WOLFCODER'S PROFILE

I always start with a blank slate. I rename the RTP folder in my program folders dir (wherever the rpg maker exe is) so that when I make new projects, everything is blank (and a bit glitchy) at first when I go through and erase everything. That way, I can ensure my game is running as though I don't have the RTP (don't forget harmony.dll) and just import what I need from there.

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They have a reasoning for the elementals and their interaction, and this system was developed looong ago, I believe even in the BC's. There is a "This element generates another" and a "This element destroys another", so to give an example:

Wood can feed fire and make it stronger, thus "generating" it.

Earth absorbs or makes the water into mud, thus "destroying" it.

Water rusts Metal.

We don't really take it seriously nowadays as we know more through science on the chemical reactions of stuffs, but I suppose that was a good explanation for their time. But yeah, obviously it was not designed with games in mind, so you'd need some explaining to do if you use it.

No, it's Wood insults (does not work well against) Metal and destroys earth, water doesnt destroy metal, it destroys fire. Metal is destroyed by fire.



The arrow points to the element it destroys. You have to remember that you can forge metal with fire, plants aren't as flammable as you think, you pour water on the ground and it goes away, but you still cut plants with metal, and put out fires with water. This is BC China we're talking about, and it makes lots of sense to me.

Their ancient medicines and lots of things are based on this (i think). I personally think it's a more interesting system than the boring 4 greek elements you see in too many games.

But I do know there's also the five types of creatures. Winged, er... Scaled, Shelled, Nonwinged, Beast ... actually my memory isn't serving me quite right here, but it's kind of weird.

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Considering you don't know anything of why that's the case, that's a very culturally ignorant thing to say.

Wood beats Earth? Earth beats water? Sorry, but that's just silly. That's just a case of some designers doing a horrific job of trying to create a paper-rock-scissors system. I mean honestly, everybody bad designer is better than that.

Makes sense to me. Perhaps you're just trying to troll people.


PS:
WIP your forum software has a heart attack when I try to enter kanji.

There's also the Chinese equivalent of ????????? (Water, Earth, Wood, Metal, and Fire) and it's Water beats Fire, Fire beats Metal, Metal beats Wood, Wood beats Earth, and Earth beats Water again.

If you all want to hack your portables so much just get a GP2X Wiz. You've probably never heard of it, seen one, or even want one but you should get one anyway.

I don't know why people want to play FFVIII that badly. I have FFVII through FFIX on original game discs and I use ePSXe to play them in my laptop along with a computer game controller.




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