Gigantor List Of Questions
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[edit] Beginner Questions
- How do I register on Castle Paradox? The site keeps on asking for an answer to a 'textual confirmation question', but I have no idea what that is!
- How do I start?
- I can't figure out how to download the OHRRPGCE, Help!
- I can't figure out how to install and run the OHRRPGCE, Help!
[edit] General Questions
- Are the music and sound effects that come with the OHRRPGCE protected by copyright laws?
- Can I run CUSTOM.exe or GAME.exe in a fullscreen instead of in a small window?
- Can I sell RPGs I make with the OHRRPGCE?
- Can I use plotscripting to allow people to change my maps when playing my game?
- Can someone explain what tags are/how they work?
- Can you add different animations in battle for a hero's different attacks?
- Can you host resources that I make for the OHRRPGCE such as Sprites, Sound Effects, Backgrounds, Fonts etc?
- Can you make heroes appear during a battle?
- How about a OHRRPGCE hall of fame, for all the best games made with it, or does one already exist?
- How are elemental strengths and weaknesses calculated?
- How are weapon pictures used?
- How can I allow the player to rename someone before they join their team?
- How can I allow the player to rename someone who never joins their team?
- How can I customize the appearance of sub-menus such as Items, Status, Equip etc?
- How can I delete an accidentally placed NPC?
- How can I implement weather on a map?
- How can I make a quiz-like game?
- How can I make an attack do an exact amount of damage each time?
- How can I make copies of NPCs do the same thing?
- How can I make it so that an event will happen, when an NPC is pushed onto a certain tile?
- How can I make it so that an inn restores HP, but not MP?
- How can I make more than two choices in a text box?
- How can I move my graphics between RPG files?
- How can I switch map tiles after an action, so that buildings and grass look burned?
- How can I talk to NPCs with some other key besides the space bar?
- How can I trick the Npc limit?
- How do I "automatically " rename heroes?
- How do I add a timer?
- How do I add cheats to my game?
- How do I add heroes to my party in the order I want?
- How do I add heroes to my party?
- How do I add monsters to my game?
- How do I add new colors to my palette?
- How do I add screens before my title game screen?
- How do I advance a text box without pressing the space bar?
- How do I advance backdrops pressing the space bar?
- How do I advance backdrops without pressing the space bar?
- How do I allow players to rename characters?
- How do I animate maptiles?
- How do I announce to the community that a game demo (or version) is online and ready to be tested and reviewed?
- How do I attack NPCs outside of battle?
- How do I bump a hero's level?
- How do I change my starting location?
- How do I change the main hero during a cutscene so that the player can't notice it?
- How do I change the money symbol?
- How do I check if there is already an .sav file using plotscripting?
- How do I check if there is already an npc on the map using plotscripting?
- How do I cleanly uninstall the OHRRPGCE?
- How do I clean a tileset in only a few clicks?
- How do I convert a TTF font into an OHF font?
- How do I convert WAV files into OGG format?
- How do I copy and paste a palette?
- How do I correctly post an article on this website?
- How do I create a stat like HP or MP?
- How do I create an attack that allows the player to choose the first target but then it's chained to an attack that can randomly choose another target?
- How do I customize the keyboard?
- How do I customize the master palette?
- How do I delete game data from my RPG?
- How do I delete a save file?
- How do I destroy all the NPCs on a single map?
- How do I destroy more than one copy of an NPC at a time?
- How do I display map names?
- How do I disable map layers?
- How do I end the game?
- How do I export graphics as BMP files?
- How do I get permission to use a WIP build with my game?
- How do I get rid of NPC misalignment?
- How do I get rid of the Ctr (counter) stat?
- How do I give an enemy a "Counter-attack"?
- How do I give an enemy multiple item rewards?
- How do I give my hero more than just one attack?
- How do I give my hero spells?
- How do I give stun and poison to the enemy so that they can use it on the heroes?
- How do I give the screen little and/or big shake?
- How do I have one enemy target one specific other enemy?
- How do I implement mouse input in my game?
- How do I implement new keys for the player with hero jumps as an example?
- How do I import a title screen?
- How do I import music?
