THE SCREENSHOT TOPIC RETURNS

That would still require an image editing software. And if you can do that, then you're capable of parallax mapping.

You guys might not want to call it Parallax Mapping since parallaxes were intended to have layered backgrounds scroll at different speeds to give the illusion of distance. You're using a simple background or panorama not a parallax.

author=Liberty
It is what the community calls it, I'm afraid. It didn't used to be called that but just like chipsets became tilesets and charactersets became sprites, panorama mapping became known as parallaxing, even if technically it doesn't make sense. >.<;

You've got it backwards. Charsets, chipsets and parallax mapping all are outdated names that only ever got used because they were the terms used in the folder names for the Japanese versions of RM2K and RM2K3, back when there wasn't really a standardized term for them (and especially not an english one that was commonly known to Japanese people). Don Miguel kept the names the same when he translated RM2K and RM2K3 to English, so we got the names too.

Everything from RMXP on has referred to them as correct names: characters, tilesets and panoramas. But it doesn't matter because we are an incestuous cesspool of obsolete ideas and/or using the terms ironically

My new map :P I love spriting Japanese/Anime style chipsets. They fit with my persona2 chars more than most of the chipsets available on the net.

Some of you find parallax mapping hard? :/
My only experience with it is in RM2K3. I have been doing it since I started. lol
BTW- If people are still wondering how to run RM2K3 in Japanese and the japanese games, use a program named "Applocale".

Excellent screenshot noacceptance! (Your work is one of my favorite!)

Makes me think of Resident Evil :)

This is a little transitional area I whipped up. Somebody a while back accused me of overdoing the ruins, and I'm continually seeing that they're right. Still, I love ruins I suppose. If anyone is interested in FF3j graphics I've ripped a lot of them and am planning to put together a resource pack at some point(in rm2k3, of course, boo, hiss!). Until then, anybody with an 8-bit passion can get at my edits in my locker and are welcome to use them however they want, and if anyone has anything else THEY would like to share...

Commissar- You just made my day to say that, and that my friend is one hot mountaintop. Right now I'm going through and putting monsters, battle animations, weapons and spells in to the editor, so tell me if there's anything you're looking for I might have. Also, I'm using my locker for everything these days, so keep checking back!

And thanks to Joseph_Seraph and Unity, thank you for the kind words as well. I keep wondering if I'm wasting my time with whole 8-bit aesthetic, when 16-bit is paleolithic at this point. Glad to see I'm not alone.

Nice, lush maqps! :)
That girl somehow looks like a green lightning to me, lol
Anyways, and yeah, characters over message windows for the win



been wondering, I want to make a small SRPG But I can't stand to map for it.
I hate RMVXA's default maps, and I can't get to make a tileset that screams "tactical", so I decided to go like this. :>

(btw GTBS is so confusing when it comes to isometry ;_;)

edit: backdrop from Chaos Generations; I'm yet to align the charset appropriately and I NEED TO RELEARN RGSS SO THAT I CAN MAKE A PRETTY HUD ;_;
(and smooth cameras, gtbs's default cameras for changing unit turns are so anticlimatic)

Whatever, finally learnt how to mess around with Lavy! So I'm totally making tilesets meant to it.
Wanna emulate Tactics Ogre's graphics, started 30 min ago <3


Placeholder chars, of course