THE SCREENSHOT TOPIC RETURNS

Looks great Sated!

Almost complete with the battle system. Let me know what you think!
Most of the graphics are placeholders still, and the sprites are just bases atm.
Bust Portrait will be behind the status bar, behind the name/level panels. And the atb order list will use icons of the character, instead of names.

I just noticed "Shape" in skill window isn't working correct. It's treating all skills as a line.

You could give it a fast recolour - iDraw is perfect for it.

Looking good, Jude!

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First attempt at rmvxa mapping with rtp. Just gotta say, wow and I thought Layy Meta mapping was complicated, I miss rmxp mapping already.

VX Ace mapping is a downgrade in every respect and the only thing making it passable compared to XP is the parallax mapping. Why would anyone ever prefer VX Ace over XP when it comes to mapping?
XP can do everything Ace can do and more (when it comes to mapping). Even XPs RTP is better than Aces.

As for the map, it's pretty good for a first try. However, there are things that could be improved (as always).

Why are those weird road blocks around the campfire? Doesn't make much sense. Also why would there be a campfire directly outside a house?
The edges between the grass and the dirt looks really "Paintish". Try looking at how they did edges in the RTP, or in some other RPG, and try to do it like that (takes more time but looks better). You can even copy paste their edges if you want.
What is that weird patch of dirt directly below the house and why is the bottom of it perfectly straight?
Since you're not defined by the grid anymore, try moving around objects to make it less obvious that you are moving on a 32x32 grid, an example would be to move the row of 4 stacks of wood up and down a bit.
If you want to be really hardcore, don't ever put the same sprite more than twice in a row (called the Three-Tile Rule), because repeating patterns are bad and draws attention to the fact that you are moving on a grid.
The map is also kinda empty, put down some plants and stuff that goes outside a house (like outdoors furniture and storage stuff).

Actually, to tell the truth, I prefer Ace to XP. I can see that XP's mapping is very nice and has a lot going for it with tileset limits and extra layers, but I prefer the simplicity that Ace offers. If I had a wish for the next program it would be that there be an amalgamation of bot Ace and XP mapping - unlimited tileset sizes and extra layers from XP and ease of use from Ace.

Here, have a map.

I think there's downward stairs right below it too so if you're trying to read the clock you might lose your footing and fall down a flight. That clock's a cleverly disguised death trap!

By simplistic I mean not having to deal with the 'is this the right tile for this layer' issue that XP has. I did like that you could use the 'auto' tiles on any layer, but I like the separation between lower tiles that Ace has - it's very apparent what can be used as a base tile and what can be used above that, while XP has everything available on every layer so you have to constantly be aware which layer you're on for placing those ground tiles (when you place an upper level tile on the bottom layer there's ye old black box in the transparent areas.

Also, the different styles of tileset in the database - you can set the tilesets to three different types and they'll do different things based on it. One acts like the VX tilesets, one uses the default Ace style and the last which allows for world-maps to function a bit differently with autotiles - and to grab the battle background depending on what tile you stand on instead of what you picked for the map.

Also, dat shadow pen is hella useful for shift mapping or when water edges autotiles. Of course, a script to kill the shadow altogether takes care of it, but sometimes you don't mind a bit of dorky shadows.

Let's not forget dat region tile setup either. Love that to bits. It's super useful when combined with scripts for either allowing/disallowing event passage (block doors without events so NPCs can't get in the way!) and even recreating the roof-tile system of 2k/3 (one tile overlap for roof tiles - such a dearly missed thang ;.; ).

And the settings in the database for tiles - there's one that does the auto ladder state (face up when climbing then unface), the one that alters how tables work for counters (moves them up by some pixels to create a nice looking counter) and Bush, allowing transparency of 12 pixels. Those are all neat, built-in effects. ^.^)


@GRS/Jude - that's since been replaced by a painting. At the time of screenshotting I hadn't moved over one of my inner tilesets, so there's a bit of detail lacking (I was wondering why I was missing tiles :/ ). I moved the clock behind the counter instead. ^.^