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mycot posted:You forgot to mention how they look, which really has to be seen to be believed (the censors are edited in but still probably not the most tasteful thing to open at work). ... Well then. Actually, I do recall hearing about this series a while ago, but it was just so tasteless, I promptly put it out of my mind. Can't say I'm interested in seeing it played through either.
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So question: do I have to import all the DLC data manually or is there a way to automate the process?
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SSNeoman posted:So question: do I have to import all the DLC data manually or is there a way to automate the process? How is it distributed? Pictures can be batch imported (just multi-select everything).
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It's the DLC I got on Steam. I guess I have to import the pictures to each folder manually. Also are there any ship sprites in the default resources? I need one for the world map and for an exterior. VV Oh okay! That's much easier. Seraphic Neoman fucked around with this message at 04:26 on Jan 8, 2015 |
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Jan 8, 2015 04:17
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You can just copy and paste, you don't have to use the import function from inside Ace.
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SSNeoman posted:It's the DLC I got on Steam. I guess I have to import the pictures to each folder manually. Yeah, they should be under 'Vehicles' and are default set up in the database. Look under System and you'll find them. Double-click on one and it'll show you which spriteset it is named (should be Vehicles at any rate). If you want to make a 'hero travels on boat' 'system' then just right-mouse click on the map where you want the ship to turn up and choose "Set As Starting Position", then click either boat, ship or airship. Later on, if you want it in another area - say you want to have it teleport outside of a new town and it was left on another continent, use the event command "Set Vehicle Location" (second page of event commands) and choose the map and co-ords you want it to show up. Oh, and it does depend on the graphics for the copy/paste thing. There are certain packs where the background graphics aren't set up properly. In those cases, copy/paste them in the relevant folders, then open up the Import feature in Ace, find them in the folders and 'import' them. Click on the background colour as you do so and they should work fine. Only use this if you're getting squares of colour around resources, though. silversatyr fucked around with this message at 04:59 on Jan 8, 2015 |
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So there is an anime sale starting on Steam tomorrow. Maybe I'll find something else to chuck onto the riffing pile.
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anilEhilated posted:I have no loving idea what that is so I'm going to take your word for it. It's an anime thing on Steam, no worries if you didn't see it hit new releases during new years. SSNeoman posted:I can't believe that there is actually an audience on Steam for VNs with softcore porn, to the degree that they would actually advertise it as a "popular new release" There's all sorts of people out there, even those that enjoy those games. I have no idea why you'd want to own them on Steam though, it would kind of be like going on Pornhub and clicking like on every video and agree to share on facebook.
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Know what I love doing? Reading Steam Reviews of RPG Maker Games. Pretty much every negative one says "I could make this a better game in my sleep" with no explanation as to HOW. Also, the whole changing vehicle graphic has always been a crapshoot for me. I could never get it changed, as the free resource places don't have the right dimensions for it.
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Silegna posted:Know what I love doing? Reading Steam Reviews of RPG Maker Games. Pretty much every negative one says "I could make this a better game in my sleep" with no explanation as to HOW. That's a general thing humans do in general. They don't think of concrete ways product can be improved, but since it's bad, it can essentially be improved, resulting in broad strokes on how to improve it more often than not. A similar idea is surrounded by the idea of hype. This upcoming game is going to be amazing. How is it going to be amazing? No one thinks about that, they just know it will be. It's admittedly really hard to avoid that thought process though.
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Ramos posted:A similar idea is surrounded by the idea of hype. This upcoming game is going to be amazing. How is it going to be amazing? No one thinks about that, they just know it will be. 
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Jackard posted:A lot of hype involves specific features of a game. With the constant use of cinematic trailers nowadays? Even then, features that are explicitly shown are often shown in the most ideal manner possible, often implying what they'll do is greater than what the product will actually give. Prime example of that is Watch Dogs and its revolutionary massive world to explore. It wasn't that massive. Basically, it's really easy to vaguely imagine the most ideal thing ever without actually knowing how it will turn out or how said pieces will work together. And same with "I could make a better RPG than this." Yeah, the battle system wasn't really good, but how much thought do you think that person put into how you can improve it?
