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CloseAlright, its been a bit - but back when i used this site and the makers, i used somewhat 2k3 and VX - i belive where the two diff ones. Can anyone yell at me to let me knwo which is the mose commonly used, and resources available here on rpgmaker.net? Just so i can get the proper one, and get back into - with a well sourced knowledge base behind me :)
If your trying to say that you want to know which maker people would think to use the most, that has the potential to start a large discussion.
Personally, I like the RPG Maker VX, its very pretty and it doesn't lag on my machine; for whatever reason, I have a serious lag issue with XP or any other maker I use (if anyone can tell me why, PLEASE, please do). Bad side is, if you want a very nice looking (graphics wise) game - like having pretty lights, nice looking shadows, etc. then you need to know how to do scripting. Also, it only allows you to have 4 different chip-set's in the engine - no more.
However, I know for a fact that XP is the most enjoyable to map with. I love the different layers you get with it and the freedom to have as many chip-set's in the game as you want. It's not dependent on scripting, it's a piece of cake to get panorama's into the game (which I suppose you could use to make the pretty lights and stuff...) and it's graphic level is alright. Bad side is, scripting is a little harder to do in it; I personally could never figure it out < but I can't script worth beans anyways. I don't like the fact that it doesn't run as smooth as VX, but I haven't used it in about 3 years, so it might be better by now, no clue.
Lol, I got this all finished and realized you said "2k3"! Oh... Will write a lil' thing about that below for you as well.
RPG Maker 2k3 is alright... I used it only for a little bit because of the bad graphics. A lot of people like the look of the graphics - makes it look classic and all, which, don't get me wrong, that is a very good way to look at that, I love a good classic game. But as far as I remember, 2k3 was a little limited and I don't think it had the ability to script. I loved the battle system in 2k3 however, and have noticed a lot of people reverting their VX and XP battle systems back to how 2k3's was. The ATB system has once again became extremely popular like it was with 2k3, which is a very high selling point in my books. As for the chip-set's, again, your limited on the size of your chip-set, but not on the amount of different chip-set's allowed in the engine. I loved the monsters in that engine as well, very nice looking for the type of graphics it had. As for the simplicity of the mapping... I can't say, I just re-tried to create a map in it, and I couldn't get anything good to come out of it. But, it was the easiest thing in the world to work with and I loved the freedom I had with the characters (that all got ripped away from us from XP up).
If you like 2k3, go with it; but if you want something that looks much nicer and allows you to modify it a lot, then XP or VX would be my suggestion. (Hope that helps you out!) :3
Personally, I like the RPG Maker VX, its very pretty and it doesn't lag on my machine; for whatever reason, I have a serious lag issue with XP or any other maker I use (if anyone can tell me why, PLEASE, please do). Bad side is, if you want a very nice looking (graphics wise) game - like having pretty lights, nice looking shadows, etc. then you need to know how to do scripting. Also, it only allows you to have 4 different chip-set's in the engine - no more.
However, I know for a fact that XP is the most enjoyable to map with. I love the different layers you get with it and the freedom to have as many chip-set's in the game as you want. It's not dependent on scripting, it's a piece of cake to get panorama's into the game (which I suppose you could use to make the pretty lights and stuff...) and it's graphic level is alright. Bad side is, scripting is a little harder to do in it; I personally could never figure it out < but I can't script worth beans anyways. I don't like the fact that it doesn't run as smooth as VX, but I haven't used it in about 3 years, so it might be better by now, no clue.
Lol, I got this all finished and realized you said "2k3"! Oh... Will write a lil' thing about that below for you as well.
RPG Maker 2k3 is alright... I used it only for a little bit because of the bad graphics. A lot of people like the look of the graphics - makes it look classic and all, which, don't get me wrong, that is a very good way to look at that, I love a good classic game. But as far as I remember, 2k3 was a little limited and I don't think it had the ability to script. I loved the battle system in 2k3 however, and have noticed a lot of people reverting their VX and XP battle systems back to how 2k3's was. The ATB system has once again became extremely popular like it was with 2k3, which is a very high selling point in my books. As for the chip-set's, again, your limited on the size of your chip-set, but not on the amount of different chip-set's allowed in the engine. I loved the monsters in that engine as well, very nice looking for the type of graphics it had. As for the simplicity of the mapping... I can't say, I just re-tried to create a map in it, and I couldn't get anything good to come out of it. But, it was the easiest thing in the world to work with and I loved the freedom I had with the characters (that all got ripped away from us from XP up).
If you like 2k3, go with it; but if you want something that looks much nicer and allows you to modify it a lot, then XP or VX would be my suggestion. (Hope that helps you out!) :3
That does very much. righ tnwo im using VX, and im exporting the chip sets and creating my own through photoshop, hoepfully that works out for me. im just really doing thing sin character sheet like hair color changes. I havent gotten to play with it much yet. i am upset that I cant get more then the given tile sets. and i didnt mean 2k3, that was my bad - i thought XP = 2k3, which came first?
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That does very much. righ tnwo im using VX, and im exporting the chip sets and creating my own through photoshop, hoepfully that works out for me. im just really doing thing sin character sheet like hair color changes. I havent gotten to play with it much yet. i am upset that I cant get more then the given tile sets. and i didnt mean 2k3, that was my bad - i thought XP = 2k3, which came first?
95 came first, followed by 2000, followed by 2k3, followed by XP, followed by VX.
author=rockwellcreationYou make chipsets through photoshop? Do you do that with battle animations too? ... I make a lot of resource sets with photoshop, and I've developed very very quick ways of to get them made. I wonder what your method is. I could probably help you with that.
That does very much. righ tnwo im using VX, and im exporting the chip sets and creating my own through photoshop, hoepfully that works out for me. im just really doing thing sin character sheet like hair color changes. I havent gotten to play with it much yet. i am upset that I cant get more then the given tile sets. and i didnt mean 2k3, that was my bad - i thought XP = 2k3, which came first?
Don't forget that there are lots of patches and extensions for RM2k(3), so it's not that inferior as it was in the past.
Well all im doing is exporting the character sheets and face sets into photoshop, and altering colors etc. Like Actor 1 face/CS - the blonde girl and pink ribbon, is now a Black haired and Beaming red ribbon. To fit the character needed. Its all i knwo how to do because I cant draw anything myself. haha.
author=FelixFlywheelauthor=rockwellcreationYou make chipsets through photoshop? Do you do that with battle animations too? ... I make a lot of resource sets with photoshop, and I've developed very very quick ways of to get them made. I wonder what your method is. I could probably help you with that.
That does very much. righ tnwo im using VX, and im exporting the chip sets and creating my own through photoshop, hoepfully that works out for me. im just really doing thing sin character sheet like hair color changes. I havent gotten to play with it much yet. i am upset that I cant get more then the given tile sets. and i didnt mean 2k3, that was my bad - i thought XP = 2k3, which came first?
author=eplipswichauthor=rockwellcreation95 came first, followed by 2000, followed by 2k3, followed by XP, followed by VX.
That does very much. righ tnwo im using VX, and im exporting the chip sets and creating my own through photoshop, hoepfully that works out for me. im just really doing thing sin character sheet like hair color changes. I havent gotten to play with it much yet. i am upset that I cant get more then the given tile sets. and i didnt mean 2k3, that was my bad - i thought XP = 2k3, which came first?
I htink ive dabbled with 2k and 95. but not 2k3. :( lol
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