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Why do you want dinosaurs so much anon?

Nice, that fucker OP didn't used my fucking OP post template with my fucking good Shia LaBeouf pic. Now everything still a mess and we have this fucking fuckingsaur as reference for RPG Maker. For God's sake, I beg god so much you never ever find your dinosaur's assets and never complete that fucking shit-to-be game.

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>>123050813
Scaled things are neat. Why not want dinos?

>>123050268
Haha, thanks. I wasn't completely happy with how that piece came out but I'm glad other people like it.

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I have taught myself how to sprite!

I'm not sure where to go from here though.

>>123051627
=D

>>123052484
Just practice. There's lots of things you could do with that sprite to make it come alive - you'll learn them if you keep practicing, studying shadows, understand color theory, and figure out how to generate context-specific contrast and shapes.

Oy.

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>>123057735
Yo.

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>>123058531
Oh, hey! Did you finally figure out how to animate water tiles or did you give up on that?

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I have a question for you guys re: Adventure Time RPG.

Should I keep the stat numbers high, in the hundreds (Finn would have 300 HP), for the sake of simplicity?
OR,
Should I lower them, so that Finn, for example, has 15 HP?

If the latter, has anybody done it before, and what's the best way to go about it? I feel like I'm going to be making an awful lot of hassle for myself in the future, but lower numbers seem to suit Adventure Time better (Like Mario RPGs).

I'd find easier and better to handle with lower numbers, for Adventure Time.

>>123063640
I think low stat numbers should look fine. You'll have to change quite a bit from the default stat modifiers, though.

>>123069262
>>123069279
I've just never delved too far into that aspect of RPG Maker and I'm not sure where to start or what I'll need to change to make sure that it all works smoothly.

Currently I have modified the Parameter Curves in the Classes.

>>123069424
I believe the guy making the robutts game was going for low stats. I haven't really tried myself either, but don't see how that wouldn't work.

btw, Silent Maid is next on the queue. Not sure why the OP maker didn't fix that, but leaving a note for that just in case anyone was wondering.

What weapons should my item-user / chemist / thief character have in a medieval-ish high fantasy setting? I want everyone having at least two options, but right now for him there's only guns.

Knives, claws, and books are already taken by other characters.

>>123071520
Throwing weapons? Doesn't have to be knives, could use small axes made for throwing too, boomerangs might work as well.

>>123071520
Grappling Hook? Whip?

>>123071604
>>123071780
Yeah, boomerangs can work. Grappling hooks sound cool, maybe with low damage but skills to tangle/ensnare enemies.

>>123072595
Bombs maybe? Like the Plague Doctor from Darkest Dungeon.

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If anyone is interested, we were planning a couple of weeks ago of doing a christmas game jam. Details here:
http://rpgmg-games.wikia.com/wiki/Christmas_Jam

tl;dr
Starting 25th Nov until 25th Dec, make a short game as a present for the thread.

>>123077215
Will there be a theme?

>>123077520
Dinosaurs

>>123077520
There's nothing set in stone, but some anons said we should make it festive.

>>123077679
Would birds count as dinosaurs?

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>>123077679
Christmas dinosaurs?

>>123077215
I've got a rough plot lined up for mine, and it will be festive.

Also, maybe dinosaurs.

>>123063640
I've always hated that the default stats for being in the hundreds. It's really confusing early game, while with low numbers it's way easier to follow the progression.

>>123076840
There are various types of bombs that are usable as items, mostly because the ability to "equip" something you can run out of never made sense to me.

How do I read input properly in VX Ace?
Why is the button "Z" read as :C when it comes to input? How do I find out what the other buttons are and how do I read them properly?

>>123081154
Press F1 while playtesting.

As a conditional branch in a parallel process you can repeatedly check "player is pressing..." to have them do things on the map.

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>>123082246
Thanks a lot, will take that into account for future notice.

>>123082616
I used it to turn "A" into a knife-throwing button. Normally if an enemy runs into you, a battle starts with them having an advantage. If you throw a knife into them, a battle starts with you having the advantage instead.

I also turned the dashing button into a "fleeing" one in dungeons, so you can walk through enemies without instigating combat. It hurts to do so, and stronger enemies hurt more to walk through. Still haven't decided whether this should be able to KO characters and cause a game over.

I'm planning on turning "S" into a "talk to party" key, in case the player hasn't played in a while and has forgotten what their goal is, or gets too stumped on a puzzle and needs a hint.

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>>123084334
That's actually a pretty cool idea.
I've made it so that when the button "S" is pressed, the currently used skill or item is used. And I'm using "A" and "D" to switch between three binded skills/items. I'll need to expand upon it, but I'll be doing that tomorrow.

>>123084334
I LOVE party chat, so please do that.

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In MV, is there any script call, plug in, or method to change [variable] event's image?

It would be so nice if I could just
>gameMap.event($gameVariables[1]).setImage(XXXX)

I can't find anything even remotely useful in
>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-Oa0cRGpjC8L5JO8vdMwOaYMKO75dtfKDOetnvh7OHs/edit?pli=1#gid=0
but I hope that's just because I'm blind or something.

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>>123090812
>>gameMap.event($gameVariables[1]).setImage(XXXX)
Well, I'm glad my programming intuition isn't totally off. My guess looks pretty close to this. I guess I'll play around a bit and see if I can kick something up, but please, if anyone has any help, I'd be glad to hear it.

>>123059840
still don't know =)

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>>123090812
>>123091041
H-Help? What is (name, index)?

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>>123092540
>>123091041
>>123090812
>hurr, just put apostrophes around it
Fucking JS

I hope someone is following and/or learning from my journey of discovery here.

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>>123093397
Well shit, this doesn't work.

>>123077941
yessss

>>123093818
Are you sure $gameVariables[1] returns an integer and that that integer is 2 (or whatever other valid index is allowed)?

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>>123094030
I'm sure of literally nothing. I'm just dicking around and referencing rpg_objects.js in notepad as inspiration for what to try.

I'm using $gameVariables[n] the same way I would have used $game_variables[n] in Ace, but clearly it isn't the same.

Also, it isn't helping that all I'm finding is $gameVariables.value() or $gameVariables.setValue() in notepad. Any tips?

>>123094371
I asked because I don't know whether MV's arrays are indexed at 0 or 1. "Control Variable 1" may in fact be referred to as $gameVariables[0] is all.

If it is the right integer, then perhaps there's a different return for when a function is being run versus a simple variable assignment?

I'd go look up the getter for $gameVariables and make sure there's not an exception being made for this case - you might be accidentally tripping it up with how you're calling for it.

If there isn't and it's still not working, try adding a '-1' to your $gameVariables[i], like: $gameVariables[i-1] and see if it works then.

