RMVX AND YOU

uh... sprites can be any size you wish for in VX and XP. Plus, getting a sideview battlesystem that doesn't SUCK is very easy with VX, whilst in 2k3, you'll have to deal with, amongst other things, a slow ATB bar.

The map editor gimping in RMVX is pretty shocking. RMXP had a great tileset system and it's too bad that they stripped it down . . . it's really the reason I stopped using it. Also, publishing opportunities are too limited - there is no support for flash, XNA, etc - and that really hampered my interest too.

2k3 is best because you can make random dungeons

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Why do I need to rebuild the entire menu in 2k3 using eventing/pictures to get some custom options or rearrange the layout.

Because that's essential and meaningful. Ok.

Why do I have to live with having the same fucking title screen layout as any other 2k3 game unless I
install some forsaken german patch and have to event the title screen.

Essential, really.

They are if you want your game to be at least a little more original. IE make it more of your idea, not having your ideas limited by a program that has obvious limitations.

Also kentona please make these articles so I can learn with you :)

NB you are losing if you are approaching the debate as a "What program can make games better?" There is no denying that 2k3/VX/XP (even 2k and 95) are perfectly capable of making good games. The problem is that most of the good RM designers are stuck in their 2k3 shell and refuse to try something new.

The question is, "What can I do and what I can't do?" or "What can I change?" I am making my first and last 2k3 game as my main project. Why is it my first and last? Because if I were to make another 2k3 game as a sequel or something, it will play exactly the same as mine. In other words, I'd run out of ideas on how to break through 2k3's limitations.

Because that's essential and meaningful. Ok.

more sideproject plugs:

Flipped the menu layout. Max 3 party members without having to pretend a blank party space is there. Oh hey, there is a nice dark cloud background to fit the mood as well! Time it took me to do? The same amount of time to type this sentence. These are small things, but give the game a much more original flair.


Gee I wonder how I was able to make 3 equip types with a simple plug in script! I was able to make a Main Hand and Offhand, and 3 accessory slots! Wow!!

Hell I could easily put in a sidequest checklist in the menu and you don't have to do silly workarounds like having a pre-menu like in sore losers or an item that says "sidequest book"

AGI is overpowered, however I don't remember claiming Rm2k3 is anything close to perfect. I don't exactly what you mean by "limited skills" however.

I mean stupid shit like buffs that only go by a 125/150/175% stat increase rather than a fix number, unless you like battle eventing. I know I loved to battle event to make skills that could be made with a string of code!

You'd have to build an entire CBS to change certain things, not all. Also; how is this different than scripting a battle system in VX? Because you can insert a poorly made on into your project that someone else made?

I'm pretty sure making a stat not suck does not require a complete overhaul battle script in VX! But thanks for making a mismatched comparison!

Essential, really.

Because you never gave a rat's ass about the title screen of PL right?

"all these", this can be rectified by taking one of two steps; both take about 12 seconds. Hyperbole doesn't help your point.

Theres actually trouble with font shit that gets more confusing than it should, VX you just drag custom the font file in your game's folder. Also I touched the base of GERMAN PATCHES those are load of cross errors!

So the words can actually fit on the screen? What the fuck kind of question is that?

You misunderstand, I am talking about how the system graphic doesn't offer much graphic modification other than making the borders slightly different and a boring pattern. Unless you like show picture/erase picture every message.

and not all of them took 50+ pages of coding to do

And clearly you've done coding for VX. I know I suffered through the horrors of eventing, I can tell you that is worse than scripting. I am a huge ruby noob, but I get by from looking at what other people do and going through RGSS2 and changing small things.

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I like them all. ^_^

Me too.

Edit: I hope NB's next post doesn't continue the chain of quoting sentences and proving them wrong ON THE INTERNET.

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I like them all. ^_^

Edit: I hope NB's next post doesn't continue the chain of quoting sentences and proving them wrong ON THE INTERNET.

I'm sure doing that would be completely different from what you did. No; what you did was patently different... ON THE INTERNET.

Accessory slots, menu shots, all neat little things but not essential. You're doing a poor job of proving that you need to alter and jump through hoops to do anything well in 2k3. Incidentally; do you have any actual in game shots?

Because you never gave a rat's ass about the title screen of PL right?

Hahaha yeah, because that's the same thing. No, it really is the same thing; asking for a critique on a title screen vs. complaining about not being able to have a scrolling background on your title screen. Completely the same. Yes. No, I'm not being sarcastic.

Is there really still debate going on about this?

Ika is more powerful than RmVX. RmVX is more powerful than Rm2k3. Rm2k3 is more powerful than Rm2k. This should be obvious. The fact that a Rm2k game like ABL might be better than SEPHIROTH'S OMG REVENGE for RmVX doesn't make Rm2k superior to RmVX. A poor laggy script isn't an indictment of RmVX, just of the person who created the script. All of the above engines are capable of making good games, though you're limited in what you can do the further down you go.

I'm still using Rm2k3 but the only reason why is because I'm a lamer who has been working forever on my game, before even XP came out, and should've finished years ago. There's no way I'm using 2k3 for my next game.