[SUGGESTION] Hotspot.SetDescription(); writable property

[subspark]

I would love to see a new writable property for hotspots that allow us to change their description properties during runtime.
I could have sworn this was already a well implemented feature but unfortunately for me, I was misinformed.

How I see it working is like so:

Code: ags

hDoor.SetDescription("locked door");

or perhaps even,

Code: ags

hDoor.SetDescription = "locked door";

Cheers,
Sparky.

[Dualnames]

You can always use properties to adjust yourself, but definitely that'd be very user friendly and cool.

[Ryan Timothy B]

Well, you could always just change the label text whenever a bool is true.  Like:

Code: ags

label.Text = Game.GetLocationName(mouse.x, mouse.y);
if (lockedDoor && label.Text==hotspot[3].Name && player.Room==4) label.Text="Locked Door";

It could be all kept in the global script for organization, or simply just the room script.  Sure it's not as "professional" and seems like spaghetti coding, but it does work.  And there are instances where this could cause issues, but it could always be written better.

[subspark]

Thanks guys. We're already using workarounds but it would be nice to make use of official support.
Cheers,
Sparky.

[Rocco]

renaming hotspot descriptions would be very useful, i also have to deal with this issue.

[subspark]

Yeah I hope such a trivial feature makes a 3.3 beta.

Cheers,
Sparky.