RPG MAKER VX INFORMATION WEBSITE

author=prexus link=topic=424.msg5645#msg5645 date=1196509213
RMVX does nothing -worse- than RMXP, and many things better. It is worth the $100. A game made in RMVX that is identical to a game made in RMXP will be -better-.

I agree that RMVX isn't really worse than RMXP from what I've heard and seen, just different from its predecessor. I do disagree, however, that it has many good things going for it, because as of yet, there appears to be no information as to how it is in any way superior to RMXP besides what I spoke of. Therefore, I do not understand how RMVX games will be "-better-" than identical RMXP games with the information available, though it is easy to assume that it would be better because it is a newer version, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it is better.

I think the big thing that might be an improvement is the performance. If they've added hardware-acceleration, then RMVX games will become immediately superior to RMXP games.

Who cares about the RTP! If they get rid of the lag, that's a sale right there. Definitely eager about this. It has re-inspired graphics work on my own project, as I translate my current shizzle to the new res.

They're way too cute. And fat.

The RTP character sets in the past three have been pretty good. Usable, and some good edits were made from them.

These couldn't even be edited to look good.

Actually, I liked the RMXP RTP, cause it seemed to blend in well with the tilesets and all...

is it just me, or is the RTP for VX just a pathetic rehash of XP and 2k/2k3 mashed together and chibi-fied...

Either way, I'll probably just convert the XP RTP to be compatible with VX.

To each his own.

author=kentona link=topic=424.msg5827#msg5827 date=1196959786
I still hate the RMXP charsets more.

Yeah, i didn't like them much as well but that is probably because i grew up always using rpg maker 2003.

My initial thoughts are that while you guys might not like the RTP for its charactersets and tiles, I really like the facesets and the art for the animations. The monster sets are decent, too.

...I mean obviously the quality of the RTP means very little, but credit where credit is due. Oh, and I like the default font, but that matters even less than the RTP since the good-looking part is for the Japanese text, not the latin alphabet, and they probably won't use the same one for the English release anyway.


Otherwise: I am reassured by the scripts I see here. It looks like it's as robust as RMXP was. And a few of the changes they've made I'm digging--like using more modules that are edittable by the user, such as the Vocabulary, Sound and Cache modules. I guess they caught on to us hacking the Cache module to make custom resources like Portraits and figured "Hey, let's just let 'em do it."

I do wish they had given us access to Input, but then again we can hack that decently well in RMXP, so I imagine it won't be too hard in RMVX either. I wouldn't have minded Graphics, either, but it was a pipe dream to think they would give us much low-level control anyway. I like them giving Game_Message its own class, too. It'll make custom message handlers easier.


...that said, most of these scripting updates look like things I could just transfer over to RMXP, more or less verbatim. I'd be a lot more excited if they showed me that I could hack the resolution (not that I have a problem with 640x480 to begin with) or something. Some of the interface things are neato, but unless the hardware acceleration turns out to work (I have no idea how to test that, so I'm waiting on WIP's response there), or basically just that the engine turns out to be more efficient all around, I don't see a big reason for Power Users of RMXP to upgrade yet. And by "Power Users," I mean people who take full advantage of the advanced features, i.e. scripting.

EDIT: Oh! Areas are back! I can think of uses for those.
EDIT 2: There are some neat new methods for the Bitmap class. Blur, Gradient fills. Sprites also have some new ones, like "wave_amp," "wave_length", "wave_speed", "wave_phase". I'm not CERTAIN what they're for. Is there a built-in thing for making waves for sprites in water? Or is it more like some sort of visual filter for making things all trippy?
And Font has some nice new things, too. A Shadow option, and the font's name can be an array, like in CSS, so that you can have backups in case the user doesn't have the font in question.