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[RMMV] Is a sense for buing RMMV only for "RTP"?
Um, RMW store page is selling MV for $20 right now for the summer sale. Saying that, if you buy it through RMW, I don't think you'll get the bonus content free with it though.
Screenshot Survival 20XX
@Tw0Face Ultimately if I was playing this I'd look past the problem in the second screenshot, as long as you know who each character is before selecting them. But the cut does make it loose a professional feeling and looks out of place. Still recommend taking Dragon_Kamillo's suggestion.
What was the worst/funniest/most memorable moment you've had while someone else was playing your game?
I have one similar to Theodoric.
In July 2008 I made a demo of a game on VX and one person who played it thought one of the characters was male, when that character was actually female. Then someone else said to that person they thought the character was female but admitted it wasn't clear enough in the game one way or the other.
Then they both said to me I should keep that character genderless and leave it up to people to think it could be male or female, and then they also said at some point near the end of the game, map an area where they have them go to the toliet / bathroom and let that explain there gender.
I lol'd at this back then.
If anyone is intrested in the name of the character, it was called Ashsa.
In July 2008 I made a demo of a game on VX and one person who played it thought one of the characters was male, when that character was actually female. Then someone else said to that person they thought the character was female but admitted it wasn't clear enough in the game one way or the other.
Then they both said to me I should keep that character genderless and leave it up to people to think it could be male or female, and then they also said at some point near the end of the game, map an area where they have them go to the toliet / bathroom and let that explain there gender.
I lol'd at this back then.
If anyone is intrested in the name of the character, it was called Ashsa.
What are your favorite and least favorite parts of gam mak?
Favorite parts
-Coming up with stories
-Coming up with plot twists
-Balancing everything in the database
-Playtesting
-Coming up with stories
-Coming up with plot twists
-Balancing everything in the database
-Playtesting
[RMMV] [RMVX ACE] Pros and Cons: RMMV vs. VX Ace
Oh I forgot about the icons! MV default icons are like this
https://www.aloye.com/images/ectgw_forum_images/IconSet.png
Very different from VX Ace icons. See here.
http://i.imgur.com/eM7Hudt.png
So if you're not making custom icons yourself and you're not happy with those, you may want to use VX Ace.
You CAN swap them for VX Ace icons, but you have to OWN the license of VX Ace as well as MV to do that.
If you own the license of both engines though, I quite like Yanfly's MV icons that you then qualify to use. You can find them here.
http://yanfly.moe/2015/10/23/freebies-mv-ready-ace-icons/
I think Theodoric last post is the best advice for you.
https://www.aloye.com/images/ectgw_forum_images/IconSet.png
Very different from VX Ace icons. See here.
http://i.imgur.com/eM7Hudt.png
So if you're not making custom icons yourself and you're not happy with those, you may want to use VX Ace.
You CAN swap them for VX Ace icons, but you have to OWN the license of VX Ace as well as MV to do that.
If you own the license of both engines though, I quite like Yanfly's MV icons that you then qualify to use. You can find them here.
http://yanfly.moe/2015/10/23/freebies-mv-ready-ace-icons/
I think Theodoric last post is the best advice for you.
[RMMV] [RMVX ACE] Pros and Cons: RMMV vs. VX Ace
Yeah by default in MV you can tick a box and have a good side-view battle system, but they don't do much animated movement by default, this isn't a problem though if you decide to use some of Yanfly plugins, which gives a LOT of control over character movement per skill, item, etc. But there may be a bit of a learning curve with Yanfly Action Sequence plugins. Some people can learn that quickly, others find it difficult to understand.
You can see those scripts at the three links below.
1. http://yanfly.moe/2015/10/11/yep-4-action-sequence-pack-1/
2. http://yanfly.moe/2015/10/12/yep-5-action-sequence-pack-2/
3. http://yanfly.moe/2015/10/12/yep-6-action-sequence-pack-3/
There is also a guide to it by Yoshifull. You can find that here
https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AJZH2TRRGmIB%2DU8&cid=B6F4050F43660988&id=B6F4050F43660988%2114446&parId=B6F4050F43660988%21138&o=OneUp
As for the character generator, I did a quick search in google to show the comparison. I should be clear I was talking about the facesets when I said VX Ace generator isn't that great not the actual charsets, which in my opinion are fine.
VX Ace Character Generator
Male example
http://blog.rpgmakerweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CharacterGenerator1.png
Female example
https://d289qh4hsbjjw7.cloudfront.net/rpgmaker-20130522223546811/files/FeatureAce5.jpg
MV Character Generator
Some examples
http://dainiri-art.weebly.com/uploads/5/7/2/6/57267355/6903132_orig.png
That should give you a good idea on the differences.
You can have a side-view system with RPG Maker VX Ace, and it's still good, still can have animated movement too, but requires additional scripts.
Here's a video showing you an example of the Tankentai side view battle system for VX Ace (was very popular years ago).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N52yszOIQ9g
and here's a video tutorial guide on it too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4lEsQyIPIc
Hope that all helps you. :)
As for MIDI's format issue, I didn't know that, but I know there are internet tools out there that can convert file formats. So there is a way to use converted MIDI files in MV as MP3's.
I usually stick with default music stuff these days so for myself it's no problem but I use to love using some free MIDI file resources on an abandoned VX project I worked on in 2008. I know the format doesn't consume much space and still can play great music, so that's another con about MV then.
