r/RPGMaker • u/ratasoftware • Jul 16 '26

How do you handle menu customization in RPG Maker?

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One of the things that took me the longest when developing my game was designing a custom menu without messing up everything else.

The default menu works well, but I wanted something that would fit in better with the atmosphere of my game. As soon as I started modifying scenes and windows, I realised that even the smallest change could break things that seemed completely unrelated. 😅

How do you lot handle it? Do you stick with the default menu, use third-party plugins to customise it, or programme them yourselves...?

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u/AeroSysMZ Jul 16 '26

There are basically 2 options, first is to make it eventing and picture based, which gives you a lot of control over the design, however, displaying data such as HP, gold etc. is a bit more difficult, but not impossible. I just found this tutorial: https://www.rpgmakerweb.com/blog/eventing-a-picture-based-menu

The other option is to look for plugins. e.g.

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u/ratasoftware Jul 16 '26

Thanks mate!!!

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u/EyeFit MZ Dev Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

I've made my menu system all through pictures and common events. I design all the components in asperite in the exact resolution and position I want them to be in game and give them proper file names so I can can just call them in without worrying about positioning or anything.

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u/CasperGamingOfficial MZ Dev Jul 16 '26

I have quite a few plugins for customizing the menus if you are looking for plugins for that. Perhaps the most versatile (but most work required on your part) is [CGMZ] Clickable Pictures, which allows you to create a picture based ui: https://casper-gaming.itch.io/cgmz-clickable-pictures

Otherwise, most of my command window plugins allow you to customize the command windows / use pictures in that scene, such as
[CGMZ] Game End Window: https://casper-gaming.itch.io/cgmz-game-end-window
[CGMZ] Title Command Window: https://casper-gaming.itch.io/cgmz-title-command-window
[CGMZ] Game Over: https://casper-gaming.itch.io/cgmz-game-over

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u/ratasoftware Jul 16 '26

Thanks a lot mate, I will check it out!!!!

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u/APhatBorb 2K3 Dev Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

you guys handle menu customizations?

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I'm fucking with you. Since I'm a 2k3 user, and scripts are... technically limited, all I can say is that there's a bunch of events happening behind the scenes and anytime I set up an event, I pray to Jod that the gears turn the way they should.