You might have noticed it too. RMXP can use only three lines of text per message box, but other RM can use four.


See? The text box won't allow you to input more than three lines of text. This is a bug in the editor itself and there is no way to fix it. And since the engine is so old, it will never get fixed either.

But wait! There are several ways to work around this bug and input four lines of text.

This is the easiest option, but it has one big disadvantage. You can't edit your text afterwards. You can only delete it and write it alll over again.
Open you event, Right click on the empty space and select "Batch Text Entry...".


Now you can actualy enter four lines of text and they will display correctly ingame. But as I said, you can't edit this piece of text again. Well, you can but not the fourth line.



See? the game actualy suports four lines of text but as I said, the bug in the message window won't allow you to use them all.

This option is a little more "ugly", but much more versatile and it allows you to edit the text afterwards.
First, Use the script box and enter the following:


Every line in the script box equals one line in the text box. If you keep the formating the same as I have. This solution will allow you to change the text later, but there are some problems. For example, this is how it looks if you fill entire line with text.


This is not really nice is it. You can play with the formating, but this will be a major pain in the ass. So, ther is another way.

By using more variables, you can make the work easier for your self in the long run. Every line is one variable, every variable is one script box. This option is a little more time consuming than the previous ones, but it gives you the most control over the text.



You can even use the usual tags like color change and it will work too. And because each line is one script box, you can fit large amounts of text on every single line. Useful if you are using mesage box enlarging script.

For default size, your general "end of the line" is around the place the [1] ends. As you will see on the following image.



Just don't forget to copy the formating from those images, otherwise you might get unwanted results.

And here is a picture of me using this method after I enlarged the message box.

Thats it for this tutorial. I didn't really explained those later options that much, but I am sure you will get why I did some things the way I did. And if you don't? Well, you can always ask me in the comments.

Hope this helped you with in some way.