If that still doesn't work then I guess the issue is the context in which we're running these commands which, for some reason, is making it so that your code isn't running the way we're assuming it should be run.

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>>123094371
Also,
>= $gameVariables.value(variableId);
my ass. The three values that work here are 0, 1, or 2. Variable 1 is 0 by default, which would have worked in test if it worked.

>>123094687
I'm not quite sure what you mean. Try plugging in literally
>$gameVariables[1-1]
?

>>123094882
Yep. You could also just input that as 0, I was just putting it in a flexible context because maybe you want to make a function which returns the right index array or something later.

>Variable 1 is 0 by default, which would have worked in test if it worked.
Technically speaking, it could be displayed as 0 because it's impossible to get a 'null number' from it - for instance if all the variables start off as null but if you refer to them they get auto-defined to 0 if null and so can't ever return 'null' - but that wouldn't naturally extend to scripts.

Are you sure that the return value's type isn't null or undefined? You can test for that with JS I think though I don't know the function for it.

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>>123094687
To reiterate what I mean by I don't understand, even if $gameVariables[1] meant in-game variable 2 (~R~ Secondary in this case), it still should have worked because a value of 0 works fine (the three vehicles are 0, 1, and 2, respectively).

Pic related. Also how I figured out about using apostrophes.

>>123095134
Oh, I think I get what you're saying. Give me a minute to play around.

>>123095134
Well, I tested $gameVariables[0], $gameVariables[1-1], $gameVariables.value[0], and $gameVariables[1-1] all to the same effect.

>Cannot read property 'setImage' of null

If it's worth anything, I'm not doing any scripting. Just trying to figure out how to image change via a Script Call in the native engine. I'm hoping that if I can get this working with the built-in option of changing vehicle image, I can eventually also get it to work with changing an event's image by variable.

>>123095741
>I'm not doing any scripting.
You are - these are just miniscripts.

>Cannot read property 'setImage' of null
Well, it's returning null, which lends credence to my theory. Try printing out the value of $gameVariables[0] - see if it prints null or 0.

>>123095982
Ehrm, how do I "print out the value of $gameVariables[0]"?

>how do I "print out the value of $gameVariables[0]"
console.log("$gameVariables[0]");

(You'll need to enable your console to see the print statement, which you can do by hitting F12 at runtime and hitting the 'Console' tab. Tip: You can also run commands directly in the Console tab so you can check your data/functions out in a realtime context if you're attempting to debug stuff)

So if your input value is valid (returns a number) then the output value is bad (the image that number is meant to retrieve). It might be returning null because the engine can't find the image you're talking about.

If that's the case, what should the function tell the engine to load if the variable you're referring to has a value of 0?

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>>123095982
It's null. I did pic related - the image for the airship vanished completely. Then I replaced $gameVariables[2] it with just a 0 and it returned the 0 image (little boat), so the variables can't be 0 by default, right?

>>123096491
>console.log("$gameVariables[0]");
Er, whoops.
console.log($gameVariables[0]);

Right. That means that when you ask for a value with RPG Maker MV's event command system it'll automatically define that variable if it didn't have a value already as '0'.

That means that since you're not using that system [you're talking to it directly rather than through their functions/etc] it's null when you talk to it. So you'll have to replicate what MV is doing by defining the value of the variable you're about to refer to.

You can do that simply with $gameVariables[x] = i; where x is your target index and i is the value you want the variable to default to. Just make sure that declaration occurs before you ask for that value and it ought to work.

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>>123096491
I think I got it covered in a roundabout way in >>123096504. Pic related is by testing environment.

Essentially, if vehicle(2) works, it will change the airship's image to whatever. If I somehow accidentally a vehicle(0), It will change the rowboat's image to whatever.

If setImage('VX_Vehicle', 2) is that whatever, the new image will be a green balloon from VX. This worked in >>123093397. Similarly, if I somehow accidentally a setImage('VX_Vehicle', 0), the new image will be the little row boat from VX.

>>123096827
So is there no way to Script Call the variables set by the event functions? Because that would be a huge shame. What I don't understand is that it worked fine in Ace with $game_variables[n], or at least I thought it did. I recall using a script call to move an event to ($game_variables[1], $game_variables[2]) where both values were set via the function in the event, as I'm trying to do in all my screenshots.

I'm in so far over my head here.

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>>123096827
Also, to show that I'm listening.

>>123097435
>What I don't understand is that it worked fine in Ace with $game_variables[n], or at least I thought it did.

Very well might've. Remember though that MV was built from the ground up - stuff like how things are declared and when they're defined, contexts, etc. have all potentially changed.

>So is there no way to Script Call the variables set by the event functions?
Didn't say that. Just said that you need to define it if it's not already defined.
If you're afraid of 'overwriting' an existing variable, just test to see if that variable has already been defined by asking JS if $gameVariables[x] is null and, if it is, declaring it before you try to refer to it.

You can call the variables however you'd like - you just have to keep an awareness that the variables might not be defined if this is the first time you're referring to them. There's something you're not accounting for in your code which is leading to you passing null values to the engine (which it doesn't know how to handle, so it errors out) - fixing the issue which causes those null values to be passed will cause your miniscript to immediately function.

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>>123098009
I'm just curious why $\game/Variable isn't actually referencing the game variables. On the plus side, you have essentially answered my initial dilemma - I can change an event's image by a variable, as seen in pic related. That cuts my work down exactly x18 times.

Two more questions, if you don't mind.
>Can you give me an example for what I can call the variables that wouldn't interfere with anything?
I seriously wasn't concerned about that until you brought it up.

>Where might I even start to try to get $gameVariables[n] to actually refer to the game variable n again?

Hi, guys! Does anyone know how could I do a save/load game system like The Legend of Zelda series? 3 slots, not showing who's on the party, showing some icons/graphics, etc.? I don't mind doing it via events/pictures and so, but I don't know how to show custom info/graphics/icons in a prettier scene than RM:MV default loading screen.

Thanks!

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My first time using RPG Maker, and Im starting to better understand how the tile system works.

I was reading about plugins for MV.
Does anyone know a good place to download plugins? Thanks.

>>123099428
Read the OP, family.

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>>123098774
>I'm just curious why $\game/Variable isn't actually referencing the game variables.
Ah. Perhaps you're just not far enough down the coding rabbit hole to have learned about definition vs. declaration yet.

What I'm guessing MV does when it sets everything up is it sets up the $gameVariable array up at start using logic something like the following:

for(i=0;i<maximumArraySize;i++){
int $gameVariable[i];
}

In C#/C++ all we've done there is just make an array with no values - all we've done is told these values 'you're meant to store/return integers' but they don't actually have a number defined. So if you ask $gameVariable[1] what its number is immediately following the above example, it'll return null because - of course - we haven't given it a value yet even though we can refer to it and it's been created.

