To dump your game's text, choose the "Dump game text to file" option from the Game menu. Here you get five check-boxes where you can choose which parts of the game you want exported. You may wish to just tick all the boxes. Once done, click the "Dump It!" button, type a file name, and click OK. You should find that file inside your game's folder ready to be edited.
NOTE: The file contains special tags, which look like this:
$$$!$$$ GM 3
DO NOT MODIFY THESE LINES IN ANY WAY. They are used by AGS to track what each line of the file means, and changing any of the special lines could really mess up your game when you import it back.
When you have made your changes to the text file, and want to combine it back into the game, first of all MAKE A BACKUP COPY OF YOUR GAME FOLDER. Because the import operation jibbles every part of your game, if it crashes or messes up at any point, your game is most likely lost. So, make a backup of your game before proceeding.
Once done, choose "Import dumped text from file" on the Game menu, select the things you want to import back in, then click the "Import" button. There you can select the text file to import, and it should import everything back in.
In conclusion, the Dump Text feature is a very powerful tool, however you must be careful with its use or you could corrupt your game beyond repair.
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