OMEGAHUNTER'S PROFILE

author=Gourd_Clae
I think playing music while mapping may help. Then again, I'm not really a designer yet.

I like to listen to the map's theme song while I work. I pick mine very carefully to set the mood, so listening to it as I make the map helps me to "get in the zone" or something. Its worked so far.

The hardest thing for me to make are towns. I can make pretty good ones actually, but its so time consuming and when I realize that my game will require another 5-6 towns to be mapped plus a capital city or two and the castles to go with them... it just REALLY ruins my motivation. I actually dropped the "town" concept entirely in my current project. Instead, there's a central hub area that features the shops, NPCs, etc. The rest of the game consists of the actual stages with a few mini-hubs here and there. Its a lot less stressful working this way, because I can get right to the point. I've made a lot more progress than in any other of my projects.

Try using a conditional branch for the boat issue. In tab 3 of conditional branch you can set the event to only happen if you're in a boat. I think that would fix it.

Found a gamebreaking bug. When you're on the world map sailing your ship you can press Q to return to Liberta. If you happen to be on foot exploring an island and you press Q, it still teleports you back but you won't be in the boat, you end up stuck in the water and unable to move.

http://rpgmaker.net/scripts/162/

I'm pretty sure you can do it with this script. Just make a common event that teaches the skill, then use this script to have the player purchase the event.

Huh, that's pretty cool. I haven't tried it since I don't have a reason to, but nice to know how to edit it. Maybe you could add a bit more explanation to the guide though. I had to look over it a few times before I realized what it was supposed to do. Just put a short introduction of what you're trying to explain or something.