- How do I increase the maximum of a stat with an item?
- How do I learn to draw better graphics?
- How do I limit the number of items I can carry?
- How do I make "fake" doors?
- How do I make a "backdrop point"?
- How do I make a "fake" movie using backdrops?
- How do I make a "Save Point"?
- How do I make a Bank where you can store money/items?
- How do I make a battle end only by killing a specific enemy while other enemies remain alive?
- How do I make a battle start after talking to an NPC?
- How do I make a battle start when you bump into an NPC?
- How do I make a battle where the heroes attack automatically?
- How do I make a blank/ all transparent sprite?
- How do I make a boss battle that the player cannot run away from?
- How do I make a boss with multiple forms?
- How do I make a chest in which I can store items and get them back later?
- How do I make a copy of a maptile set?
- How do I make a different song play when you ride a vehicle?
- How do I make the background of my menu disappear?
- How do I make a drain or leech spell that steals HP?
- How do I make a healing item?
- How do I make a hero attack several times during a battle turn?
- How do I make a hero join the party in the middle of a battle?
- How do I make a hero learn spells from items?
- How do I make a hero learn spells from level-ups?
- How do I make a hero look like it's jumping?
- How do I make a hero steal money from the enemy?
- How do I make a hero steal items from the enemy?
- How do I make a key-locked Door?
- How do I make a multiplayer game?
- How do I make a presentation for my save point or my restore point?
- How do I make a poisoning or stunning attack?
- How do I make a save slot load automatically instead of the load menu when the game launches?
- How do I make a shop that can be used only one, two or three times?
- How do I make a single spell that can be cast without having to access the Spell List screen?
- How do I make a spell that teleports you somewhere?
- How do I make a stat-boosting spell/attack?
- How do I make a stat-weakening spell/attack?
- How do I make a teleporter that transports you to an "HQ" thoughout the whole game?
- How do I make a text box that automatically displays the current amount of one or more items in my inventory?
- How do I make a text box that automatically shows the name of the item that I set it to give?
- How do I make a title screen?
- How do I make a treasure chest that contains many items and/or more than $32767?
- How do I make a treasure chest?
- How do I make a vehicle ignore harm tiles?
- How do I make a vehicle the player is riding carry over to the next map when the vehicle uses a door?
- How do I make a wall that heroes can't pass, but Npcs can?
- How do I make a wall that NPCs can't pass, but Heros can?
- How do I make an "enemy-repelling" item?
- How do I make an attack with a flat damage modifier instead of using damage percents?
- How do I make an automatic battle?
- How do I make an enemy keep on spawning itself?
- How do I make an event happen when the player presses a key at a certain X and Y on a map?
- How do I make an icon for my game?
- How do I make an inn where you can hire heroes?
- How do I make an inn in which you can also save the party?
- How do I make an intro story thing? (text boxes with backgrounds)
- How do I make an item or spell that revives dead heroes?
- How do I make an item that shows a text box?
- How do I make an item you have to be a certain level to use/equip?
- How do I make an NPC disappear when you talk to it but reappear when you leave and reenter the map?
- How do I make an NPC have a "line of sight" or an area in which it can detect a hero and how do I make it act upon it?
- How do I make an NPC heal the hero?
- How do I make an NPC hurt the hero?
- How do I make an NPC look like it's jumping?
- How do I make an NPC say something different later?
- How do I make buildings?
- How do I make certain enemy formations rarer than others in the same formation set?
- How do I make choices in a dialogue box?
- How do I make emoticons?
- How do I make enemies speak in battle?
- How do I make fonts?
- How do I make gradual fade in and fade out?
- How do I make heroes and npcs invisible?
- How do I make it so that an enemy spawns only when multiple other enemies are killed?
- How do I make it so that the hero cannot activate an NPC when there is a wall between the hero and NPC?
- How do I make it so that when you talk to a NPC then it shows a different screen?
- How do I make longer names for items?
- How do I make maptiles animate?
- How do I make maptiles that hurt you?
- How do I make music?
- How do I make my imported backgrounds look better?
- How do I make my hero dash when a key is pressed?
- How do I make my vehicle remember where I parked it?