I'm assuming something similar is happening here in JS because you're asking for a value which should exist but isn't guaranteed to - which may mean that the variables array has been *declared* but not *defined*.

So with the above explained, the answer to your question is: We are referencing the game variables as you'd expect - the twist is that you're asking game variables for values when they haven't been given any (though of course now you know how to fix that). Trippy, right?

Anywho, onwards to your other questions.

>Can you give me an example for what I can call the variables that wouldn't interfere with anything?

Sure. Something like this ought to work (=== is not a typo, replace i with whatever index you want to refer to):

if ($gameVariables[i] === null){
$gameVariables[i] = 0;
Console.log('$gameVariable['+string(i)+'] attempted to return a null number. Defaulted to 0.');
}
else{
return $gameVariables[i];
}

Unrelated, more progress on my snakeman from earlier.

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>>123094371
>I'm sure of literally nothing.
In Ace you could press F9 in playtesting to see the current values of game switches/variables. Might still be around for MV.

>>123100097
That still works in MV, but that is honestly the very least of the issues of what's going on here. Thank you, though.

>>123100097
Yar. But we've already discovered that MV seems to be fibbing a bit. As long as you're using only the event command system it's not technically lying because even though the numbers are actually null until you assign them a value you can't actually get them to break anything because it's been all safety-padded to prevent null errors and whatnot.

So all those '0's are actually probably 'null' if you asked them through the scripts. In all other cases it should be displaying the right values though. It's just a little white lie which, if told the truth, would confuse beginners to programming.

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DARE YOU ENTER THE REALM OF DUNGEONS AND DINOSAURS?

>>123099961
>the twist is that you're asking game variables for values when they haven't been given any
But according to >>123094371, which is from rpg_objects.js, aren't we giving them a value when we use the function "Control Variable" in the editor? In every example I tried, I've always included the red line in >>123093397, and we tried both $gameVariables[1] and $gameVariables[0] to get it to read it, to no avail.

I understand (now) that they start as null, but isn't the "Control Variable: Set" function literally doing
>$gameVariable.setValue(1, null = 2);
according to rpg_objects.js?

>>123100461
> In all other cases it should be displaying the right values though
That's what I've been trying to test. It was still coming up as null, even when you've given them values.

>>123101668
>aren't we giving them a value when we use the function "Control Variable" in the editor?
Yeah. I was just speaking about times when you're not using Control Variable and are accessing/defining/writing the variables through the scripts directly.

> It was still coming up as null, even when you've given them values.
Hm. Then the only other thing I can think of is somehow we're in the wrong context, the order of execution is bad, or the name of the variable is wrong (e.g. we're referring to it as $gameVariables when it's actually $gameVariable).

Is $gameVariables[] a global context (as the $ would usually signify...) or is it inside another existing object (e.g. a Scene)? Can we see where $gameVariables is initialized?

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>>123102113
For example, I can give every single variable a value right from the go, and it still will come up as a null.

>or the name of the variable is wrong
That's what I've been wondering, but $gameVariables[n] is the JS version of what they did in Ace, and it's how they used it both in rpg_objects.js and the Script Call list.

Actually, maybe not. In both cases, it's given as
>$gameVariables.setValue(var, value);
By using that Script Call, I can literally change a game variable to a new value. So how can I then read that value in a Script Call?

>Can we see where $gameVariables is initialized?
Asking the wrong guy. I just open up all the game's data files in notepad++. And honestly, the .js files are nothing like the C code I've just barely dipped my toes in.

>>123102794
>So how can I then read that value in a Script Call?
Well, if it's got a setter it has to have a getter.

Is there a $gameVariables.readValue(var, value); function?

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>>123102993
Firstly, I opened a few more of the engine's js files. I found this, which matches the "starts as a null" thing. Don't know if it actually helps.

I'll go play around with readValue - but seriously, if I have to give the value for it to read it, that's just banananas.

>>123103415
That's actually more interesting than I think you realize. Normally arrays are declared with [] in the name to signify that they're an array of values.

That may mean that $gameVariables[] isn't an actual array but perhaps a HashTable or something else - which would change how we'd have to refer to indexes from it.

I'm not sure how to pull values from non-array arraylike data objects. I think HashTable might be something like {}? I'd have to go look it up.

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>>123103648
In SO far over my head.

Still in my dicking around phase. The engine REALLY did not like "readValue" commands. However, to answer an old question, variable[1] does refer to the game variable 1.

>>123103415
Meanwhile though, if readValue works then there's no need to re-invent the wheel. setValue/readValue should work identically to Control Variable and Conditional Branch[Variable] so it shouldn't error out if you refer to your values that way.

I'm intrigued on why the [] doesn't work and yet the custom functions do - but if you're tired of debugging and trying to sort this puzzle out feel free to just try the below.

e.g.
$gameMap.vehicle($gameVariable.readValue(1)).setImage('VX_Vehicle', $gameVariable.readValue(2));

>The engine REALLY did not like "readValue" commands.
Invalid function? If so, maybe they didn't write a custom getter even though they wrote a custom setter. Curious. This is getting suddenly deeper than I'd expect for something so innocuous as 'get/set a variable'.

I'd dig around the files myself to confirm there's no readValue but I'm pretty occupied at the moment. (You can try to find it quickly with Notepad++ by doing Ctrl+F and searching for readValue - I'd check rpg_managers.js and rpg_core.js)

Yanfly's a plugin machine. You can't stop her! Those using Yanfly's ATB will like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyNA0pRjtic

>>123104698
>her

>>123104563
Mm, they might've also called it getValue considering the used the word 'set'.

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Guys, what is this viewpoint called?

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>>123104563
readValue doesn't work. Any attempt of it always gets angry if there's a number inside []. I've tried a top of variations.

If I use (), as in your proposal, it gives
>TypeError
>undefined is not a function

Finally, 0 instances of readVal in any .js file.

>>123104990
Shifted or forced perspective, I guess. Isometric is the only other thing that comes to mind even though that's dead wrong.

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>>123104853
Only instance of getVal in js files are "targetValue" for combat stuff, but I'll give it a try.

Also, for what it's worth, the only instances of $gameVariable anything but setValue is just "value." But I tried that before and it didn't work in >>123094882.

>>123105114
And getValue?

>>123105125
ah cheers.

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>>123105540
Exact same error as readValue, using both () and [].

>>123105650
Hm. We're either giving it bad syntax, the function doesn't exist, or $gameVariable is undefined there (which it can't be).

