Current Events > Tempted to get RPG Maker MV

(+) Yeah! (+)

It's on sale right now for $28 and there is a bundle for $36 which comes with a few things

How hard is it to make games? Is the stand alone game enough to hold me over until the next sale to see if I want to drop more money into it, or should I just get the package?

There is another package for $187, but that's way too much for me to see if I like the game or not

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Just bought the game.

1) What the hell am I doing?

2) Why doesn't the tool tips tell you what they are when you hover over them?

3) How do I make it be a short cut on my desktop?

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I'd suggest watching some youtube videos about it. It's a great piece of software but it can be difficult to use at first.
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spanky1 posted...

I'd suggest watching some youtube videos about it. It's a great piece of software but it can be difficult to use at first.

For sure

I'm too stupid to do D&D by myself with paper, can't figure out how to use paint to make good graph maps. Zero clue how to program a quick thing to do D&D that way by myself

So I'll just make my RPGs with this. Hopefully

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Dude, come back to this topic later after youve figured some stuff out and lemme know if it got easier or not. Ive alwaus kinda wanted to try RPG maker but Im technologically stupid so I was always wary about it.
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Ving_Rhames posted...

Dude, come back to this topic later after youve figured some stuff out and lemme know if it got easier or not. Ive alwaus kinda wanted to try RPG maker but Im technologically stupid so I was always wary about it.

Sure thing

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@Ving_Rhames

I watched a few of these videos last night, and it seems easy enough -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR9y6vco-VQ" data-time="

When I have time I'll watch a "better" video, but these show you how easy it can be

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I think managing events and how they trigger and behave is probably the most confusing thing for a newb.
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There were 1004 previous RPG Makers?
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I like xp much more

Bad_Mojo posted...

@Ving_Rhames

I watched a few of these videos last night, and it seems easy enough -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR9y6vco-VQ" data-time="

When I have time I'll watch a "better" video, but these show you how easy it can be

Niiice, thanks man. I think Ill give this shit a go since Ive got a vacation coming up and the weekend is so far away lol
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What kind of game do you wanna make? Good luck though, RPG Maker is fun once you get the hang of it.

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smoke_break posted...

What kind of game do you wanna make? Good luck though, RPG Maker is fun once you get the hang of it.

This almost entirely to make my D&D World. First time DM, and I don't know how to draw or use computers to make nice maps. So I'm going to use this easy thing. And it gives me an added bonus of fleshing out lore while I go as well

What I really want to do with it is to make a Tactical game [FFT, Fire Emblem], but you can't make those with this game. At least I don't think you can

Also, if I get good at it, it might fun to make a CE game, lol

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Bad_Mojo posted...

What I really want to do with it is to make a Tactical game [FFT, Fire Emblem], but you can't make those with this game. At least I don't think you can

It's possible, but you'd have to use scripts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9g_x7Vs-wo" data-time="

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I'm certain I could make a Tactical game without scripts. The built in tools are very useful if you're clever with them.
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Ive played them all. Well, all of the English language ones at least. Its probably my favorite genre of video game, countless hours, and Ive never finished anything. But thats not what I really set out to do. Its a toolset. And truly, there arent that many limits on them at all once you get deep enough. For some of them at least. 3 on the PS2 has some crippling limitations, as does the recent 3ds one. But MV is solid. Theres also an incredibly strong community, and they all love other people loving it. Youll stumble across the better forums soon enough if you havent already.

In the meantime, heres a YouTuber that has put out some great content.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTcc-t1_NNLWa3oFzfjq_OFzjAvjrPqtm

Dont let her persona throw you. Shes a bit weeb, but she knows her shit.

MV is his enough to make legitimate professional games with, if you have the time and patience.

On the topic, I'm actually working on my own indie game using MV. Like, legit from the ground up. Game design takes SO much fucking time though when you're doing it by yourself. Been at it for like a year and I'm maybe 15% done lol. I'm hoping to focus more on it after my wedding is over and I have more time to devote to it again.
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Thanks for all the posts!

It's a lot of deal with at first, lol. What is the last option in the window? Okay, not the best way to ask the question. In the last window for tiles for me is a lot of colors and when I place them on the map it gives it a number. What are those?

And I know this is a stupid question, but what IS the first piece of land I start out with? Is it the world map like in Final Fantasy Tactics or even Super Mario 3 and World?

Also, any good advice on graphic mods for the vanilla game? I see I can et a LOT of ones on the Steam Workshop, but are there free ones? Are there any good shortcuts I should be using? I know about Right-Click will 'fill' my Left-Click. Example would be how do I select all 4 tiles of town so I can lay the whole thing down instead of having to place down each corner?

