TRANSFERRING RPG MAKER 2K3 MAPS

Disclaimer: I take no responsibility for any damage the following post may cause to you, your mapper, your computer, your mapper's computer, your game, or any other relevant individual or object thereof. It has been a while since I used RM2K(3) in any intricate fashion and I am writing the following post based upon memory of how RM2K(3) functions. As always, take backups before doing anything!

First, you need to make sure the map tree in the receiving game already acknowledges the new maps to be transferred over. Things get a little complicated since you and your mapper both made maps in your respective games.

The easiest way I see is to create however many new blank maps in the receiving game so that the new blank maps equal the number of new maps your mapper mapped. If your mapper made 5 new maps, make 5 blank maps in your receiving game and so forth.

Now comes the easy part: After performing the above, close the receiving game in RM2K3 and copy over the relevant MapXXXX.lmu files, where XXXX is the ID of the maps in question, from your mapper's game to your receiving game. The MapXXXX.lmu files contain the actual data of the maps themselves and is what you want to transfer over. If Windows asks whether to overwrite the files, say Yes, but make sure you've backed everything up beforehand.

Following this, you'll need to rearrange the maps in whatever way you need as the receiving map tree will not reflect the mapper's game's map tree. You will also need to make sure events and such will function properly, if there are any. Besides such technicalities though, you are finished.

Names don't matter as they're just the map's IDs. If you have #492~496 and the maps to be transferred are also #492~496, make 5 new blank maps (#497~501) and then copy over your mapper's #492~496 but rename them to #497~501 before actually placing them in the receiving game. The end result is you overwrite your blank #497~501 maps with your mapper's #492~496 maps.

author=LockeZ
You can also just:
- Open one game
- Click on the map name in the list of maps on the lower left
- Press Ctrl-C to copy
- Open the other game
- Click in the place in the list of maps on the lower left where you want the map to go
- Press Ctrl-V to paste

>_>

Regardless of which method you use, remember you'll need to redo any teleports that go to any of the new maps.

...or download RPG Maker 2009 ultimate and open both games at the same time. Makes things easier if you copy more than one map.

(This has an advantage over the LMU method: Not all information is stored in the LMU files, some information (like the name, the encounter info, etc.) is stored in the LMT file.)

I knew there was an easier (and safer) way to copy maps that I was forgetting, goes to show I need to dabble with RM2K(3) again. Oh well, good ol' Rube Goldberg machines I guess?

EDIT: About the lack of names when transferring the LMU files: You could possibly have your mapper leave a dummy event somewhere on the map with a Comment inside that has the map's name in it.