Scripting VS more areas is there a performance difference?

[gargin]

Hello, I am working on a point and click remake for a game for fun and experience and I have been wondering about performance. To give an example let us assume there is a fireplace in the room and we want to have two difference messages displayed depending on where you click on the fireplace. I could compress this all into a couple lines in a script or make two seperate Hotspots with different look actions.
So my question would be are there any performance issues that you know of that would arise from using these methods?

Thanks for the help.

P.S. I apologize if this is a really dumb question

-Gargin-

[navynuke04]

The easiest thing would be to use two different hotspots. You could use one hotspot, along with some scripting to check the position of the mouse. I don't think there is any signifcant advantage to this though. You might use the scripting if you run out of available hotspots.

[Klytos]

I'd agree with Navy, the only real issue would be if you are going to have a lot of hotspots, in which case go for the scripting option.

[Erpy]

Performance-wise, I doubt it'd make a difference. QFG2VGA usually has repeatedly_execute scripts of hundreds or even thousands lines of code running and it doesn't seem to cause slowdown.

[gargin]

Cool, I figured it wouldn't make much of a difference but I figured it was best to make sure now than to make the entire thing and find out I made it improperly. Thanks for the responses!

-Gargin-

[rich_eter]

Good to know, Erpy. I always do my damnest to never include anything in repeatedly_execute if I can help it. Sometimes, you have to though. But, knowing you have hundreds of lines of code in there without slow down makes me feel much better.