GOLBEZ'S PROFILE

I didn't have this problem on Windows XP but ever since I moved the project to Windows 7 a huge portion of my mp3 files sound like absolute ass in rm2k. I've tested the offending files in winamp and they sound okay but as soon as rm2k attempts it it just sounds muffled and terrible.

For some reason though there are some mp3s that sound great, I've tried comparing a good mp3 vs bad mp3 by checking bit rates and stuff but they're practically identical. That and the fact that if I load up the very same project on my XP computer it all sounds fine.

I know disharmony isn't being worked on anymore so is there possibly another mp3 patch for rm2k that might have better compatibility with windows 7?

I'm working on an RPG/board game hybrid and I'm wanting to implement something like "shop points" where if you beat a board or do something cool or whatever you'll get some shop points to spend at the shop where you can purchase unlockables like new boards/characters/games/etc.

The problem arises when you save the game in the middle of playing a board. Let's say you're playing with a friend (it's two player) and said friend has to leave so you save your game. Well, if you want to start a new game later on by yourself then you'll lose all the "shop points" that were in the abandoned save file.

Then on your new save file you get some shop points, and then your friend eventually comes over and you start up the old save again. Now when you beat that game, you have essentially two separate save files with two different values for shop points. That sucks!

Usually I'm good at brainstorming work-arounds for rm2k (using rm2k, not 2k3) limitations but I'm at a wall here. Is there any solution to this aside from someone making a patch to alter the engine?

So I'm sitting here with a hero character that has like three different entries for Cure and two Scans, they all point to the same skill so it's not like I have duplicate entries in the database.

I'll explain a little bit about my gameplay system so you can get a better idea of what the issue is: There's a bunch of different people you can recruit in this game and you can teach them skills from a guild. When you teach them a skill from a guild rm2k stores that in a switch, so that way when you want to switch your guy out and replace him with someone else, that other person will have all the skills that you taught the other person.

Now these people you recruit can also learn skills naturally through level ups and they can also learn skills through a weapon system in the game, where leveling up a weapon may net you a skill. That's where the duplicate skill entries are coming in. I'm not sure if there's a way I can tell Rm2k that "these here are duplicate skills" since the skills all point to the same one in the database Rm2k logically thinks that there's only one entry for any skill even though it's displaying like 3 other duplicate entries.

I'm in the midst of polishing up my game now and while it's not gamebreaking or anything, it's annoying enough for me to try anything possible for a resolution. There's enough skills in a typical persons skillset without going through 5 pages of clutter :(