NAME YOUR MAKER!

I only use XP. Not because it's necessarily better than other makers, but more because it's the only one I own and I've gotten used to it. I do think the graphical style of the XP tilesets and characters is much better than the blocky VX Ace graphics or the pixelated 2k style. And XP's mapping really is good. But let's face it: VX Ace is superior in terms of functionality, and it's way more user-friendly. XP doesn't even support facesets by default. I mean, seriously?
My main reason (apart from money) for not switching to a newer maker is probably that after using XP for about seven years now, I've finally got somewhat of a feeling for how the program works, and I don't really feel like learning the characteristics of a new maker now. Guess I'll stick with XP 'till the end.

Currently: XP for the great mapping, and VX Ace for everything else.

author=SnowOwl
RMVX Ace, because alot of people can't play RM XP anymore, otherwise I would still be using it.

As someone with an XP project years in the making, this has me worried. How widespread is this?

VX Ace. Best script support these days, freakish amount of options and it can emulate 2k/2k3 resolution very easily. I won't even look at 2k, 2k3, or XP these days.

author=Dyhalto
Sim RPG Maker 95.
I'm probably the only still using it after the short "what's this? I'll try it" phase.

I'd surely try something more serious in it! I actually started -- but I simply couldn't learn how to use the engine no matter how hard I tried ):
It's... Dumb! Especially considering there's absolutely no support anywhere and absolutely no one even knows how to open the engine, much less has written tutorials xD

Except you. You seem to understand about it. Hah.

And I can't pick an engine... All I'm sure is that I never used 95' and that I have VX. Except from that, not much can Besaid xD

author=SnowOwl
I can't really give exact numbers, but it's enough that I got a lot of messages whining about problems with opening the game with Miserere, something like 10-20 of them. And that's just the people that actually messaged me, 9/10 players probably won't even bother sending a message and just go on to another game.

FWIW you can solve this for 90% or more of the problem users by creating an installer for your game instead of just sticking it in a zip file. The installer will put the .dll files in the user's system32 folder, which is the most common cause of people being unable to run the game.

If your game uses a font that doesn't come with all versions of Windows, I highly recommend creating your own installer with something like Inno Setup instead of using RMXP's built-in way of making an installer. That way you can automatically copy your font to the user's Fonts folder. VX's and Ace's built-in installers can handle fonts perfectly fine on their own, but RMXP's can't.

If you're just morally opposed to installers for whatever reason though, the game still runs on most computers without it, as long as the .dll file is in the game folder. I know some people cannot install software to their computers because they're using public computers, so my solution is to have both .zip and .exe versions available for download.

This problem is also not specific to RMXP, by the way. VX and Ace do the same thing.

author=NeverSilent
reason (apart from money) for not switching to a newer maker is probably that after using XP for about seven years now, I've finally got somewhat of a feeling for how the program works, and I don't really feel like learning the characteristics of a new maker now. Guess I'll stick with XP 'till the end.

Same here. Ye olde XP.

I typically use either XP or Ace, depending one what scripts are avaialable that would best suit the needs for the game I want to make.

I freakin' despise RM2k, maybe because I started out with XP then I got into it, but it feels more cumbersome to use by comparison, and the self-switches present in the later engines have spoiled me.

author=JosephSeraph
Especially considering there's absolutely no support anywhere and absolutely no one even knows how to open the engine, much less has written tutorials xD

Except you. You seem to understand about it. Hah.

Yeah, I kind of have a monopoly on Sim RPG Maker 95 knowledge in the english speaking world.
At least this will make my game into THE SRPG95 game! (winner by default)

author=Dyhalto
Yeah, I kind of have a monopoly on Sim RPG Maker 95 knowledge in the english speaking world.
At least this will make my game into THE SRPG95 game! (winner by default)

Would you mind to write tutorials about it. (not a question)