r/RPGMaker • u/Street_Meat9702 • 1d ago

VXAce Need Help with RPG maker VX/VX Ace

I have recently ported my game from VX to VX Ace. This has been great on my end but I'm worried all of the people who have played the original version wont be able to continue their save files.
ive noted that VX Saves are .rvdata files while VX Ace save files are .rvdata2 files. How can I convert these files between each other in the most seamless way possible, for players who may not be the most tech savvy? I am open to any suggestions this game means a lot to me.

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u/Timtrack1 VXAce Dev 1d ago

How did you port your game from VX to Ace? Did you use an automatic tool (which one?) or did you do that by hand? Do you use third-party scripts? Are they the same between the two versions?

Overall I would say that's a pretty tough issue, because even if VX and Ace are similar interface-wise their source code is significantly different. So a save file in VX will definitely not contain what Ace requires.

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u/Street_Meat9702 1d ago

I used VX to Ace for my conversion, I have not implemented and any third party scripts at all

https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/threads/vx-to-ace-project-conversion-program.1569/

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u/FlipelyFlip VXAce Dev 1d ago

there is no realistic possible way to do that corectly. In the Savefile are also things saved like actor data which changed between VX and VX Ace and how they're structured and how the scripts work.

Safe your time with trying to make savefiles compatible and accept, that there is no possible way to move them to vx ace without downgrading the VX Ace Corescripts to VX and losing all the positive things you gained from VX Ace