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Back in my day, if you wanted to make a game, you had to make all the map and character images yourself, think of the entire battle system on your own (including formulas for damage and status effect accuracy), and if you had any kind of problem, you had to figure it out on your own or hope you knew someone who had an uncle at Nintendo and owed you a favour. It was called RPGMaker: Pad of Graph Paper and Pencil edition. DLC was if you cut a picture out of a magazine and glued it to your character sheet. ...They would still probably be better than this game, though. Especially since it cost real money, although somehow it's STILL not as horrible (on a they-tried-selling-this? and a moral/ethical level) as Super Pokemon Bros. Can't wrap my head around that tower, despite my best efforts. It's gotta come up later, right? They wouldn't just put an art asset on the world map leading to a new screen and everything without making SOME kind of reason for it existing. The time it took to do that could have been spent making anything else. Literally anything else, even just a proofread of the script, just something.
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No competent game designer would leave the towers as we've seen them.
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ultrafilter posted:No competent game designer would leave the towers as we've seen them. Even the most mediocre of game designers would try SOMETHING with them. Perhaps a puzzle that requires you to go to a certain floor in one to go to the other. Say, rooms that are sealed on one side, but there's a teleport or something that leads into those sealed rooms, if you solve a puzzle in the same floor on the other tower. There's literally SO MUCH you could do with two towers aside from a simple FETCH QUEST.
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And now you know why it frustrates me so. At this point in time I still was kinda hoping that they'd do something different but then nope, this place that had all the potential to do something different ends up just being literally 6 screens with no puzzles or combat or anything. And here is some stuff that I would do differently. First of all I wouldn't have our heroes have to steal a uniform to sneak onto a ship to escape, I would instead have our heroes encounter a pirate that had his ship commandeered by Unitem because a rival pirate was roaming about so he couldn't reach a hidden port. So he's out to gently caress over his rival who stashes his treasure in the two ruined towers and can go between them and his ship by a teleportation stone that he purchased. So you break into the tower, steal all of the guys poo poo and sell it then teleport onto the rivals ship and fight the rival in a boss battle. This accomplishes four things 1) The towers now have a purpose 2) You don't have to do the cliched "steal the uniforms, sneak onto a military ship" thing 3) You have a boss fight that makes sense from what has been set up. 4) You get a new character that would hopefully be amusingly dickish
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Testekill posted:And now you know why it frustrates me so. At this point in time I still was kinda hoping that they'd do something different but then nope, this place that had all the potential to do something different ends up just being literally 6 screens with no puzzles or combat or anything. This is a pretty good idea. I do like my idea, but this leads to a recruitable character. If I had one...I'd probably do the cliched "Oh, they were locked up for years".
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How do I create my own armor type? I want the main character to have a sword and a talisman, instead of a sword and shield. VV Found it! Thanks! Seraphic Neoman fucked around with this message at 06:15 on Jan 9, 2015 |
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SSNeoman posted:How do I create my own armor type? I want the main character to have a sword and a talisman, instead of a sword and shield. Go under "Terms" in the database.
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Okay events are starting to click for me. I'm making signs I can read, people I can talk to and my dude can pick up potions and jewels off tables. I gotta admit that Silversatyr's advice was solid. Having a plan certainly gives my project more direction. I find that I'm big on giving the characters colour commentary on everything. I mean it's so easy. You're already making an event, you might as well. Seraphic Neoman fucked around with this message at 09:04 on Jan 9, 2015 |
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SSNeoman posted:Okay events are starting to click for me. I'm making signs I can read, people I can talk to and my dude can pick up potions and jewels off tables. And already you show more promise than a lot of newbies I've seen over the years. ^.^
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SSNeoman posted:I find that I'm big on giving the characters colour commentary on everything. I mean it's so easy. You're already making an event, you might as well. Just be careful with that, or else you'll wind up with Golden Sun. 
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Edward_Tohr posted:Just be careful with that, or else you'll wind up with Golden Sun. Is that a bad thing though? It makes the characters seem like people after all. I'm sure I'd comment on someone leaving a jewel out for grabs.
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It's definitely possible to overdo that kind of thing. I'd stick to it when you've got something especially funny or something that develops the characters through their reaction.
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Silegna posted:Is that a bad thing though? It makes the characters seem like people after all. I'm sure I'd comment on someone leaving a jewel out for grabs.