I'm ashamed to be stumped by something that ought to be so trivial but you might want to go post on RPGMakerWeb in the JS Script support section about this. I'm not sure I can grok what exactly is going wrong here - our context shouldn't matter, we're def. referring to the right obj., etc.

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>>123105884
I figured we're not alone in struggling over this so I just regoogled it for the 5th? time. I got this. What the fuck am I doing wrong?

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>>123106214
>>123105884
Ahahahahah, oh my Lord. Oh my fuck. This is so rich. I did it! I fucking did it! How many things can one man get wrong before it works?

Hold on, let me type this up. I need a chance to stop banging my head on the wall.

>>123099012
> No answers.
Thanks for nothing, shitheads.

> kek
> love you guys

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>>123105884
>>123106481
Alright here we go.

So problem one, trying it in >>123094882. I used [] instead of (). Easy mistake, and we caught that later. So problem 2, trying it in >>123106214. To put it simply, I forget I still had the set up in >>123104137. So variable 1 is set to 10. So trying to change vehicle 10's graphic? TypeError. Trying to change event 10's graphic? TypeError (this is a new test map, with only 4 events).

I changed the setValue down to 2, and bam, event 2's graphic changed with this Script Call.

So anyways, fuck me. How about that great new JS syntax?

>>123099428
The rpgmakerweb and rmrk forums are good places to find plugins/scripts. There are also some useful ones in the op.

>>123104990
Oblique Projection.

Take a look at this article for more information: http://www.significant-bits.com/a-laymans-guide-to-projection-in-videogames

>>123106592
Did you ever consider that we just don't know? You could try asking on a rpgm forum.

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This just in for /rpgm/. The new syntax for variables is $gameVariables.value(n).

It only took 3 hours, 2 anons, and 5 google searches to figure it out.

Oh my fuck, I'm still laughing.

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I'm really struggling on a game concept.

I've made entire tilesets, put a bunch of great plugins together, made a ton of events of random people talking, made my own font, even made my own protagonist with his own walking/sprinting animation.... but still have no ideas of what to make the game about. Everything I come up with just feels like a Undertale ripoff lol.

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>still waiting for none shit tilesets for MV.

Upscaling tilsets is pointless. Fucking blurry.

>>123107979
play some old real rpgs and think it over.

>>123108075
Post a tileset. I'll upscale it for you (x1.5, right?) without the blurry.

>>123107979
I suffer from the opposite, fucktons of game concepts and stuff written on paper but can't make tilesets. I can do crappy CGs

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>>123108206
I might be over thinking it. I want to do something really fresh and interesting. I'm even toying with the idea of ditching the combat aspects of the engine and just having racing being a major mechanic. I want to do some kind of genre mixing like that to separate it from everything else on Steam.

>>123108697
What kind of RPGs do you like? name a few.

>>123108231
How you do that?

>>123109284
https://youtu.be/65GkuazgCDM?t=15

>>123108697
base your game on this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR93W-SIoug
you are welcome.

>>123107468
I missed my time to shine.
https://boards.fireden.net/vg/thread/121070094/#121307531

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>>123109121
Mother 3, Earthbound, and the Mario RPGs are my favorite jrpgs. Golden Sun is probably the most traditional of my favorites. The rest are games like Tactics Ogre and Kingdom Hearts (I guess),

I've played a ton of great jrpgs, but the standard turn based formula has always kind of bored me. My favorite RPGs are the ones that I feel have a story that's really out there or have an interesting take on a previous mechanic. Golden Sun and some Mario RPGs I feel can get by on aesthetic alone.

On that note, I don't think I've ever even seen an RPG Maker game that actually looked good - menu, animations, and all.

>>123109340
I don't see how jumping off cliffs will do it.

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>>123109579
I think the easiest way to store a string as a variable is to set aside some actors and set/use their names with /n[4]. I built my quiz system around that.

>>123109837
aw, man. you aint looked hard enough. some are stunning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq9_4ktpmpg

>>123109854
Post a tileset.

>>123109992
Clever.

>>123110021
Not that guy, but I have to admit it does seem like Game Maker routinely puts out better looking games than RPG maker.

I mean some of this stuff is flat out impressive. Even the best RPG Maker games still have some frankly embarrassing portrait drawings here and there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBFcdXCSQGI

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>>123110141

>>123110605
they don't even look good what are you smoking?

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I'm going through the Art Resources pastebin for tiles and other resources for a cheapo espionage game for MV. Are VX Ace's resources cross-compatible with MV, or do I have to wait for people to make stuff specifically for MV?

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>>123110876

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>>123111223
How does it look guys? the quality of the tileset not the map layout :p

>>123111060
They actually have fluid animations. And crisp visuals that don't look like games from 2004.

>>123112616
I'm not just saying this because I'm the guy who resized it, but if I didn't see the engine logo, I would have thought this was VX Ace as normal.

The "secret," so to speak, is using waifu2x to upscale it x2 (NO noise reduction), then GIMP to downscale it 75% via sinc.

http://waifu2x.udp.jp/

>>123113045
Cheers.

>>123113340
No problem, m8. Happy game makin.

Just a generic warning - waifu2x causes huge filesize bloat. For example, the all the RTP character sheets in VX to be resized:

>Base size: 800kb.
>x1.5 through Nearest Neighbor: 964kb.
>x1.5 Waifu2x/GIMP: 14.9mb.

NN actually looks pretty good for sprites, so while there is a quality increase, it isn't worth the 14 megabytes. It is much more worth it for pictures/faces/tilesets, but the filesize bloat is just as intense. That's the cost of nice upscaling.

>>123107317
I'm kidding, dude. I was just bumping.

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>>123113997
=D

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I'm making a game using low quality art I made in Paint and a limited and specific set of colors. Here's a picture of my trees and grass.

How am I doing?

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Monsters still fall through the floor with the combat script and FPLE clash. How do I fix something I could never even undertstand? so close and yet so far.

>>123115461
It doesn't look bad at all, but it'd be nice if you justify this kind of 'art'. Not leaving an "I did this way because it was all I could". Honestly, I'd play a game with this kind of graphics, but it had to offer me a lot with narrative, story and features. It's just my opinion, btw.

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Woah-ho, random bump coming through.

Noob question but can't figure it out

In MV, how do you set an individual enemy to have a certain attack animation?

>>123119836

Create a new skill with the same name as the regular attack and give it a different animation, then have the enemy use that

>>123120152
I believe if it's like Ace, that won't work for states like confuse/charm/berserk. Those always use the first skill in the database (default Attack) unless you script otherwise, even if the user doesn't know it.

>>123120545
No, it works. It's what I've been doing thus far.
Was just wondering if there was a neater way of doing it.

>>123115461
Like >>123116969 said, this is fine depending on the game. I've certainly seen a lot worse from other games, like OFF, but they pull it off with good themes and ambiance.

