RPG Maker 2000's FAQ 1.022 by Don Miguel & Pals
(ALL Q&A without the (c) name are mine 8-)
 actaully... i knows all answers... 

27-06-2000

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HARDWARE & SOFTWARE QUESTIONS:

Q: I just realized that RM2k is very slow at ym Pentium-3 450Mhs, 128Mb

A: Your PC must be Pentium-200, RAM 32Mb, Video RAM 4Mb at least
   If your fast PC is to slow during rm2k game test then
   go to your "Control Panel" (into "My Computer" folder)
   then "Multimedia / Midi" and select "FM-synthesis"
   it'll speed you all your RM95+, SimRM, RM2k to normal speed
   NOTE: do not use software midi wave table emulators like Yamaha-XG ever!!!
         Just buy the best Sound Blaster Live! 1024 Player

Q: Full Screen testing just freezes my computer
A: Get Direct X7 from download.com, maybe a new video card too

Q: Can you pls send me the RPG2000 help file. When I installed it there was
   no help file. And I realllly need it.
A: How can I translate big (4mb!!!) Japanese help file in 1 month?
   So there's NO Help file... And I'll never translate it in a future.
   You must wait for a some home maded rm2k tutorials, FAQs, Manuals, etc...
   If you can't understand switches & events then read HELP for RPG Maker 95+

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SHOW MESSAGE EVENT QUESTIONS AND TIPS:

Q: What's "Pervent from hiding hero" option means?
A: Your message window will change its screen position automatically
   for a pervent main hero from hiding by the message window.

Q: Can I type the hero name in RM2k like "$1" in RM95+ ?
A: Yes. Use "\N[x]" for it... replace "x" by the heroes Number.

Q: Can I type a variable or a gold value also?
A: Yep.. \V[x] for a Variable  and  \$ for the Gold value.

Q: What about... some colores into messages?
A: Use \C[x] , x = 1..9 (colour number)

Q: RM2k ate all tails of my messages!!!! What's wrong?
A: Nothing. there's limit: 32 chars per 4 Lines...
   but you can add some special chars like \N[4],\C[2] etc.. to a line.
   But you must have only 32 printable chars or less.

   Actually... there're 28 letters per a line (without showing a face GFX)
   or 19 (with face GFX)

   [There're 11 kinds of the control letters:]

\\	shows an o letter "\".
\C[n]	set the text's colour (n is a colour number)
\S[n]   set speed of the message (n 1 - 20).
	1 - fastest without pauses; 20 - slowest
\N[n]	shows name of the hero. (n is a number)
\V[n]	shows variables value. (n is a number)
\$	shows the money.
\!	show of the o letter is done by 1. ??
\.	1/4 Delay before next letter. ??
\|	1 Delay before next o letter. ??
\>/\<	shows the o letter of " Store that it is put in "\>" and "\<" momentarily.
\^	in picture that message end, shift?? as child nest.
\_	shows half the space.

   Note: The colour of the text depends on system graphics with control of letter "\C".

   [There're tons of the special symbols also:]

$A: Sword
$B: Shield
$C: Star of solomon(david)

Planetary Symbols
$D: Sun
$E: Moon
$F: Mercury
$G: Venus 
$H: Venus (inverted)
$I: Mars 
$J: Jupiter
$K: Saturn 
$L: Uranus
$M: Neptune 
$N: Pluto 

Astological Signs
$O: Aries
$P: Taurus 
$Q: Gemini
$R: Cancer 
$S: Leo 
$T: Virgo
$U: Libra
$V: Scorpio
$W: Sagittarius
$X: Capricorn
$Y: Aquarius
$Z: Pisces

$a: face (smile)
$b: Face (normal) 
$c: face (frown) 
$d: sweat 1
$e: sweat 2
$f: spade clear
$g: heart clear
$h: stand clear
$i: club clear
$j: spade filled
$k: heart filled
$l: bag filled
$m: club filled
$n: skull 
$o: cross 
$p: sun
$q: moon 
$r: Dot

Arrows
$s: Up 
$t: Right
$u: Down
$v: Left
$w: Up-Right
$x: Down-Right
$y: Down-Left
$z: Up-Left
  
 ^_^ thanx to Abraxas for a correcting me with some special symbols

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HOW TO PORT TRANSLATED SPELLS, ETC TO A NEW GAME:

Q: If you kept your old game folder with the game you were working on and
   upgraded to the 1.03 final, you might notice that it seems some of the
   Magic animations still arnt translated, (in the event editor, Show Battle
   animation), maybe its just me, but I made a new game and all that was fixed.
   So if you think its still not translated, it really is. You just have to
   continue on or redo the whole thing. I also noticed that after I made a
   new Game/folder, and went back into the old game (from V1.02) the chipset
   block/pass stuff was screwed up, I readjusted it and have no probs
   switching from one to the other.

A: okay... the clue:
   1. create new game
   2. go to Battleanimations and click at the first line...
      right click and choose "Multi Copy"

   3. open your OLD game
   4. go to Battleanimations and click at the first line...
      right click and choose "PASTE"

   you can use it everywhere!!! like for stealing cool animations from
   the RPG masters games like ... etc 8-)

by Don Miguel

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ALL REST QUESTIONS:

Q&A: If you have the White Screen problem and don't have a joystick
     (which is required for the other solutions to this problem), you can
     easily fix the problem by simply going to System Properties (right-click
     My Computer, then choose Properties), then to the Device Manager tab.
     Expand the "Sound, video and game controllers" branch, then highlight
     "Gameport Joystick" and click Remove. That's all there is to it.
NOTE: Windows may re-add the Gameport Joystick to your system when you
      reboot. If this happens, you'll have to remove it again to run RM2K.
by Xythar


Q: When I make my items to only work in battle, they won't work
A: Try making'em so they work in both by not selecting any boxes

Q: In the map options, I pick to enable to save, but I can't save
A: For some reason, you have to pick Disable, it worked for me

Q: How do I make a starting position?
A: Go to events, right click the place you want to start at, and
   choose "Set Start Party position"

Q: When I put an event on auto-start, the game freezes
A: Put a switch at the end to make it stop when it's done

by yeahpika

Q&A: I tried to make an event where you have the choice to pick up an item. So, its one of those yes or no things. Then, so you can't keep on getting more of the item, I put a switch up. Here's exactly what I put in the event editer:

First Page:

<>Msg:Strange, it looks like this potion was put here recently. Do you take it?
<>Show Choices: Yes/No
:[Yes] Case
<>Msg:You take the potion slowly.
<>Add/Remove Item:Potion=>1Incr
<>
:[No] Case
<>Msg:You have a bad feeling and 
: :you don't take the potion.
<>
:End Case
<>Change Switch: [0011:No message]=On Set
<>Msg:Yugh, these bottles have 
: :been here for ages!
<>

Second Page:

<>


I did turn on the switch on the second page too. But for some reason, the thing repeats it self whenever I hit the spacebar. Here are some other stats on the event:

Event Start Condition: Push Key
Priority Type: Common Char Above
Movement Type: Stay Still
Movement Speed: 3: 1/2 Faster


The stats are the same on the second page, except I turned on the switch on the second page. Thanks to anyone who read this or helps me!

by AIABGold
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