[OB] Extending dialog length -- okay, or horrible idea?

[syscrusher]

I'm looking for feedback on extending the 38-character player response dialog length in the CS to allow more nuanced responses from the player. With the 38-character "clunky console limit", it seems like your responses are limited to "Yes", "No", "Grunt", and "Ugh".

There is an article on the CS wiki documenting how to increase the 38-character limit, and indicating that the *game* will accept longer text without INI file changes (something that I consider a sine-qua-non requirement of our mod...we don't want to add that extra complexity to the installation).

What I'd like to know is, do other modders think this is okay to do, or is it a horrible idea? I'm thinking of going to either 50 or 60 characters. I really doubt anyone is running the PC version of the game on resolutions so low that these lengths would be a problem. Comments?

[Hanaisse]

Personally, I don't like the idea of long responses in dialogue. I feel enough can be said in short concise questions or answers when picking a topic.

[syscrusher]

True enough, Hanaisse, and the 150 character limit for the NPC response is reasonable to me. It's the 38 character *player* response that makes me twitch. I just feel it's there only because of NTSC low-resolution limits, not for legitimate plot design reasons.

Edited November 10, 2012 by syscrusher