- How do I make one, two, or three NPCs follow the hero?
- How do I make screenshots?
- How do I make the heroes of my team appear behind the main hero?
- How do I make map music continue where it left off after a battle?
- How do I make the screen fade out but not the hero?
- How do I make the screen scroll?
- How do I make the story continue after you die in battle?
- How do I make title options like Start Game, Continue Game, etc.?
- How do I make Vehicles?
- How do I make weather effects?
- How do I match the palette of the picture I've drawn with the OHRRPGCE master palette?
- How do I mix colors together?
- How do I place shops?
- How do I prevent a dead hero from reviving at the Inn?
- How do I prevent a hero from attacking several times during a battle turn?
- How do I prevent a hero from regaining Hp and Mp on level up?
- How do I prevent a hero in the reserve party from appearing in the team menu?
- How do I prevent a monster from attacking when the heros are choosing their attack?
- How do I prevent an NPC from wandering far away from its start location?
- How do I prevent items from appearing in the inventory?
- How do I prevent the player from calibrating the joystick?
- How do I prevent the player from popping up the menu?
- How do I reset time?
- How do I securely backup my work?
- How do I start a cutscene after passing a door?
- How do I start a battle automatically?
- How do I take Screen Shots of...?
- How do I use a USB gamepad or joystick with the OHRRPGCE?
- How do I use Anvil studio to make MIDI music?
- How do I use attack captions to make dialogue in battles?
- How do I use data from my existing game to make another game?
- How do I use MIDI2BAM to make BAM music?
- How do I use NOTATE.EXE to make BAM music?
- How do I use precise weapon placement?
- How do I use show value to find errors in my scripts?
- How do I use Sound Effects?
- How do I use Stephanie's PC Piano to make BAM music?
- How do I use string to update dialogues?
- How do I use the move to function to rename an article?
- How do I use unlump.exe?
- How do stats increase at level up?
- How does level MP increase when levelling up?
- How does the "Absorb Damage" bitset work?
- How is damage calculated?
- How is the attack dodge rate calculated?
- How long is a game tick?
- How many _______ can I make?
- How many copies of a hero can I have in my team?
- How many games are hosted by Castle Paradox?
- How many items can I have in my inventory menu?
- I am a music composer. Where can I find a place to host my MIDI and BAM files?
- I am running under Linux. Can I use the OHRRPGCE? and if so what version of the Custom.exe and Game.exe shall I download?
- I am using a hero that can be renamed several times by the player. What name should I use for him when I write in the text boxes?
- I am using the Paintbrush program that comes with windows...
- I don't have an internet connection at home. How can I save the articles and or print them later?
- I have a game project but I'm not good at making graphics and music and I would like new members to join my game project. Where can I meet members of the community that could be interested in working with me?
- I haven't worked for a long time on my rpg file. I've downloaded the new version of custom.exe. Can it bug my game?
- I made a GIMP bmp image, and it dose not seem to appear in my import list! What have I done wrong?
- I need to bump up manually my hero's level. How should I proceed?
- I use the paint program that comes by default with Windows because I couldn't find any free drawing programs. Would you know where I can find some on the net?
- I would like to make my own battle system. How can I start?
- I would like to make my own menu and edit it under custom.exe How shall I start?
- I would like to start a website about OHR games in my mother tongue. Could we be sister sites?
- Is my work protected by copyright? Can I limit who uses the game?
- Is it possible for the game to know if you ran from the last battle and do something about it?
- Is it possible to change the background (animation) when prompted by an Attack?
- Is it possible to export images from a game? Print Screen doesn't work on CUSTOM.
- Is it possible to make a textbox advance faster?
- Is it possible to make an enemy know whether it is poisoned or stunned so it can heal itself?
- Is the Windows version compatible with games made using the DOS version?
- Is there a way I can draw my pictures in a painting program, then place it into my game?
- Is there a way to enable NPCs to walk through each other?
- Is there a way to increase the possibilities of stealing rare (and valuable) items during a battle turn?
- Is there any way to add captions to an attack when the target is "Weak to" or "Strong to" the attack?
