HAS ANYONE FIGURED OUT HOW TO DOA TACTICS GAME IN RPG MAKER?

Just wondering because I love tactics games and goods ones are SO hard to come by. I'm talking about games like Final Fantasy Tactics with multiple classes both generic and "Hero" character, lots of unique items with fun flavour text, freely switch between jobs (with certian pre-reqs)

I was just wondering if anyones managed to do this...like make a script or w/e (sorry I'm new to the creation side of RPGM) because I was hoping to make a short game for my friends to mess with and maybe I'd post it here if they deemed it to be fun.

Has anyone tried these:
- http://rpgmaker.net/scripts/302/
- http://www.rpgmakervxace.net/topic/9512-ra-tbs/


Seems to me to get what I need I'll probably need to track down several different scripts

1. A Tactics Battle System,

2. A way to change classes...preferably some sort of tiered system with special requirements like X level knight + X level priest to become a paladin

3. A custom map script that allows movement from important location to important location instead of open movement (I actually prefer open movement in RPGs but if I could find this..it would "feel" right for a tactics game..although towns I'll likely have players be able to walk around like normal)

4. A custom equipment system (this ones optional)

5. A crafting system would be nice :D but this is also optional

6. The ability to have more than 4 party members and to swap out which characters you currently have in your party.

7. A way to allow players to add custom "Generic" characters to the party to mix and match with pre-made "Heros" (customization would be simple..choose a sprite/face and starting class...maybe some stat choices..I dunno)

Oh I wish I knew how to code.

Anyways in case people don't know what I mean when I say "Tactics" game I'll try to explain

Combat is turn based, done on a grid-based battlefield...think chess but usually with a much bigger board and varying terrain heights and types. It also very similar to DnD or Warhammer combat in that respect.

The main attraction of this is ALOT of customization everyones "Army" should look different even if they have the exact same class line-up, its also great for Cameos (if I decide this game is worth it I might make a few requests for my fav RMN games) and weird classes (ie. The Calculator :D)

IMO FFT on PSX/PSP is the #1 Tactics game out there..I mean Fire emblem, Advance Wars and FFT Sequels are nice but FFT was just the perfect blend of everything (I like the mix of generic and heroics in stead of JUST generics or JUST hero characters)

vvv Skip to about 9m.20s for a good combat gameplay showcase vvv

Note: I DO NOT expect to match the graphical capabilities of the PSX :P Especially since there's no way I could makes sprites that good.


vvv Good Menu/Systems Showcase vvv

Note: I don't expect to be able to emulate all of these

This seems to cover my class change system quite well (I'll probably remove the sub-class option)

http://yanflychannel.wordpress.com/rmvxa/core-scripts/class-system/

author=edchuy
I am glad that there's some activity on the Tactical gamefront. I got hooked to it from playing the Shining Force and many of the games made by Spiderweb Software games, which have some RPG elements to them. It is a highly overlooked genre. The most representative game hosted by RMN is Aurora Wing, so yeah, it is quite possible. Good luck getting resources for your project, failedlegend!

Thanks for the link maybe DFalcon could help me out if I PM him and thank you for the good wishes.

Oh and to everyone I forgot to mention If I can pull this off I'm going to be giving this to my friends as an X-Mas gift (which X-Mas is the question :P) and each will have themselves (or an avatar of some sort that represents them) as the moan character but If they do like it when I post it on here their names will be changed for their privacy and the main character will be changed for a wider audience (and will have key scenes changed to make sense and develop his character)