Difference between revisions of "A beginner's guide, lesson 6 - Quest Dialogue"

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 ==The Script Editing Window==
-The [[Edit Scripts|script editor]] is in essence, a very basic text editor, used for writing and editing scripts. Many scripters use external text editors like notepad, notepad++, Crimson Editor, etc. to develop long scripts. One reason for this is that the script editor will only save compiled scripts which must be 100% correct. It also allows you to keep a back-up version.
+The [[Edit Scripts|script editor]] is in essence a very basic text editor, used for writing and editing scripts. Many scripters use external text editors like Notepad, Notepad++, Crimson Editor, etc. to write their scripts. One reason for this is that the script editor will only save compiled scripts, which must be 100% free of errors. External editors also allow you to keep a back-up versions of your scripts.
 I personally keep a large library of scripts. Some that I have written, and loads copied from forums and other mods. I can then refer to these when I need a solution to a problem.
-On the menu bar at the top of the editor you will find two options plus the standard help files.
+On the menu bar at the top of the editor you will find two options, plus the standard help files.
 ===Script===
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 ===Script Type===
-Finally there is a drop down menu. This allows you to select the script type. There are 4 types of script, but results scripts are not edited or compiled in the script editor. We will see this shortly.
+Finally there is a ''Script Type'' drop down menu. There are 4 types of script, but "Results" scripts are not edited or compiled in the script editor. We will see this shortly.
 The scripts written in this editor can be [[Object scripts|Object]], [[Quest scripts|Quest]], or [[Magic effect scripts|Magic effect]]. This setting determines which objects in the editor the script can be attached to. Each script type is run in a slightly different way and it is important to let the game know which one you want your script to be.
 You can edit or change this at a later date if you make an error.
-Okay we want to write a quest script, so select Quest from the Script Type drop-down window.
+Okay, we want to write a quest script, so select Quest from the Script Type drop-down window.
 ==Scripting==