Please could someone help me with rpgmaker 2003

Hi im new to the forum and i have had rpgmaker 2003 for a few days now and i wanted to know 3 things

1.How do you make a vehicle that doesnt leave a picture behind e.g when i make a boat it leaves a boat behind which i can enter and then the other boat vanishes.

2.Where can i download some char sets and the like?3.How can i save my game and e mail it to my friends to play?

Thanks a lot for helping me

Hmm.

1) I have no idea what you're trying to do there. Setting up the boat's condition with an EVENT would fix things. Remember that there's already boats in the game that you just have to place.. use the SET VEHICLE START POSITION command in the event layer, as an Auto Start event with a switch that turns itself off.

2) Google.

3) Project menu, Create Game Disk. (Save it to a folder in your desktop.) "Include Runtime Package in Gamedisk" if your friends don't have RM2K3, or if you saved any downloaded stuff into the RTP folders (NOT recommended). It'll be VERY large though, and it may not email. (I doubt hotmail will allow such a big attachment.)

Thanks a lot ill try that now

And one more thing how do i set an event so it only happens once? As with me there is a movie the first time you enter a place and i want it to not show everytime i go in as beating a boss a zillion times is no fun

And also i tried google to find sites to download char sets and the like for rpgmaker 2003 but i only found 200 ones which dont seem to work where can i find some? give me links if you have any please

Ouch for triple posting..

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For an event that only happens once - set a switch. Here's a quick example of switches in general..

http://www.zelaron.com/forums/showth...threadid=21371

Just check the older threads and read through those a bit.

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Charsets:

http://images.google.com/images?q=ch...UTF-8&filter=0

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...=Google+Search

There's TONS right there. And it's "Charset", not "Char Set". No space, that could be why you're not getting much. And yes, the 2000 charsets work just fine under 2003.

Ooops sorry for triple posting thanks a lot
bluecube rocks

Sorry to double post but how do you set a precondition as i cant find it anywhere on an event

OK now im realllly sorry for triple posting but i post whenever i need help so dont kill me ok 1. i have loads of charsets from the links bluecube gave me but when i click import then ok an error screen comes up and stops me from importing

Err.. error? What error? You'll need to be specific.

A quick guess at your situation - you need to click "Charset" on the left side of the Resource Manager (the importing screen) before you attempt to import.


Preconditions:

(Just set the preconditions you want for that event - Page 1 is normal, you shouldn't have preconditions there, just the event the first time you see it. Add a page 2 (with a SWITCH precondition) to set what you want the event to be after the switch is set (probably blank, but not always)

Ok the error i download a charset called 51 as i didnt change waht it was first called the error when i import it is...

(red x) ????C:\programfiles\Enterbrain\RPG2003\project\Gam e 1\CharSet151.png????????

Thats what it shows and game 1 is my game name as i dont have 1 yet thanks

THAT'S an odd error. Time for some troubleshooting!

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1) Is it really a PNG file? Open it in MSPaint or something, and save it as one. Or, import it as an "XYZ" file, that can help sometimes.

2) If you can't import it, try putting it manually in your project\game 1\CharSet\ folder. Run RPG Maker and see if it shows up as a choice in places you can set a character (it should be on top of the list since it's not in RTP)

3) Check the image's size. It should be 288 x 256.

4) Something I just thought of, does that directory even exist? Or did you install somewhere else? Make sure to set the default project folder to wherever your project is..

5) As a LAST resort, put it in the RTP Charset directory. ABSOLUTE LAST RESORT. You'll have to attach this file in any games, even if the person getting the game has the RTP installed, so keep a note of that somewhere.

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If NONE of that works, either tell me where you downloaded the file or attach it to a reply. (use the Full Featured Reply.. right to the left of the reply box, it says "Your Reply". Right above THAT is Quck Reply [Full Featured Reply]. I don't think I need to tell you what to click..) ZIP it if it's too big.

Ok i tried and the size is ok the directory exists and i saved it in paint didnt work neither did the xyz import and im not sure on how to do 5 and 2

For 5 and 2 -

You DO know how to copy/paste a file, right? Just go to wherever you downloaded the PNG to, Ctrl+C it and go to:

C:\Program Files\Enterbrain\RPG2003\project\Game 1\CharSet\

And Ctrl+V it there. (The above folder is for #2.)
For #5, the folder should be:

C:\Program Files\Enterbrain\RPG2003\RTP\CharSet\

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And I'd like to test that file myself, if you don't mind, so attach it to your next reply.

Quick question, what version of RM2k3 are you running? (Go to Help-About) I'm running 1.06.

ok im running the one from thaiware but i have a 1.6 or something patch on it one of the files im trying to use is this one

Your screen is different to mine as mine says event conditions not preconditions . I still cant import the charsets and i can click on it then i get a set image transparency and something is there anything else that i can do?

Hmm... you might not be using the RPG Advocate version then..

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The charset works instantly for me. No problems whatsoever.

A quick check - It's 6.png, which is an odd name for this sort of thing. But it does work fine for me.. I'm hoping you're not trying to import "CharSet151.png" when it's actually "6.png".

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(Steps I used, starting with the Resource Manager open)

1) Clicked on CharSet
2) Clicked "Import"
3) Went to my desktop (where I saved it). Clicked directly on the file (6.png)
4) Clicked "Open"
5) "6" appeared in my charset list.

if i downloaded the advocate version now would i lose my old game? i tried wht you did it doesnt work if i wont lose my old work ill do it but i need to know please thanks reply soon

i downloaded the advocate one and i can finally import stuff but the battle weapon set i have wont work so what size should i make it? i attached it to the bottom of this post.((and i did lose my old game but oh well im making a new one anyway basically the same but better thanks to the imports))

And the same as above for pictures i want to use as monsters thanx