  Is the Manual page down, or is it just my internet settings or copy of AGS?