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    Noobie here please help me

    Hey, I'm new here. However I've been a long time visitor so I pretty much understand it all. I have RPGM2 and 3, but 2 dosent work on my ps2 any more. Ok, here's my problem. I'm making a good game that is a sequel to a sucky game.
    1.-- I need some Ideas for the second game.
    2.-- I dont want #2 to suck.

    Heres the story.

    # 1. It's called "Into the Darkness". Its about a guy named Zane Lillin, who turns out to be a desendant of the legandary hero without a name. This hero destroyed the evil dragon named Grogg, sealing him in his magical sword. And then the hero dissapeared, his sword left in his place. The Councel of Elders(whoa I should put that acually in the game!) got together and for some reason hid the hero's sword away(not that you really figure much out during the game, the intro has the most story). Then you go on a quest, save the land cuz' Grogg comes back (but you defeat him), yaadaa yaadaa what a big clieche(I know it's spelled wrong).

    # 2. "Fates Intertwined". MUCH better story! This time around, Zane is five years older(I consider him to seventeen because he seemed 12 in #1 for some reason.) Ok Zane meets an old man named Almedius (who turns out to be a wizard). He gives Zane a magical bow called Valedius(name connection, anyone?). Then Zane gets warped to some far off island, seemingly in another dimension. Then he gets warped to a land he has never seen before. He meets Almedius again. He joins Zane's party, along with an elf named Froran, and they discover an evil creeping slowly across the world, gradually begining to consume it. A prophecy is revealed which says that a small boy would become the new hero, by defeating Grogg, thats already happened, but it also says that unless the new hero can overcome the greatest threat the world has ever known, he would never be able to return to his homeland. There's a villian who's basically the lord of evil(cliche) but he has control of 10 dragons, including Grogg, and that he can revive them at will. This guy has no name yet.

    # 3. no name yet. its gonna fill all of the plot holes(it's gonna be a long game!) and bring the story to an end.

    ok long post. just tell me what you think.
    <('.')> YOU MUST OBEY KIRBY

    #2
    Re: Noobie here please help me

    I have a problem. I made an event in which, after fighting a boss, a variable is added which triggers an invisible event to poison the party. However when I playtested it, it looped! It seemed like an ok event code to me!
    <('.')> YOU MUST OBEY KIRBY

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      #3
      Re: Noobie here please help me

      Originally posted by golly_jollydude View Post
      I made an event in which, after fighting a boss, a variable is added which triggers an invisible event to poison the party. However when I playtested it, it looped!
      What you might need to do is set the event to only activate when, say, variable 16 for the dungeon you're in is 0, and during the event, after it poisons the party, set said variable to 1. Does that make sense?

      Coincidentally, this is my 50th post.
      Last edited by Dusk Raven; 03-14-2007, 11:26 AM.

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        #4
        Re: Noobie here please help me

        yeah that makes sense
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          #5
          Re: Noobie here please help me

          Okay. Events, I believe, will loop unless you do that. I found that out the hard way when I defeated a boss only to fight it again and again until an error message popped up and returned me to the editor.
          Last edited by Dusk Raven; 03-14-2007, 11:31 AM.

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            #6
            Re: Noobie here please help me

            Great! Thanks! hey by the way, have you guys already solved the money problem? You know when you have an event where you have to give money but you can give it even if you dont have enough? i made a thread with my solution, just in case you're interested.
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              #7
              Re: Noobie here please help me

              I think there was a post that had to do with variables and money, though I believe it only about tracking money with variables rather than what you said.

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                #8
                Re: Noobie here please help me

                so is mine a good system or is it bad?
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                  #9
                  Re: Noobie here please help me

                  It's hard to say. But I've heard that you can give out gold in random battles if you have the monster party always drop a treasure item that, when you get it, an auto event triggers that increases the "gold variable" by the amount of gold you get, and afterwards take the treasure item away.
                  Last edited by Dusk Raven; 03-14-2007, 11:40 AM.

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                    #10
                    Re: Noobie here please help me

                    Hmm... well I think it would work, but it sounds like a lot of coding.
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                      #11
                      Re: Noobie here please help me

                      i have another problem. I know the answer would be ovious( that spelled right?) but here goes. I have a big problem with giving events and files distinguishable names. sometimes i even just let it have the default name during editing. so i lose my files from this a lot. its a big habit i have. how can I fix this?
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                        #12
                        Re: Noobie here please help me

                        Where is everybody?
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                          #13
                          Re: Noobie here please help me

                          I merged your two posts. The others I will keep, but you need to just use one thread if you are going to ask multiple questions.

                          Any comments on your games, I would suggest putting in the RPGMaker General area. This is for specific rpgmaker questions.

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                            #14
                            Re: Noobie here please help me

                            I think that other post aroused from a double thread he posted and had tips given on what to do with them

                            Anyways, if its a map I need help naming I usally name it in coordinates, like your starting point will be 3-3, if you go up name that one 3-2, or down 3-4, left 2-3 and so on, works really good for me

                            As far as naming events I usually give the first 2 letters the first 2 letters of the town it starts with, along with the 2 letter disignation of what the event item is and then what its for

                            EX
                            treasure chest in Datron that contains a Golden Sword- DaTCGS

                            treasure chest in jay's house(called Jay's) in Datron that contains 30 gold - DaJaTC30

                            my way is confusing, but if you get a hang of it youll never lose whats what, unless two towns have the same first 2 letters, but you can fix that by a simple alternate designation

                            EX
                            treasure chest in Daffleton that contains a Golden Sword- DtTCGS

                            treasure chest in jay's house in Daffleton that contains 30 gold - DtJaTC30

                            or

                            EX
                            treasure chest in Daffleton that contains a Golden Sword- D2TCGS

                            treasure chest in jay's house in Daffleton that contains 30 gold - D2JaTC30

                            I use capital letters as the first letter of a word and lowercase letters as any in-between letters of a word


                            More examples

                            Boss fight on 2nd floor of the Tyran Tower in the land of Nableheim

                            NaTT2FBF

                            its like going from big to small, pick the broadest thing, which is usually the field, then town name, then house, then event, then treasure, or something to that effect, you get the idea(I hope)

                            but anyways once you get the hang of this it really helps out a lot, looks confusing but its really not, plus it helps when you release games because it makes it that much harder for someone to decrypt events with such names
                            Last edited by JPS; 03-14-2007, 04:14 PM.

                            Here I come Pav, like the Kool-Aid man barging into a funeral! Oh yeah!

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                              #15
                              Re: Noobie here please help me

                              THAT. IS. GENIUS.
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