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I'm a webcomic author. One of my webcomic stories is going to be in the form of an RPG maker game.

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Hey SMBX-ers check out this cool thing I found.

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..also nobody will ever find or play what you make..


You act like this isn't the norm for everybody.

Phantasia Gaiden

I managed to complete this, and I enjoyed it. It wasn't complex, which made it easy to grasp and play. Thank you for making it.

I liked how most of the music files were modified so that they all sounded as if they came from the same instruments. This made the music uniform, like it was made specifically for this game. It was a neat effect.

[RMVX ACE] Registering for Older Computers

It's true: Every VX Ace game that I've downloaded to this computer has had running problems. It's tempting to get a new computer, but I'm trying to get a better job first... can't afford the $300-$500 cost now.

I'm buying VX Ace for the RGSS3 Ruby 1.9 upgrade, to see how it compares to RPG Maker XP's Ruby. I tend to code my games from the ground up, and the simple structures I build for them seem to have no problem running at 60 fps in XP.

Back to the topic, you're right on the Steam point too: Steam stopped supporting XP around January. Maybe I could still download something, but I don't know.

Googling "TLS 1.2 windows xp" turns up some scary options, like permanently modifying the windows registry, then installing a microsoft update as a bodge to get TLS 1.2 working... Want to hold off on potentially sacrificing this computer until I can get a more definitive judgment from tech support.

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The support team worked their magic and gave me a code to activate my copy remotely. :)

I can only hope that the next time I need to do this, I will have an operating system at least as old as Windows 7.

[RMVX ACE] Registering for Older Computers

I'm using a computer that is running Windows XP. No one is using this operating system any longer.

This was made all the more apparent to me when I bought and then tried to register RPG Maker VX Ace. VX Ace uses a built-in Internet Explorer browser to access RPG Maker's registration/DRM server and verify itself. However, due to the updating of all websites' security protocols over the last year or two (including rpgmakerweb.com), Internet Explorer-based browsers can no longer access these websites.

I contacted tech support. This problem is allegedly solved by switching to TLS 1.2 (a security protocol parser?) in Internet Explorer's Advanced Options settings, but Windows XP is so old (can't believe I'm typing that), that no such option exists. I'm stuck on TLS 1.0.

I'm assuming that tech support has abandoned me, as I have not heard back from them for two days. Should I just ask for a refund at this point? If that's even possible. Or can they still do something? There is an Offline Manual Unlock option on the registration page when you open the program.

Final Fantasy: Sky Warriors

It was two or three rivers above Crescent Lake. Right after exiting the Pirate's Caveā€”one of those two rivers.

I was sad about it, because what I had played so far had fantastic attention to detail, what with the menu transition colors, and the hidden-interior rooms. Really nice!

P.S. You should also take this chance to disable the menu on the title screen.

Final Fantasy: Sky Warriors

I wanted to enjoy this, because it was such a nice hearkening back to the first Final Fantasy, but I also got the canoe bug (on the latest version).

Would you happen to be using switches for changing the sprite to a canoe or airship? If that's the case, you can also constantly check for Terrain ID and change the sprite that way. When you use this technique, you don't have to create events at every entry point to a river and hope that you didn't miss anything.

Awful haikus

Got to write Haiku?
Ha! I'm a rebel. Check this...
Five seven five... five.

How do you make spells unique?

It helps if the mechanics of the battle system are not the standard mechanics typically used. Then, the developer can really play around with all kinds of effects.

It might help to think of RPGs more as a board game in that sense, than a video game that's been played before. Rules, and ways to get around the rules.

Updated Demo (QOL Improvements)

I'd play the demo, but if the complete game is coming eventually, then I'd especially love to play that!

Updated Demo (QOL Improvements)

A surefire way to make sure the speed is always increased or decreased to the same value is to put many Decrease Movement Speed commands in a row, and then, put the exact number of Increase Movement Speed commands that you want. In this way, the Movement speed is reset (it bottoms out) before you Increase it to the value you want.

Really looking forward to this game!