100 Character limit?

[Lord Cohliani]

So whats with the limit? Does that mean you con only make 100 NPC's? Or 100 Monster's? Or 100 Playable Characters? Or all of these? Or what?

[tjoris9]

Re: 100 Character limit?

You can only create 100 characters, including playable characters and characters for "character battles" (You can reuse characters for character battles, though). Other than a trick I posted in the "Tricks to spice up your game" topic there's not much you can do about it. You also can only have 100 classes, which are basically a character's battle persona (The character will look like the class character in battle).

You can also only create 100 monsters, but it's a separate limit from the character limit. Plus you can use each monster in multiple monster parties if you like.

It limits the size of your game and the population of your towns, and is one of RPGM3's more irritating limits, though you can also try to break your game into multiple parts, and there's info somewhere around here for transferring character stats and items from game to game.

[Lord Cohliani]

Re: 100 Character limit?

So if I can only make 100 can I reuse them ever? And can I delete a character and use that slot again?

[Perversion]

Re: 100 Character limit?

If you delete a character, you CAN use that "slot" again, but wherever the character is placed earlier in the game, they will not be there after you delete them.

[JPS]

Re: 100 Character limit?

Yeah once a character is made, if its used it the game, it cannot be deleted

Heres the way RPGM3 works, in simplest programming terms

the character section has 100 strings, a string in programming is a series of values with a prefix(in this case 'character###')

EX:
character001(name,hp,mp,str,def,etc...)
character002(name,hp,mp,str,def,etc...)
character003(name,hp,mp,str,def,etc...)

this is the same with items, monsters, magic, class, etc...

During the game the system recalls values from the strings while you play, if that value gets deleted, it is no longer there, therefore the game will not register it.

[Lord Cohliani]

Re: 100 Character limit?

If I create a new character can I always edit it?

[JPS]

Re: 100 Character limit?

not in-game

Youre stuck with a flat 100 characters either way you look at it, if there was a way around it, itd definitely be posted by now

[Lord Cohliani]

Re: 100 Character limit?

Is there ANY way to edit it once I have made it?

[JPS]

Re: 100 Character limit?

you can edit everything but the graphics and skills in-game

you can change the name, stats, change levels, and learn or unlearn skills in-game

[Red Dragon]

Re: 100 Character limit?

If I create a new character can I always edit it?

In the editor yes.

[Dusk Raven]

Re: 100 Character limit?

In the editor, though, You'll can always change anything but the gender.

EDIT: Red beat me to it.

[JPS]

Re: 100 Character limit?

In the editor yes.

I hope he wasnt asking that

[Lord Cohliani]

Re: 100 Character limit?

Yes but my main point is. Lets say I make a talking pig. But I want it to be a talking frog. BUT! I don't have any character slots left! Can I delete the Pig and use the slot to make a Frog? Or can I simply change EVERYTHING about the Pig so he's just like a Frog?

[JPS]

Re: 100 Character limit?

Im not understanding what youre trying to do, are you trying to replace these characters with other characters through scripting while the game is being played(which cannot be done) or do you mean in the editor?

If you made a talking pig and already established his role in the game, deleting him from the database to replace him with a frog will result in all of his events/dialogue/etc also being deleted.

If you change his character model or name in the editor from a pig to a frog, it will change his character model and name throughout the game and not affect anything other then what you modified...unless you put "oink oink" somewhere, then in that case youll have an oinking frog

[Lord Cohliani]

Re: 100 Character limit?

Yes thats all I want to know! I just want to be able to change someone to someone else! If I have too. Thats possible right?