Another noob question: what is TP? I see it all over the place, but I have no clue what it does. Is it a limit break thing or something?

>>123121104

It's an alternate resource for skills. It increases when you take actions in battle.

Live.

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>>123126293
liiive

>>123127192
I like what is going on here and would like to know more.

>>123127302
AW.. I forgot the link to it. Its a nice iso view but there are better.

>>123127192
whoa what is this?

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>>123128227

>>123127192
TELL ME HOW

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What's the best looking RPG Maker game?

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some progress
https://a.pomf.cat/zgbcop.mp4

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>>123129808

>>123129808
>>123130538
Joking obviously. Just looking for an excuse to show off the portraits. Waifu2x guy has opened up a world of possibilities to me now that I can resize modelsheets up for portraits.

>>123130209
This looks really solid. The camera animations and subtle portrait movements really make it. Still love your style. So bright and colourful.

>>123129338
whoops sorry the post forgot my text! one sec i will find it.

>>123130209
demo when

>>123129338
http://save-point.org/thread-4046.html

>>123129338
AHA! found it!
http://save-point.org/thread-5181.html

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>>123131065
when he makes somehting beyond that room

How do you guys feel about a chuuni villain that thinks he's a hero?

>>123133576
>chuuni
speak english

>>123133576
Like that guy from undertale? That's fine I guess.

>>123133651
You know Owain from Fire Emblem Awakening? Chuuni is basically a thing that describes delusional people like that who talk about random nonsense cause to them it 'sounds cool'.

>>123131117
>>123131484
Thanks! I'm gunna have to piddle around with this shit

>>123133576
Kind of like Axel from Disgaea? Though he wasn't really a full fledged villain I guess.

>>123134468
Proof that Disgaea does stuff before they become a popular thing.

Okay, so I have two questions on how to do a few things, both on MV.

First, is it possible to have Yanfly's Base Troop Events make a check run at the end of every battle? I want to use it to run a variable check and modification at the end of every battle.

Second, is there any way to make a variable appear like a resource bar like MP or TP? I considered using TP as it for a while, but it wouldn't really work since it's not so much a resource that's consumed, rather a requirement for some skills. If anyone has played any Super Robot Wars games, it'd be similar to the Will resource.

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Can I program basic attacks to use MP? I'm working on a basic firearm system, and while shooting works well enough as a skill, it
>requires navigating through more menus than necessary and
>uses the "preparing magic" animation rather than the actual attack animation
Halp plz.

Ok i just took the escape and guard option from my battle system.

Attack
Skill
Item

are the options i gonna keep it like that for now.

Goind to use a small nunber dmg calculator max life will be 999 something around that.

feeling good

>>123140974
Go to skills, go to the first skill. This is the default skill used for all attacks.

Give it an MP cost and set it to not be a "magic type skill" for SV view.

I haven't tested if this works as is but it should give you a starting point.

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>>123133365
There's a bit of stuff here and there

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>>123143743

>>123130538
>>123130209
>>123143743
>>123143915
Fuck, guys... I'm SO jealous...

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Is wanting a more fluid walking animation just going to ruin my life? I can't stand all this 4 frame shit.

I want 8 directional movement and at least 8 frames for a full walk cycle.

I'm using MV by the way. Is this impossible to code? This really should have been the first thing anyone tried to make a plugin for. Animation is the most limiting aspect of this engine I swear.

>>123147441
Fun fact: It was.
http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/46759-more-character-frames/
Try looking a little harder next time.

>>123147654
FUCK YOU I LOOKED FOR HOURS AND FOUND NOTHING THIS IS BULLSHIT thanks anon

>>123129808
Aedemphia

>>123147654
Do you think well get a script one day that will have both this and 8 directional movements? I want to be able to move at an angle and have a fluid animation for it.

Is the dude developing Adv. Time around here now?

Is it okay if I posted some screenies of the dialogues I'm planning for the next collab chapter?

It's still subject to change and it probably reads stupid without context of the chapter currently being worked on.

>>123151046
Also I'm wondering how viable this planned chapter is when I have no idea what gameplay to give it. All I have is story writing.

So i just ended my Paper Mario esque dmg battle.

now working in weapons and skills.

>>123151632
show it off.

>>123137605
Anyone know if this is possible?

>>123155294
not a clue.

>>123151046
>>123151306
I wouldn't mind though I can see it being a little awkward if the stuff clashes with Firgof's chapter.

>>123155358
look the the kid is she gets preggo

>>123156702
what.

bored and feel like rtying to make some sprites.

anyone know a good program?

>>123158281
>paint.exe

I have no motivation today!

>>123158281
Graphics gale, Aseprite

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>>123159192
Me neither, how do I actually make a fucking game? Pic is what I done yesterday.

>>123159983
not a clue. i just want to make something that stands out..

So is there a plugin for MV or something that lets me have a dynamic TP cap? Like, you'd have 0 TP max normally, but when you equip certain items, it can go up to 10 or 20 and stuff.

Who /NaNoWriMo/ here? Set a new personal record of 5,000 words. This time, it was all one story too, not just "Whatever Comes to Mind, Part VI"

>>123158281
Pyxel or Graphics Gale.

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whoah what actual progress

>>123052987
I'm a bit late, but
> party members aren't dinosaurs

Really? I expected better from you, dinosaur anon.

Has anyone made more outfits and stuff for MV's character generator?

>>123164801
Looks good man, keep it up.

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Any wizard here who knows if its possible to change the text speed and add blips to dialogue in rpgmaker 2003?
I'm familiar with the engine but the only way I can think of a way to implement this would either be to frankenstein together some kind of workaround with the limitations at hand or install a mod (if there is one and it would work with a standalone download for someone who doesn't have the modded RTP). I think dynamic dialogue would be much better than just the text box speeding through everything. I know people have made some crazy shit with the bare minimum, like the gun system from nobihaza and there are probably story-based games using 2003 out there that has text pacing, I'm not entirely sure.
pic unrelated

>>123168059
What if they are dinosaurs cursed to look like humans?

I don't know if I've posted any battle yet.
Still very WIP.
WebM's with audio don't work on /vg/ apparently so here's a link:
http://webm.host/70716/
Sorry if I'm posting too much.

>>123174878
I suggest taking out the voice samples, those will get annoying after a while.

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>>123174878
neat


>>123175327
I'd be okay with them if they were quiter, or if there were a faster clip available. Those sounded like they were almost a second long

>>123175327
>>123175781
They will definitely be turned down. The volume-leveling is incredibly fiddly at the moment and things are all over the place.
I think that they're a nice touch though, and the sounds are ripped from the official games.
Hopefully when there is more variety it won't seem annoying.

