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[Discussion] Is RPG Maker XP worth buying?

Master_Z

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    I'm completely new to using this program, but from what I've seen in the Pokemon Essentials kit, it has some a lot of power. I'd rather use this over rom hacking just because I want to build something from the ground up. So my questions are these:

    1) Is RPG Maker XP the version people use? I saw some other versions available.
    2) Is it worth the $21 price tag (they sent me an email saying I could get it at this price)?
     
    Sure I don't see why not.
     
    I bought it ant it was $30 for me. Yes, I think it's worth the purchase. If you're decent at scripting, it's well worth $50, let alone $30.

    BUT if you don't have any scripting experience, I would really reccomend trailing it and seeing what you can learn, as RMXP without scripting is.. Rather weak.
     
    If you want to give game dev a shot, then yeah I'd say it's worth the money, and there's a quite of documentation and the like to be found for it online, which the later versions have less of.
     
    I took a c++ course in college a couple years ago, so I'm not entirely new to programming. I just think it's more robust than rom hacking from what I saw in the Pokemon Essentials kit. For some reason RPG maker Pokemon games lag when the character is walking, not sure what's up with that....
     
    Master_Z said:
    I took a c++ course in college a couple years ago, so I'm not entirely new to programming. I just think it's more robust than rom hacking from what I saw in the Pokemon Essentials kit. For some reason RPG maker Pokemon games lag when the character is walking, not sure what's up with that....
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    The lag with walking is something the original essentials have.
    You can get rid of it, but I don't know how... You can get later versions of Essentials.
     
    Dradier234 said:
    The lag with walking is something the original essentials have.
    You can get rid of it, but I don't know how... You can get later versions of Essentials.
    Click to expand...

    I'm using the newest version of it, and there's plenty of lag when I'm walking.
     
    I think that Essentials runs slower than RPG Maker VX/VX Ace, I don't know if this is something with XP or the Essentials engine.
     
    The reason why Pokemon Essentials lags is because maps are seamed together into one big map, and because of all the scripts going on in the background. Also one area has a tonne of particle effects, which makes your computer go mad. If you start a new project and new map, you'll realise that the engine runs seamlessly.

    As for the price, I think it's a reasonable price, however I'd trial it first before getting it to see what you can do with it, and whether you like it or not.
     
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