RPG Maker FAQs

As a general rule, you’ll need to open the Resource Manager to import resources into RPG Maker.

There are two ways you can do this:

1. You can disable the "dash" feature by checking the box when you set the map properties.
2. You can create a "keypress capture" script or parallel event that will toggle the "dash" on/off at will, useful perhaps for limiting running.

   

This section is under construction.

The How to Use Windowskins tutorial will answer this FAQ. This covers RMXP, VX, VXA and MV.

No, it’s not. The NDS uses a different format so simply transferring an RPG Maker game created with the NDS version to a Windows version won’t work. You’d have to import and modify the resources and recreate it from scratch.

Yes, it is. Just use the /N[x] switch, where x is the number of the character in the Database, in the text event.

This can happen for several reasons:

• When a font is used that is not installed on the computer.
• Conflicting script that change the default windowskin.
• When the text coordinates are out of the window’s range.
• Graphics transparencies are not set correctly.

RPG Maker saves games in the root of the project folder. Open the project folder and delete the files with the extension .lsd or .lsw (RM2K2/3), .rxdata (RMXP), .rvdata (RMVX) and .rvdata2.

RMMV uses the extension .rpgsave, which is placed in a separate folder called save (conveniently), along with two other files, config.rpgsave and global.rpgsave; these are primarily save files for plugin configurations and settings.

No, it isn’t. RM2K3 has no support for scripts, unlike RMXP and RMVX because they utilise the Ruby Gaming Script System (RGSS/RGSS2) engine already built into its structure. RM2K3 can only use "scripts" from events – normal events or common events – using the event commands.

Yes and no. RM2K3 only supports three vehicles at once, predefined in the Database (under System), which are then used on the map either through eventing or "Place Vehicle Starting Position". It is not possible to simply use an event with a vehicle graphic and use the "Enter or Exit Vehicle" event command.

RMVX does not natively support movies, although there are numerous scripts that do make use of the API (Application Programming Interface) to play movies in "external" or "embedded" windows.

Unfortunately, however, there is no reliable way of ensuring that in-game movies will run smoothly, depending on the movie format and the system used.

While there are several scripts available that allow movies to be played in RMVX (and, indeed, in RMXP), these still does not guarantee that they will play on other computers if users do not have certain codecs installed.

On a side-note, however, RMVXA does natively support in-game movies, as it has an built-in movie player; videos are in OGV format.

By default message boxes allow only four lines of text. If you check "Batch Entry", you’ll be able to exceed the four lines and RMVX will automatically create separate text boxes for you, each containing four lines, which saves you from manually clicking on "Show Text" each time.

Yes, you can. The graphic and sound resources are the same, so importing them into RMVXA should work.

No, that’s not possible. RMVXA uses an updated, cleaner version of RGSS (Ruby Game Scripting System), the foundation for RMXP/VX/VXA’s scripting system. Instead, scripts will need to be rewritten for the new RGSS3.

Yes and no. RMMV has a different set of "rules" when it comes to resources, but it’s still viable to convert them to the correct size/format using your favourite graphics editor.

RMMV requires specific formats for videos and sound because of its multiplatform functionality.

RMMV works with fonts a little differently than the other RPG Makers.

Treasure chests are an integral part of any RPG games. Hence, I created The Complete Chest Tutorial (for RM2K3) to answer just this question. It contains tutorials on simple chests to adding random contents to receiving items by level.

Note: The RM2K3 demo accompanying this FAQ became corrupted. I’m reworking the RMXP and RMVX versions. Estimated completion time: Unknown. In the near future, the entire chest tutorial will be ported over here.

Treasure chests are an integral part of any RPG games. Hence, I created The Complete Chests Tutorial (for RM2K3) to answer just this question. It contains tutorials on simple chests to adding random contents to receiving items by level.

Note: The RM2K3 demo accompanying this FAQ became corrupted. Estimated completion time: Unknown. In the near future, the entire chest tutorial will be ported over here.

• My Game Builder – A fabulous website where you can create games, including RPG Maker type games. In addition to being able to create maps and events, you can also use the built-in editor to create or edit graphics. They have regular competitions in different categories, not just RPGs. Highly recommended if you have a few hours to kill. (You do need to sign up – it’s free – to create the games, but not to play them.)