Here is my first map -



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I'm really starting to pick this up now. Well, the map making part of it. I wish I picked this up at the start of the Summer when I was bored. I never knew it could be so easy

Hopefully the rest falls into place as well. I have set up my first town [sorta] and gave the people some dialogue

Questions -

1] How can I tel if an icon is able to walk on or if it's something solid. I know on the World Map you can set what it is, but I don't know how to with this little town I just made. I can't tell if the brick is a wall or a floor, for example

2) Can I change the color of these pre-set stuff?

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I think if you're using the preset map tools, the collision detection is automatic.

That said, you can use use plugins to set restrictions on where players/NPCs can and can't go.
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If you're talking about what I think you are, all those colors and numbers are zones. You can do things with them like set certain enemy encounters to certain zones. For instance, often when crossing bridges in RPGs, enemies get tougher. On one side of the bridge is zone 1 with slimes, on the other side is zone 2 with super slimes or whatever.

And you can go into some kind of tile set management window to see what you can and cant walk through. Tiles have little symbols in this screen, likes x and o, which indicate their status, and you can change them.

I made a few erotica games using this. >_>
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spanky1 posted...

If you're talking about what I think you are, all those colors and numbers are zones. You can do things with them like set certain enemy encounters to certain zones. For instance, often when crossing bridges in RPGs, enemies get tougher. On one side of the bridge is zone 1 with slimes, on the other side is zone 2 with super slimes or whatever.

And you can go into some kind of tile set management window to see what you can and cant walk through. Tiles have little symbols in this screen, likes x and o, which indicate their status, and you can change them.

I made a few erotica games using this. >_>

Thats so weird and creepy! Erotica games?! Shame, sir!

My current project is a text based erotic game.

NeoShadowhen posted...

spanky1 posted...


Thats so weird and creepy! Erotica games?! Shame, sir!

My current project is a text based erotic game.

What program do you use? I started a couple in Twine before but never finished. :P
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spanky1 posted...

I made a few erotica games using this. >_>

There's decent money in it if you can attract an audience.

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I'm having such a hard time trying to find the same icons/tiles I've used before. I know all about Right-Clicking on something to put that on the Left-Click, but you can't do that between maps

For example -



I was going to continue this for another 'screen' but I can't find the f'n water again

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Opened up the Database for the first time and holy shit. That looks super easy and super fun. Ugh, why did I wait until after my Summer break to play this? Oh well, I can't wait to dive into this after work

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I looked on the Steam Workshop but it was pretty dry there. Is there another place to get some free stuff or am I stuck with DLC?

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https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php

Enjoy, but beware the bottomless rabbit hole that is that website lol.
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Also for reference, here's a link to a thread I started for my ground-up, indie game.

https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/revenant-dracanea-a-cartoony-comedic-quest-lost-to-time.102055/

Admittedly, I haven't updated it in a while. Summer's been busy with wedding planning. Also it's no longer called Revenant Dracanea. We're probably just gonna go with Dracanea Story: The Ragtag Regalia.
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Some more areas from my small, little game

World Map -



Player's Home -




Castle Entrance -



Mountain -






Working on the Mountain right now

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So what kind of story is your project gonna have? That's the important part imo. :3
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spanky1 posted...

So what kind of story is your project gonna have? That's the important part imo. :3

Well, my brother is going to be the first one to play whatever I cook up. He's been married for almost two years now and he has a son that just turned 8 months. So I was just going to kind of make a funny game about his son being chosen for some great hero quest. Nothing special, just a fun Christmas gift if I'm clever enough to put it together

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Ving_Rhames posted...

Dude, come back to this topic later after youve figured some stuff out and lemme know if it got easier or not. Ive alwaus kinda wanted to try RPG maker but Im technologically stupid so I was always wary about it.

@Ving_Rhames

Rpg for nds is a great way to start
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What kind of game are you making?

Tag

Edit: lol this uses Ruby? -_-
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I've run into an issue. I place a jar on the map that has a Potion in it. But when I go to play the game, the jar isn't there. The others are, even the one that I made that heals your HP/MP, but this one just doesn't show up on the map

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I wish there were people here to help me

@NeoShadowhen

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spanky1 posted...

And you can go into some kind of tile set management window to see what you can and cant walk through. Tiles have little symbols in this screen, likes x and o, which indicate their status, and you can change them.

I'm so happy I re-read this topic. I was still trying to figure this out because I missed this part of the post

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Bad_Mojo posted...

I've run into an issue. I place a jar on the map that has a Potion in it. But when I go to play the game, the jar isn't there. The others are, even the one that I made that heals your HP/MP, but this one just doesn't show up on the map

What are the event settings on the jar. if you accidently clicked a switch or variable requirement that would cause it to not show up.
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The jar shows up now, but it will not give me my Potion I put in it. I did once, but then it disappeared, and then it showed up again all without me doing anything new, lol

Here is a screen capture of it -



It's how the rest of them are set up and they all work fine. It's just this one. I've even deleted it and tried it another way

How do I only make someone give me an Item once? For example, if an Old Man gives me a sword. If I click him again, he gives me another sword. And another

Also, how do I change the lighting? Example, making a cave a bit darker

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if you think mapping with the in-game tools is great, just wait til you learn about parallax mapping.

