GUYS

GUYS

MIND = BLOWN

I WAS PLAYING AROUND IN WEBJCS AND MAKING FULL USE OF THE 512 CHARACTER LIMIT AND...

...deep breaths, Sean.

So I somehow with pure idiocy managed to put together a perfect 512 character text string. I think I stuck that into Text ID 10. Then I proceeded to make another extremely long winded message in Text ID 11, and when it came to run, I walked into Text ID 10, only to realize that it was displaying Text ID 10 AND 11 at the same time! After mulling it over I moved the 512 character message over to Text ID 14 on a hunch. Text ID 15 contained credits to the tileset's creator and such. So I changed the Text event parameters and ran the level again.

Once again it displayed ID 14 and 15 together.

So it just seems that filling up a Text ID to its fullest makes it display the next one at the same time. Talk about the possibilities for character dialogue.

Here's a sample level containing the same effect.

This isn't nearly as revolutionary as the nested animations that Violet discovered, but it's still pretty neat.

I also don't know yet if it's possible to display three text strings at the same time, and I haven't tested it, but if someone could write home that would be great.

Viewing the effect under the hood requires a program that allows 512 characters, obviously.

EDIT: Tested the level in all conceivable versions of Jazz, and surprise surprise, they all work.