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gamer1962 posted 12-06-2002 02:03 BST
I am trying to get the room description to display descriptions and objects in this order
1: Indescription and Formatroom variable
2:Long description usually displayed by the look tag
3:objects in the room
So far the only way I can see to do it is to use the indescription as the main description text. is there a variable name for the description text that normally appears after the look tag ?

Alex posted 12-06-2002 18:14 BST
You can customise the description to your liking by creating a print description script for individual rooms or for the whole game - see the Game Properties and Room Properties windows in QDK, or the help for the "description" tag in the ASL script reference.
Some example ASL script is at http://www.axeuk.com/quest/developer/asl/howto-roomdescriptions.htm
gamer1962 posted 12-06-2002 18:51 BST
Thank you for the reply. What I am having trouble with is the code I am writing in the define game block. I cannot find what variable is used to access the rooms description other than "indescription".
What I want to do is to display the room description and then the objects in the room. I cant seem to figure that code out.

Author	Topic: room descriptions
gamer1962	posted 12-06-2002 02:03 BST I am trying to get the room description to display descriptions and objects in this order 1: Indescription and Formatroom variable 2:Long description usually displayed by the look tag 3:objects in the room So far the only way I can see to do it is to use the indescription as the main description text. is there a variable name for the description text that normally appears after the look tag ?
Alex	posted 12-06-2002 18:14 BST You can customise the description to your liking by creating a print description script for individual rooms or for the whole game - see the Game Properties and Room Properties windows in QDK, or the help for the "description" tag in the ASL script reference. Some example ASL script is at http://www.axeuk.com/quest/developer/asl/howto-roomdescriptions.htm
gamer1962	posted 12-06-2002 18:51 BST Thank you for the reply. What I am having trouble with is the code I am writing in the define game block. I cannot find what variable is used to access the rooms description other than "indescription". What I want to do is to display the room description and then the objects in the room. I cant seem to figure that code out.