Script API: Reform Debug() function about ags HOT 3 OPEN

The toggle fps counter is my most used feature probably ever, I would be glad if this function is not removed from script as it's very convenient to throw in a Debug(4, 1); in game_start, I use it so much I know it's numbers by heart. I use zero of other things, so I don't care about the rest, but I really think a script api function to show the fps counter is useful.

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Alright, I guess this suggestion may be expanded to 3 things:

1. Provide a low-level api for retrieval of diagnostic information. An existing example is System.GetEngineInteger.
2. Provide a convenience api for displaying diagnostic information in a default hardcoded way. For this I propose to replace Debug(n,n) with something more explicit, for example: System.DisplayFPS.
3. Provide a hotkey for the engine to be able to toggle this default info display, which works even if the game does not have anything scripted.

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but we're lacking a way to give a list of room names in script

Uhm, random idea, have a way to retrieve a dict with all room numbers as keys and names as values - room numbers don't have to be consecutive so they won't work in an array. Something like Game.GetRoomsAsDict().

Other option would be Game.GetRoomName(int n) and have it return null if the room doesn't exist, but it's not clear up to which number to test since RoomCount wouldn't make sense.

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