>>123052484
maybe teach yourself a few more times until you get it right

>>123052484
Reference professional artists. Try recreating their style and it will just naturally click on you. There is no shame in editing as it gets you up close and personal with pixels.

>>123170169
>torturing your players

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progress

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I think he was going for uncanny valley but instead it just ended up looking ridiculous

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>>123184901

>>123182002
>and some weird website about cartoons and games
>not some mongolian knitting club for chinese cartoons
>not some electronic cantonese tapestry sharing center
>not some korean interpretive dance board
Lost opportunity.

>>123175327
Dude, it's great! First of all, how do you put those portraits in battle? Also, I don't think the voices will be annoying if you roll a variable with 30% of chance of it playing a voice SE.

>>123182002
Also, looking good.

From now on I'll post my progress here and would like to read what you guys made on your games today.

Yesterday:
> Started 'getting hit' animation
> 'Laser Burst' animation & sfx
> 'Laser Cannon' animation & sfx
> 'Wooden Sword' animation
> 'Iron Sword' animation

Fuck, today will be better.

>>123187806
I haven't done anything today and the day is almost over.

>>123187806
i named my game that has been an untitled concept for a long time, SanguineSTAR

it's at least better than Project1.

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Did another one, all of it the music is just placeholder stuff.

https://a.pomf.cat/dekuir.mp4


>>123185869
whoops

>>123188597
the chest looks out of place

>>123188805
it does, I'm still gonna change it later on, since as of now its just the RMXP RTP one slightly resized.

>>123188597
Dude, it's great! Congratulations.
The music is great, also.

>>123188597
How do you do the "get item" over-head animation? Is it from a public script or you've done it by yourself?

How do I disable up and down sprites? I'm trying to make a side scroller.

>>123193220
>sidescroller

Why not Game Maker? You have plenty more liberties with it.

>>123193510
Sorry, sidescroller RPG.

I don't need additional features of more open engines for what I have in mind, probably won't even be using many scripts. But it's important that it goes side to side.

>>123193220
Is that really that bad?
I mean, if you set it up properly your character will simply turn.

>>123193702

On the SPRITE sheet, you could just replace the up and down facing sprites with left and right ones.

>>123195781

Not sure why my phone decided to capitalize sprite but whatever

>>123196087
Not the other anon, but I'd find strange to be facing left and pressing up made me turn right.

>>123196581

That's fair, I guess I didn't consider it. Well, you could always do what Lisa did and have the character just face toward/away from the viewer.

Has anyone made any new clothing options for the MV character generator? I want to make a class-based game where characters change outfits when they change classes, but I want to have about 16 classes and there aren't really enough costumes for what I need.

>>123196785
what do you need 16 classes for?

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Can someone make me a sprite of this car?

I don't need an entire sheet, just a sprite of the car facing left and preferably around the same size as the default sprites, maybe just a little bigger so it makes sense.

>>123196869
For his game, silly.

>>123193220
If I were you, I'd disable player movement entirely (indefinite "wait" loop) and have a parallel process running that went
>If LEFT button is pressed
>>Set move route - player move left.

>If RIGHT button is pressed
>>Set move route - player move right.

Bumpin

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>>123197280
vx ace resource may need resizing.

10 bump. Get your act together, rpgmg.

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Help! This spell is draining 1HP from my character instead of healing.
And to make matters worse, it didn't do that before! What the hell is going on?

New Yanfly poll is up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJqZglLBiK0

I haven't voted. I'm only going to vote for one thing, but I'm gonna do a multi vote for you anons. What do you anons want? Tell me and I'll vote for it too after tonight.

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> Class Change Core
Don't care.
> Armor Scaling
Probably will care about when working on my next game.
> Gab Window in third place
That was close, anon. That's what you wanted, right? I remember an anon asking others to vote in it (I voted).
> Status Menu Core
I've voted this fucker. Glad it won.
> Battle System - CTB
dafuck.jpg Haven't played FFX, so I don't know what is that.
> Limited Skill Uses
Don't care.
> Enhanced TP
Don't Care
> Button Common Events
Don't know if I care. Maybe because I'm not able to find a creative use for this shit now, I don't know...
> Party-Limit Gauge
Maybe this could be cool.
> Skill Cost Items
Cool!
> Gab Window
Will vote it again.
> Steal & Snatch
I find it pretty easy to do via events. Maybe I care, if it really brings something surprisingly cool with it.
> Weapon Unleash
Cool! But won't be using.
> Battle Status Window
Don' know. More interested in something like what I've saw in Adventure Time game our fellow anon is deving. (Still wanting to know how you've did it, if you're around).
> Extra Enemy Drops
Cool!

Now I've voted and about 80% of what I want are the less voted ones.

>>123205158
>CTB is coming
FUCK YES! With Yanfly in charge it may actually be functional unlike the shitty one Yami made in VX Ace.

Also I vote that you vote for Steal & Snatch.

>>123196785
If final fantasy 3 made do with several class costumes that were like an earlier class but with more stuff going on, you can too.
Alternatively, copy the four heroes of light and just have each class be a different hat.

>>123208472
It will be different than how FF3 does it. Each class will be completely distinct from one another.

>>123196785
>wants to make a game with 16 distinct class outfits
>is too lazy to make anything not in CharGen

>>123201672
thanks m80

>>123207831
Yeah, Yanfly's CTB from VX was the best one I've seen on RPG Maker as a whole from XP to Ace. Can't wait to see what the MV version will be like although I'd be content if it was a carbon copy as the VX version.

>>123205000
Can that massive variance be taking it into the negatives?

>>123213971
Remind me what CTB was

>>123214337
Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy Tactics, Mana Khemia, a lot of the Atelier games, Persona 3, Persona 4, etc.

The party and enemies are placed into turn orders. If a party member's turn comes up, you input an action. They perform it immediately. Onto the next character. If an enemy's turn comes up, they beat your face. And so on.

It's ATB without all the shitty waiting.

Yanfly's version in VX let you do really cool stuff like push battlers around in the turn order (which was displayed at the top of the screen). I think I saw more commercial games made with his VX CTB than any other battle system except for shitty Tankentai.

>>123215175
Oh so what ATB should be.

Yeah that's more or less what I'm after.

>>123215505
The VX Ace version was shit. I rather use the default battle system than the VX Ace version. I'm sure this one won't disappoint however.

>>123215595
Yeah, Yami was the one who made the Ace version and it had a shitload of bugs that never got fixed.

What part of the game do you hate working on the most?

I really fucking hate spriting.

>>123219161
I fucking hate databasing

>>123215175
There's a difference in whether or not someone can be listed multiple times in the turn order.

