Why can't I have more than one script at a time?

You can! You are mistaken!

All of your scripts go in the same file (or in multiple files linked together, see this), and all of them get compiled and imported at once. You can actually have tens of thousands of scripts!

Here is an example of putting more than one script in the same file:

plotscript,my first script,begin
 #stuff
end

plotscript,my second script,begin
 #things
end

plotscript,yet another script,begin
 #blah blah
end

See Also

• Script error! Failed to unlump #.hsx
• If I put more than one plotscript into one file, how do I make only one at a time begin when I need it?