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anilEhilated posted:I take it you haven't played Golden Sun. Because I played it and mostly enjoyed it 
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Yes perhaps you could elaborate  you are talking about
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So if you'd actually grinded for cash and bought new weapons for both people, this spear would be complete vendor trash? Eesh.
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Glazius posted:So if you'd actually grinded for cash and bought new weapons for both people, this spear would be complete vendor trash? Eesh. It's 1 point better than the Military Sword, the weapon that I bought at the start. It seems to literally be there just to raise some cash.
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Neurion posted:Tell me there's an LP thread in the archives or something I can read through that points out everything I should hate about Golden Sun. Quovak did an LP of it. It's a bit  , ironically.
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I made a switch puzzle! After you solve it the lights dim, the screen shakes and stairs appear. ...Then you gotta remember to turn the lights back on, add sound effects and make sure the player doesn't walk through the stairs... Also anyone have a primer on dungeon building? Because I am way outta my depth.
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SSNeoman posted:I made a switch puzzle! After you solve it the lights dim, the screen shakes and stairs appear. That sort of depends on what you're trying to do. Are you just talking about the map layout, or making things happen in the dungeon?
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Seyser Koze posted:That sort of depends on what you're trying to do. Are you just talking about the map layout, or making things happen in the dungeon? Map layout. I'm not sure how big a dungeon should be, how to design hallways so they'll be effective and not just twisty, how do I space apart chests and so on. Though if you know any guides off-hand for the latter that would be cool too.
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I've a few links that have some good stuff about different things. Check them out if you're looking for information about design and tutorials about different stuff to do with eventing and the like. Here's a bunch of tutorials for Ace. Here's a really nice dungeon article. Puzzle design? Better Game Making strategies. There's a host of other awesome design articles here. And for mapping... Blindmind's Mapping tutorials: 1 & 2 (The second is a good dungeon design one) Nessiah's Do's and Don'ts of Mapping series: I : II : III : IV : V : VI : VII : VIII Indrah's Mapping in 5 easy steps Liberty's Video Mapping Tutorials: I : II : III Oh, forgot to add the feedback threads! Just post an image in the thread and people comment on what could need fixing and what they like, too. Let them know you're new to it - some places can be a bit harsh on newbies if they don't know you're new. They tend to hold you up to the standards of good games. RMN Screenshot Thread - They allow videos as well as images. Will allow any engine images. Depending on the person commenting, can be a little harsh, though newbies get the kid gloves (as long as they know you're new). Rules of posting are don't double-post (there's an edit button). Swearing and the like are allowed as long as you don't attack other people. RMW Screenshot Thread - Allows videos as well as images. Will only allow XP, Ace, VX and IGM stuff. Can be a little harsh but newbies get kid gloves if they know you're new. Rules of thread are don't quote images and stay on topic. Kid friendly forum. There are other forums that have screenshot threads but they aren't as populated or lively. silversatyr fucked around with this message at 09:17 on Jan 10, 2015 |
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...My (first) world map is a desert. Also my tents are mansions (not my fault RTP has doesn't have any big tents). poo poo. I might make a second world map which is connected to the first by a dungeon and a Castlevania shortcut. I could put some trees or something over there.
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Seyser Koze posted:Quovak did an LP of it. It's a bit I kinda liked the "how to improve Golden Sun without discarding the central idea" thing he did, personally.
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SSNeoman posted:...My (first) world map is a desert. Also my tents are mansions (not my fault RTP has doesn't have any big tents). That's not necessarily a bad thing. Ace has tent wall and roof tiles that you can use both in and out for tents. And there are some free-to-use resources around for larger pavillions, too. Her are a few: http://www.gdunlimited.net/forums/gallery/image/2068-ecos-tilesets-tent-interior/ http://s1238.photobucket.com/user/hanzokimura/media/HanzoGraphics/TentSetVX.png.html http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/files/file/87-restaff-july-2013-release/
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silversatyr posted:Liberty's Video Mapping Tutorials: Shift Mapping Thanks silversatyr.
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SSNeoman posted:...My (first) world map is a desert. Also my tents are mansions (not my fault RTP has doesn't have any big tents). Probably the single most important thing to keep in mind when you're starting out is that the player can see much less of the map than you can, so smaller and more compact is usually better. A common mistake is to do "village" maps where the houses have at least a full screen's worth of open field between them, which means the player has no idea where they are or where they can explore to.
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