FFX was just a high-speed ATB with full menu-waiting turned on. Fast characters will always get more turns in than slow ones, and that difference gets higher the longer the battle is.

This is different than the SMT games in that those will cycle through everyone (down to the slowest creature) before getting back around to the first guy. Being faster doesn't actually get you more actions than slower things; it just says you go before them.

>>123219161
Building the database is a pain. It's always tedious, and there aren't a lot of opportunities to get creative with it. No one's ever going to say anything about the backstage anyways.

>>123219161
Databasing and music making (because I can't). But there are some items/skills that I love to make, like those that trigger common events and stuff.

>>123219303
Ah, so the former is like in Mega Man X: Command Mission, notably when you put Marino in Quicksilver and she dominates the turn base until she runs out of Hyper Mode turns. There's a lot more to battle systems than I realized.

My favourite battle system is barebones Dragon Quest style.

>>123219161
Slogging the database is the worst ever. You tinker with this or that but it doesn't "feel" like progress even if you actually did stuff on it.

Art assets are instant results.
Music is instant results.
Events can be a pain sometimes but at least the results are visible soon after.
Databasing is like punching zeroes and ones and just hoping it works as intended.

>>123220725
what does databasing means?
Making skills, items, armor and things like that?

>stop working on game for two weeks so I can supposedly learn more about the jRPG genre by playing SMT and SMTII and get new ideas for my game
>now I want to drop the project and work on a SMT-esque game

What do?

>>123223465
>actually making games
Just make a new project, you will finish this one for sure, r-right?

>>123219161
Mapping is the devil. I'm almost tempted to write programs to procedurally generate nice maps.

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>>123196785
I made a gladiator class by just taking existing parts found in the rtp and editing them in photoshop. You get a lot more freedom there than with the generator.

>>123222919
Exactly that. And while I really enjoy making unique shit, it's all the filler material that gets me sick and tired of databasing.

>>123223465
Just have fun and go with the flow. I feel like if I didn't and went super srs bizness, I'd have to stop and restart a fuckton of times over. Why? Because every single goddamn weekend so far, since the launch of MV, Yanfly stops my plans of progressing forward with my game because he releases a shiny new game mechanic that I can't resist and I have to go to the fucking drawing board all over again.

>>123216653
This has bothered me a while, but there's talk from some rpgmakerweb members circulating around that Yami and Yanfly are the same person. Can anyone confirm this?

>>123224551
Almost definitely not.

>>123219161
I hate mapping. Weirdly enough, I don't mind databasing like most others.

Is there a plugin for MV which let's side view battlers have more than 3 frames per animation?

>>123185986
Thank you!
I'm using MOG's battle scripts.

>>123224551
Unlikely. I don't know why Yami is so popular anyway since he can't speak English for shit and every script I've ever used of his has been buggy as sin.

>>123226073
B-but... I thought you were using RPGM MV... A-and I've recommended you a MV plugin, and you thanked me... I don't understand...

>>123224817
Same here. I'm a tabletop gamer, so dealing with stats and tables isn't too bad. Adapting WRPG mechanics to a JRPG system is a bit of a pain, but I'm starting to get the hang of it.

>>123229626
what you added so far?

>>123227785
MOG is in the process of updating all of their scripts to MV, and the battle scripts are done.

I'm definitely using MV.

Speaking of which, anybody know a way to have an icon hover over an event when you go near it without resorting to scripts? I remember being able to do it in XP but I've completely forgotten the set-up. I think it's complicated by the fact that you exist on the same horizontal plane as the event, because it's sidescrolling. I'd just like a little 'A' button to hover over an NPC when you're in a position to talk to them.

>>123230365
Understood! Will lurk more! Thanks!

Also, maybe what you're looking for seems a little like my 'portals' system. In my case, there's a parallel process that checks if I'm on a specific position (X,Y). If I am, it plays an animation over the portal I'll use.

Maybe you can do the same thing. If your event moves, you can make another parallel process to retrieve the coordinates of this event and store them in a variable. If Finn's X and Y coordinates (maybe you should use only Y) are the same (it's just an example, you may use a ranged value, for example), an animation - like the "ENTER" button being pressed - at the event.

Sorry if I misunderstood your question or if it's not clear. My english sucks.

>>123231430
>Understood! Will lurk more! Thanks!
They're here: https://atelierrgss.wordpress.com/rpg-maker-mv/

>Sorry if I misunderstood your question or if it's not clear. My english sucks.
Nah, you got it spot on! That definitely sounds like something that could work; I'll have a look.

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>>123229721
I'm working on a "tacticool ops" gameplay system.

>MP=ammunition. Weapons increase max MP when equipped, and reloading is an MP recovery skill.
>Guns are currently divvied into Pistols, Submachine Guns, Shotguns, Assault Rifles, and Sniper Rifles, with 3 subtypes of each (Pistols come in standard semi-auto, revolver, and single-shot target varieties, for example).
>4 classes (Agent=jack of all trades, Technician=skill monkey, Enforcer=combat, and Operator=support), and each class has two actors that work like subclasses. Each class uses different weapons (Agents use pistols and submachine guns, Enforcers use shotguns and assault rifles, Operators use sniper rifles and pistols, and I haven't decided on Technician weapons).
>For example: the man, "Butch", is the squad pointman, and he starts with a pump-action shotgun. The woman, "Dushka", is the suppressive fire specialist, and starts with an assault rifle.

My to-do list is:
>making the reload skill remove an appropriate magazine item from the players' inventory (because infinite reloads are so zetta slow)
>fixing SVB animations so they use the "attack" animation rather than the "magic" animations
>getting more icons and assets for the gun types; the RTP has shotgun, sniper rifle, and flintlock pistol resources, but I'm looking for modern pistol, SMG, and assault rifle images
>maybe writing a plot

>>123226892
Probably because he leeched off Yanflys popularity by copying all the shit Yanfly did. Did you even see Yami's YouTube channel? The attempt to copy Yanfly is so blatant.

I think had he actually remade Yanfly's stuff but better he would have actually been pretty good but it is plagued with bugs and errors

>>123219161
>>123220725
Database stuff and balancing is a pain. It's fun thinking up different items and effects, but getting the numbers to work is so dull. Like you said, there's just no sense of progress, unlike art/music/cut scenes, etc.

>>123231875
nice idea for ammo =)

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Does your game have any interesting twists?

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>>123233393
>Double Shyamalan

>>123233393
best twist these days is to have none.

>>123233393
>The Double Cross
>Christ Analog Backfires
>Autistic Boy Grants Wishes (Technically)

So what's the most action oriented battle system for MV so far?

