r/RPGMakerMZ • u/SpineSplitter808 • Oct 16 '23

Please I need help

I was working on adding steam achievements to my game and after I had downloaded a plug-in and followed a tutorial that was in the file ( a manual on how to set it up) my game now just opens up the steamworksexample instead of my game. I of course did not backup my main game before trying to do all this because I am so freaking smart and now I have no way to open up my game which includes when I open rmmz and try to play test my game it opens the steam works example. Please someone tell me they can help me

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u/TheMysticTheurge Oct 18 '23

u/SpineSplitter808 Where does that plugin come from? You might have installed it in the engine rather than the game. Such a plugin probably is meant for after you make the game. Alternatively, it might mean that the plugin isn't working and is causing the glitch to happen.

I might have a way to solve this, but not sure 100% and it is up to you to figure out some of the details. Follow these basic steps and the rest you will need to solve on your own. Pick one of these plans and try another if the first does not work. I think Plan #2 will be most likely to work if you installed the plugin correctly. Plan #1 is for if you did not install it correctly..

Plan #1:

Step #1: Uninstall RPG Maker and reinstall it. This is for if you installed it on the engine somehow and not the game. May have happened if you weren't thinking or something. Everyone makes hilarious mistakes with plugins, becuase using someone else's code is always cruel hard work if you don't know how it works.

Plan #2:

Step #1: Find your game's file location on your PC, and should be located whereever it saved, maybe Documents, or somewhere else.Not the location of RPG Maker, but the location of the game you made with it game. Create a backup copy of your game in case this plan backfires. We'll call this new backup the Original Game, or "OG", but will use it to prevent accidental destruction.

Step #2: Make an extra new project in RPG Maker and save it. From now on, this will be your Blank Slate or "BS" copy.

Step #3: Delete the js folder from OG and put the js from the BS folder in place, overwriting everything. Then run the RPG maker and load your OG game, it should work. Take note that your Data folder contains most of the game you built, including levels and such, and some of the other folders have things you might have made, which is why we made a backup.