Bad_Mojo posted...

How do I only make someone give me an Item once? For example, if an Old Man gives me a sword. If I click him again, he gives me another sword. And another

i dunno how it works in MV, but what i did in older RPG maker games is have the end of the event (in this case, your Old Man event) turn on a switch. then, i would make a new event page in that event that is only active when that switch is on.

so the event would be something like:

(trigger event)
Old Man: Yo take this sword
>add sword to inventory
>turn on 'Sword Obtained' switch
(end)

the 'Sword Obtained' switch would make the second event page on the Old Man event the active event, which will now play out like this:

(trigger event)
Old Man: Nice sword, innit?
(end)

looking at the screenshot you posted () i would guess that you can do this with the "Self Switch" option.

Bad_Mojo posted...

Also, how do I change the lighting? Example, making a cave a bit darker

look through the types of events you can put when making an event and see if there is a "Tint Screen" or something similar to that.
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Bad_Mojo posted...

How do I only make someone give me an Item once? For example, if an Old Man gives me a sword. If I click him again, he gives me another sword. And another

Activate a self switch after it gives the potion, make a second page that triggers once the self-switch turns on and make the second page blank. If you right click on a square in the even map layout, and click the quick event treasure it does it for you, you just set what the container image and the item it gives.
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So I got the jar to give me a Potion again, but it gives me one over and over again. I didn't actually set up an Old Man to give me a sword, lol, I should have used this pot as the example still

I see the Switch tabs, but no idea how to use them. I assume we're talking about - "If the Switch has been activated [I've got the Potion] that the Event won't happen anymore," but I don't know how to set it up yet

Edit - Didn't see the new post. I'll take a look at that. Thanks!

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Did you figure it out? The explanation Hiei posted was good, but I just want to clarify one thing. There isn't a switch called "Sword Obtained" that you need to look for. The switches don't have names by default, you have to label them. So in his example he picked an unnamed switch and labeled it that, which makes sense. In your case I'd go with something like "Got Potion" but you can name it whatever you want. After you turn on your switch after giving the player the potion, create a new page. Under conditions, you'll see Switch. Select your switch and then you can go from there. Something like a message saying "The jar is empty." might be good.

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Not yet, I went to sleep after that post, or near to it. Just woke up and that's my goal today. Do my first quest. I already have all of the characters in place [A king hurt at the mountain, the boss, and the guard back at the castle gate that will not let me in until the King comes back

Order of Events -

* Find out I need to see the King
* Can't enter the castle until the King comes back
* Climb mountain to find King hurt
* Asks me to return his sword from the creature that took it
* Fight boss and get Sword
* Take it back to the King
* Get inside of Castle

So I assume I need to figure out how to place a "Trigger" to see if the King has been saved, and a "Trigger" to see if I killed the Boss and have the sword. That's my goal right now. Wish me luck!

Ohh, and I very badly need to learn about the damage calculations for my skills. I wrote down the aberrations for the basic stuff, but still don't know if I'm doing it correctly. Let's so a Big Sword Swing for example, something that hits all the mobs like Slash All from Final Fantasy VII. This is the damage formula I put in -> a.level+a.atk*70% - b.def meaning that I take my Level 3 add that to my attack [3+10] and times it by 70% [9.1] and subtract that from the mobs defense [4] = 5.1 damage to all mobs. I think. I don't know if that's correct. Don't know if where and if I need spaces in the formula and if the math is correctly laid out

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Im used to RPG Maker XP so not sure if this carries over...

But to handle NPCs and other events changing as you progress and do/collect things I tie it to a single variable called Story_Step.

So when you accomplish a key story progression the variable is increased by one.

Then in an event you can creat multiple pages (top left I believe) and just set the trigger for that page as variable Story_Step = x. This will make a single NPC/event change as the story progresses.
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@CapnMuffin

This is how you do it in this game -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KkidYaIA1Q" data-time="

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Yeah having one big main "story variable" is the way to go, instead of having a ton of different switches and what not. Just start that variable at zero and increase it with each new major event you do.
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It's really frustrating that I can't get any help with this. I can't even get people to help me over on Reddit. I really don't want to make an account for another message board just to talk about this game. I never feel safe with some of them

Right now I'm trying to re-open the face I created so I can add expressions to it, but I can't. Load doesn't work and neither does Import. Fuck!@Q!

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Still working on it.

The hard part it making the maps for me

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