>>123235950
punching your screen

fucking hell, I cannot think of a fucking way to do battles for this shit. There are only 14 total enemies to fight and nobody can level up in your party. I can't think of a single battle system that would work for this shit. For a while i considered a tactical system but the one for vx Ace seems a bit mediocre visually, and as far as I know there's no way to alter the terrain using skills in that. The last part isn't necessary normally but given that one of the party members can make walls rise out of the earth, it'd be weird for him to not be able to do that in a tbs.

>>123237370
And you can't change your character's skills for any reason?

>>123239404
The skills are there for a lore reason. Changing it would break the character a bit.

>>123239573
I'm sure your lore can withstand some skills being changed to actually work with whatever system you're using.

Any good suggestion for a sound that fits well in a "sound effect per letter" script? I have tried to make a couple myself, but they sound too annoying.

>>123240376
they are annoying! stop adding them!

>>123239728
Well, if you think it's not too big a problem. On a semi related note, do people mind too much if a tbs is in a top down view? I've seen things here using an isometric view but imo it doesn't look too good in rpg maker.

>>123240472
nah i love shining force!

>>123240376
You just have to keep trying. I've enjoyed games that have them (Link to the Past, Mega Man X, Final Fantasy Tactics, Shining Soul 2, Undermeme) but they're very hard to pull off well. Rule of thumb is if you can't make them sound unique for each character, make them quiet, fast, or both

>>123240675
Alright good to know.
Time to practice my shitty art skills.

Any ideas as to how one would go about a level up system based on weapons instead of characters? I'm using VXA, by the way.

>>123242452
Not a clue. why would you though?

>>123242452

http://www.rpgmakervxace.net/topic/2779-darkcloud-weapon/

There was another of these scripts for Dark Cloud 2's version, but it seemed to have disappeared as I can't find it anymore. If you're familiar with Dark Cloud then surely you will like this.

Is there an RPG maker for 3D games or action RPGs?

>>123243326
To represent growth in weapon skill in an ROG where characters can equip more than one weapon type instead of a more vague and broad leveling up.

>>123244020
Thanks, I'll give it a look tomorrow.

>>123247259
There's the ps2 version of you want 3d but I personally don't think it's that good.

>>123247259
RPG Maker 2 and 3 are both 3D rpg makers on the PS2. I find 2 to be vastly superior to 3 as 3 is strange with the assets in it. I really like 2 and wish there was a PC version like it.

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>mfw i finally fix something via a script

Live

>>123254237
Fool! The power of friendship will hardly be enough to save your thread! In two hours' time, it shall fall off Page Ten... and there's nothing you 'heroes' can do about i! Ha! Ha ha ha!

>Collab chapter.
>Christmas Jam.
>simultaneously my personal project.

I'm just setting myself up for a bad time, aren't I?

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>>123255912
Maybe

>>123255912
I'm cutting NaNoWriMo early to try and whip something together

So I'm playing through FF3ds again, and despite it being really simplistic compared to a lot of modern rpgs it's still fun to go through.
Why, then, does emulating that level of complexity in an RPG Maker game not really work, leaving the thing feeling rather dull instead?

>>123233393
>stolen identity not worth it
>ancient druids lose interest
Still almost story or major conflict yet. Just a bunch of loose threads. T-Tasukete...

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>>123233393
I don't actually have enough story to have twists yet

>>123265619
How it all fits together as a package. When I was looking up Shining Soul 2 earlier I came across a TAS. From an outside perspective, the game looks bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRcw2uAc81w

The character and background assets are totally different, the music is grating, the writing is dull, the text boxes move at half the speed of smell, and the combat is repetitive. But damn if it wasn't fun to play, even when I couldn't get my friends to join in.

[gdoc] in all fields

It's worth mentioning that RPGMaker VX Ace doesn't work if you're running through wine on Linux.

Also why does the "Getting Started" Link require you to go to TWO download sites for ACE? Add this shit here, mah nigs.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/n1wca2i2pmfbt3n/Enterbrain.zip

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>>123272648
>It's worth mentioning that RPGMaker VX Ace doesn't work if you're running through wine on Linux.
proof, unless someone can tell me what I could be doing wrong.

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how is everyone progressing, today?

i hope you all get something satsifying done while i slave away at work!

>>123275458
I feel you, bro. I was working until last month, but then I've quit my job to work as freelance in my room in my mom's house (actually, I'm just working in my game, to be honest).

But nice progress is being made.

Yesterday:
> New main character animations
> New battle animations
> New parallax
> New weapons graphics
> New SFX
> New enemy A and enemy B portraits
> New character portrait

Now it's 3PM where I live, so I have plans to do a bunch of stuff. What about you, guys?

I have a question for you all.

Back when I bought the disc version of VX Ace, I remember having to register an email to it. I thought about it today and for the life of me can't remember what email I used, or even what password if it required one. Is there any website that also uses the email that I could go to and try to figure out what email I used on it? Does it even matter that I know/remember it with any aspect of VX Ace? I'm just really curious which email I used on it.

>>123276596
I don't think so, m8. Try contacting the support.

>>123110876
you have the source of those tilesets?

>Puzzle in my shitty clocktower remake.


>Demon statue
>Have to guess the demon's name.
>Really tempted to insert a breaking bad joke if you answer "Heisenburg".
Should I go for it?

How do you hide a window in VX Ace?

>>123281340
Nevermind, just hide and show methods seem to work fine. Problem is that it seems to not hide contents that are created within the window.

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I hate watching/playing new things sometimes. Now I want to make a game where you play as a security bot but I don't want to abandon my last project.

>>123279672
Literally always go for name input gags.

You don't have to stop at just one either.

>>123285314
Put the security bot game on the back burner and finish your current game. Dividing your attention to more than one game is generally a bad idea. Or scrap the other game entirely, which is even more of a bad idea and will make you want to give up all together most likely.

>>123282665
Actually what I can't seem to find is to check whether or not a window is currently being shown or hidden. Is there even such a script?

>>123279672
I'd tend to make jokes related to the game's theme, like - in Clocktower, for example - referencing horror names, like Jason, Freddy, Krueger, Hitchcock... As the other anon said, I'd go with a lot options and jokes.

>>123087548
>I've made it so that when the button "S" is pressed, the currently used skill or item is used. And I'm using "A" and "D" to switch between three binded skills/items.
Anon... how bad is it, that your mind is sub-consciously making you spell out "SAD"?

You wanna talk about it?

>>123289292
>Anon... how bad is it
My progress on the game? It's actually good.
Life in general? Sad just isn't enough to describe it.

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Nice Undertale Copy Bump

Today, I thought I'd make a bunch of progress on my game. Instead, I redid about a handful of tiles and only added one new building tile.

I hope you all are being more productive than I am today :) I still have the rest of the day to work on stuff, so I'm hopeful I'll get something significant done.