RPG maker XP thread of helpfulness!

[funksobeefy]

So here I am finally off RPG maker after hours upon hours of awesomeness (seriously I dreamed about the story Im making). But I have a lot of questions and I dont know how to do a lot of stuff in the game. I knew I couldnt be the only on with questions and since I couldnt find a really good guide on it I thought I would create a thread where all of Escapist members who play the game can help each other out. If you have questions post them and hopefully other members will be able to answer! Ill try my best but admittedly I dont know a lot yet.

Also if you have any good guides or links to great games created go ahead and share them!

So Ill start. How do I get an object to completely disappear off the map? lets say I have a bat who runs up to talk to you then you fight a battle with it and when its defeated its gone forever? I cant get it to happen. All he does is run up as you enter the cave but then nothing.

 

[Tyokae]

Well, that's kind of an easy one. Sort of. XD

To get an item, person, or object to disappear, there is a selection in the event capabilities menu called "Erase Event" or "Delete Event". Something like that. Select that as the final option on the event.

Granted, that alone will only erase the subject in question until you leave the area and come back to it. To make it disappear forever, you have to create a condition setting.

For example, if you want the bat to disappera forever, go into the condition lists, and create the condition "Bat Encounter". Then, in the most recent story event (that is not optional), and at the end of that event, make the "Bat Encounter" event turn ON. Then go to the bat, and set it so that the bat only appears if that condition trigger is ON. Next, at the end of the bat's event list, turn the condition trigger back to OFF.

This way, the bat will disappear and stay gone forever, because the condition will be turned off until you choose for it to turn back on.

Also, an added piece of advice. For this bat, if it approaches the player, set its encounter condition to "Whenever Event Touches Player". This way, the event will start the moment the bat encounters your character.

Hope this helps. I use RMXP a lot, and I've learned quite a bit about it. If you need any other help, feel free to ask me.


~Tyokae

 

[The Lawn]

I'm not sure how you do that in XP... but in 2000 you make another page in the object window and set it's texture to transparent and its layer to below the hero or move it somewhere that you can't get to.

If I remember correctly, you have 2 pages, the first is active, at the end you have it activate a switch which is the condition for the second page to activate, the second page would be the transparent object.

 

[Sigfig]

Create an empty map and have the event teleport there when the battle sequence is over (eg won).

 

[Zetsubou-Sama]

transparent object, no sprite, end event? all on page two

 

[Regiment]

Create an empty map and have the event teleport there when the battle sequence is over (eg won).

Did they change that for XP? In RM2K, that would only work until you re-enter the map, at which point the event will have returned. In RM2K, you'd just add a switch that turns on after the event occurs, and create a second page for the event that triggers when the switch is on; this second page is blank (or a skeleton of a monster, or an opened treasure chest, or whatever).

 

[SwishiestB0g]

http://www.rpgrevolution.com/

That's my favorite place, good community, a LOT of good scripts, and a decent database full of stuff to use. You sorta have to make an account which is annoying but small price to pay for inspiration right?

I used XP a lot so if you need to know you can PM me whenever.

 

[funksobeefy]

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ah that worked! thanks dude. NO how do i get the bat to make an enemy pop up. I got the [Enemy Appearance :1] on but I cant select any enemyss

thanks for every and the link SwishiestBOg

actually I got it to work, both the battle and event stuff. thanks a ton yo! I hope more people post questions to. I would love to help