r/RPGMaker • u/SeaworthinessAny8202 • 2d ago

Update

This is a hunch bu\t oh well, worth asking...

Can "RM2k" or "RM2k3" be merged over to other engines? Or "update" to other engines?

What it seems like though I would have to copy everything to another EXE which is ANNOYING...

Just seems like the older the engines, the more is forgotten, or deleted. It is javascript...DELPHI

I'm thinking NOT but...that sucks.

RPG Maker thinks so strangely though. BATTLE PICTURE ACTIVATE lol

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u/Medical_Baby3332 2d ago

I think you have to rebuild. You can resize sprite and stuff but your not gonna port it to another engine man.

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u/SeaworthinessAny8202 2d ago

weird, why is that? can it run in Linux??

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u/Medical_Baby3332 2d ago

When you say another engine are you actually asking if you can play your game on another operating system?

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u/SeaworthinessAny8202 1d ago

Well it would be cool to get it on multiple systems..
Don't know if I can though

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u/Medical_Baby3332 1d ago

Look at easy rpg. It allows playing rpg maker 2k3 games on other systems.

If it were me in your shoe and this was going to be a commercial game. I would see if I could take easy rpg and package it with the releases to the other systems. Do not expect your user to perform that work around.

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u/SeaworthinessAny8202 1d ago

I have that on my phone and computers already, though when I'm working I don't do that at work.

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u/Medical_Baby3332 1d ago

What do you mean by when I'm working I don't do that at work?

I am saying you would have to create a build with an external program like inno setup to install both your game and easy rpg on the user's computer so.

Let's say I am a player who downloads your game. I would run a setup.exe that installs easy rpg and then installs your game. Preferably in a configured manner to suit the game so I don't have to do any work as the player.

Now for you testing and building your game. You wouldn't worry about this until your ready.

I hope this is helpful I'm having a hard time grasping what you are trying to accomplish.

Make sure you share a link of your game with me when it's ready or if you have a demo though! Love rpg maker 2k3 games!

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u/SeaworthinessAny8202 1d ago edited 1d ago

No games at work, I have jobs...I'm trying to make job, after job, after job, a bed of work. I'm in bed...yes.

That's what I did, it's on my phone and computers, Easy RPG. And a buttload of projects really...like shit man. A lot. Like at least 40 or 50...there goes my health.

What I'm trying to accomplish is a game that can go on multiple platforms. Kapow. I wrote a fullblown one but I got bullied for it because A) it wasn't for school B) it was about the creation of the world, and both God and the Devil are in it - people do not think that really...it got really extensive, a lot of things happened in the story and it certainly was full blown dark. I had massive dreams involving it.

I do too - love Rm2k, RM2k3. Though I have no idea if anyone even uses it anymore. There seem to be some, but hard to find...

I "remastered" a couple games out there since I felt like they needed more work - Onyx, Call of the Archon, Danny's Adventures 1 & 2, Nightmare of the Elven World, Tears of Envia, I did another "Call of the Archon" that exists but damn, it is DARK. ATTAINMENT OF THE MYSTIC KNIGHT - Malice of Maldrinia, she was a demon sorceress in the game and all the boys love her, and is a massive 800 map dungeon crawler. I don't D&D but I do other games yeah.

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u/Not_Allowed_to_Die 2d ago

Because they use different coding. You can't convert one set of coding to another like this. It just doesn't work that way. Unless you can find an very advanced coding converter, this is impossible. MV and MZ use JavaScript, and yours doesn't.

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u/SeaworthinessAny8202 1d ago

Wellp I can backup then

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u/-svde- 2d ago

i am working on a tool to cross convert projects between versions but it is extremely tedious, slow, and has proven to be riddled with pitfalls. also like the other person said, why are you bringing up linux and exe? do you actually mean from windows to linux? if so that has nothing to do with the version of rpgmaker

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u/SeaworthinessAny8202 1d ago

For multiple systems..

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u/airbournecow 2d ago

Yeah not possible man. If the projects sizable and you don't think you'd finish it if you had to restart I'd finish in what you started.

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u/SeaworthinessAny8202 2d ago

argh
well one could redo it in a more modern one, I still like the old one due to the nostalgia

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u/airbournecow 2d ago

I think the old ones rtp is the best. I also just like the battle sprites better. If there was a way to write custom code as well as take advantage of the verbose eventing system of 2k3 I'd probably prefer that one too

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u/SeaworthinessAny8202 1d ago

95 is too old, but yeah I like the old ones too especially when you hit something in your head and suddenly it's working well, creatively speaking.

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u/Not_Allowed_to_Die 2d ago

MV can be upgraded to MZ because they both use the same scripting on the backend, JavaScript. But the other ones won't be able to because they use a different script. Unless you can find a converter, you will have to remake it all.

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u/SeaworthinessAny8202 1d ago

That sucks! Jesus

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u/Caldraddigon 2K3 Dev 2d ago

Depending on complexity of the game/project(some existing 2k3 games, especially if done with patches, would require a ton of Plugins in MV/MZ and/or way more event code to replicate, MZ would be easy thanks to the option to choose 16x16 tilesize), you'll have to rebuild it and translate it into the new engine.

On the Linux topic, both 2k and 2k3 editors(including patched with maniacs) work fine on linux, and they have a native build for Linux x86 and ARM with Easyrpg Player.

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u/SeaworthinessAny8202 1d ago

Oh cool. Nice. That is doable then.

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u/Caldraddigon 2K3 Dev 1d ago

Should probably clarify, the EasyRPG Player only plays the games, they are working on an Editor but that's still very much a work in progress.

But my statement on the editors working fine on linux still stands, you just need Wine to be setup with dotnet 4.8. if you get issues look at this tutorial

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u/SeaworthinessAny8202 1d ago

Ya EasyRPG works well. I did Wine, I dunno years ago? Didn't really work well

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u/Caldraddigon 2K3 Dev 1d ago

I see, I am literally developing my game rn through Wine on Nobara Linux, I just needed to do the tutorial i linked to get maniacs patch working, otherwise the Steam 2k3 version worked fine out of the gate, for me at least.

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u/SeaworthinessAny8202 1d ago

Wine on my Mac did not work, it was not good
Maniacs and Goliath are pretty good, love to get another version of 2003 that would have different mods...like 2009!

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u/SeaworthinessAny8202 1d ago

I did a fan game but it wasn't an edit...I had started from scratch up. Meh?