As GreatRedSpirit and Theodoric said, there is support for MV. They still update it to newer verison. I have heard though it's not wise to update if you're in the middle of a project with a outdated verison of it, as some plugins break with updates and can damage the current project.
If that does happen though, there are ways to return it to a former verison of the software and I think that fixes the issues.
The good thing is, there are ways around most of the problems out there.
You can see those scripts at the three links below.
1. http://yanfly.moe/2015/10/11/yep-4-action-sequence-pack-1/
2. http://yanfly.moe/2015/10/12/yep-5-action-sequence-pack-2/
3. http://yanfly.moe/2015/10/12/yep-6-action-sequence-pack-3/
There is also a guide to it by Yoshifull. You can find that here
https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AJZH2TRRGmIB%2DU8&cid=B6F4050F43660988&id=B6F4050F43660988%2114446&parId=B6F4050F43660988%21138&o=OneUp
As for the character generator, I did a quick search in google to show the comparison. I should be clear I was talking about the facesets when I said VX Ace generator isn't that great not the actual charsets, which in my opinion are fine.
VX Ace Character Generator
Male example
http://blog.rpgmakerweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CharacterGenerator1.png
Female example
https://d289qh4hsbjjw7.cloudfront.net/rpgmaker-20130522223546811/files/FeatureAce5.jpg
MV Character Generator
Some examples
http://dainiri-art.weebly.com/uploads/5/7/2/6/57267355/6903132_orig.png
That should give you a good idea on the differences.
You can have a side-view system with RPG Maker VX Ace, and it's still good, still can have animated movement too, but requires additional scripts.
Here's a video showing you an example of the Tankentai side view battle system for VX Ace (was very popular years ago).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N52yszOIQ9g
and here's a video tutorial guide on it too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4lEsQyIPIc
Hope that all helps you. :)
As for MIDI's format issue, I didn't know that, but I know there are internet tools out there that can convert file formats. So there is a way to use converted MIDI files in MV as MP3's.
I usually stick with default music stuff these days so for myself it's no problem but I use to love using some free MIDI file resources on an abandoned VX project I worked on in 2008. I know the format doesn't consume much space and still can play great music, so that's another con about MV then.
As GreatRedSpirit and Theodoric said, there is support for MV. They still update it to newer verison. I have heard though it's not wise to update if you're in the middle of a project with a outdated verison of it, as some plugins break with updates and can damage the current project.
If that does happen though, there are ways to return it to a former verison of the software and I think that fixes the issues.
The good thing is, there are ways around most of the problems out there.
[RMMV] [RMVX ACE] Pros and Cons: RMMV vs. VX Ace
I forgot to also mention when I play MV games I sometimes have to wait a few seconds on loading screens per big map and in battles and on some maps experience some lag, neither issues I have with VX Ace. A lot of others have said they experience the same lag issue. Not sure about loading times.
I still prefer MV overall, but that may make you want to pick VX Ace, you got to weigh up all the pros and cons and see what seems best for you and the type of game you're making.
Also, just like Theodoric said the default MV RTP consumes a lot more MBs than the default VX Ace RTP. Started up a new project in MV and it says it's 358MBs. That's a LOAD more than VX Ace, but if you don't use up all the resources you can delete some of them and reduce it maybe 300MB or 250MB.
The VX Ace character generator isn't that good in my opinion, but there are lots of good resources in the RTP set mostly from the previous VX verison and some new ones that are good.
MV is more limited with its custom graphical resources but has a way better character generator and you can find some great custom resources for it, i.e. a crown or soldier cloths and knight helmets, if you look around the internet for them.
If you're going with VX Ace, I would still look out for MV sales and buy it when it's on sale like Theodoric said. I agree completely it's worth having just in case you use it in the future.
I still prefer MV overall, but that may make you want to pick VX Ace, you got to weigh up all the pros and cons and see what seems best for you and the type of game you're making.
Also, just like Theodoric said the default MV RTP consumes a lot more MBs than the default VX Ace RTP. Started up a new project in MV and it says it's 358MBs. That's a LOAD more than VX Ace, but if you don't use up all the resources you can delete some of them and reduce it maybe 300MB or 250MB.
The VX Ace character generator isn't that good in my opinion, but there are lots of good resources in the RTP set mostly from the previous VX verison and some new ones that are good.
MV is more limited with its custom graphical resources but has a way better character generator and you can find some great custom resources for it, i.e. a crown or soldier cloths and knight helmets, if you look around the internet for them.
If you're going with VX Ace, I would still look out for MV sales and buy it when it's on sale like Theodoric said. I agree completely it's worth having just in case you use it in the future.
[RMMV] [RMVX ACE] Pros and Cons: RMMV vs. VX Ace
Hey there StormCrow!
Just wanted to say that RMMV by default doesn't have all there songs in it, the rest of them come in another folder which is titled base resources. If you purchase RMMV, you should get them both, just to be clear there.
When you put the extra resources into the default RMMV project you should have a good number of songs. I think then the number of songs are roughly the same as RMVXA.
You can also import as many songs as you want, or at least there is not limit to my knowledge.
Just wanted to say that RMMV by default doesn't have all there songs in it, the rest of them come in another folder which is titled base resources. If you purchase RMMV, you should get them both, just to be clear there.
When you put the extra resources into the default RMMV project you should have a good number of songs. I think then the number of songs are roughly the same as RMVXA.
You can also import as many songs as you want, or at least there is not limit to my knowledge.
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