- Is there any way to adjust how much the "Weak to" and "Strong to" will add or remove from the damage?
- My computer is very old. Will the OHRRPGCE still work on it?
- So when will it be finished?
- The OHRRPGCE doesn't meet my expectations. What else can I use?
- What are Level MP based/FF1 Style spells?
- What are Tags for?
- What are the advantages and drawbacks of the different music programs?
- What are the command-line arguments that the OHRRPGCE accepts?
- What are the common rules and customs of the OHR RPG community?
- What are the correct sizes for each type of graphics?
- What are the Debugging keys?
- What are the limits on various things?
- What are the particularities of a world map and how can I make one?
- What are the RGB values for the different colors?
- What are the things the OHRRPGCE can do very well?
- What are the things the OHRRPGCE CANNOT do and will never be able to do?
- What can an item do when used outside of battle?
- What can I do to NOT lose my game datas?
- What can I do to NOT lose my password?
- What color-combos do the different textbox border colors use?
- What do each of the attack motions do?
- What do each of the bitsets in the general game data do?
- What do each of the preference bitsets do?
- What do each of the stats (HP, MP, etc...) do?
- What does the "Automatically choose target" bitset do, and how does it work?
- What does the 'mute' attack option do?
- What exactly are 'one-time use' tags, and what can I use them for?
- What files do I need to give people so they can play my RPG?
- What is a 'Font' and how do I use it?
- What is a mirror?
- What is a WIP?
- What is file X in WORKING.TMP?
- What is Hits?
- What is MP Idiot?
- What is MP~ ?
- What is so special about the number 32767?
- What is the Ctr stat and what does it do?
- What is the difference between a BAM and a MIDI file?
- What is the difference between the "Own Item" tag and the "is in Inventory" tag?
- What is the difference between the various enemy death animations?
- What is the formula for how much experience it takes for a levelup?
- What is the formula for stat increase at level up?
- What should I do if the Answers on here don't work for me?
- What stats does an inn restore?
- When exactly will an enemy drop its 'rare item' on death?
- When exactly will an enemy use its "Desperation" attacks?
- When is the next update? (See also the old answer)
- When will BattleScripting be added to the OHRRPGCE?
- When I try to place more than one hero on a map, it changes the first hero's place. How do I fix that?
- Where are UNLUMP and the other utilities in the Linux version?
- Where can I find a better program than Hssed.Exe to work on my hss file?
- Where can I find fonts?
- Where can I find games?
- Where can I find music?
- Where can I find other RPG makers, or makers for other types of games?
- Where can I find sound effects?
- Where can I find the master palette picture saved under the png, bmp, gif...format?
- Where can I find the plotscripting dictionary?
- Where can I find tutorials for my drawing program?
- Where can I find WIP builds?
- Where can I go for help?
- Will you ever make it so that the speed stats of heroes and enemies work like how they do in FF1 or Pokemon instead of a time delay?
- Why did you choose BAM music over other formats?
- Why did you decide to make the screen 320 x 200?
- Why did you pick an acronym that is so hard to pronounce?
- Why did you pick such strange names for each version of CUSTOM and GAME.EXE?
- Why does BAM music sound worse than MIDI music?
- Why does Castle Paradox's server go down so often?
- Why not make better password protection for RPG files?
- How come Custom and Game are blurry now?
[edit] Questions About Errors And Unexpected Behavior
Please read How do I report a bug? before adding questions to this section!
- CUSTOM.exe froze up while I was working on a game! Is there any way I can unfreeze CUSTOM or retrieve the files I modified?
- Does OHR work with Windows Vista?
- Even if I disable the minimap, I can still display it with F1
- Every time a battle starts, the enemies die instantly and I win without doing anything. Why?
- How do I get information about reported bugs?
- How do I report a bug?
- I accidentally wrote over the plotscr.hsd file. Is there any place where I can download only the plotscr.hsd file?
- I added new spells to my hero's spell list, why aren't they there when I play?
- I can't figure out how to install and run the new version of the OHRRPGCE, Help!
- I download a game but I can't find it when I run CUSTOM, why?
- I click the program and my computer crashes
- I click the program and nothing at all happens
- I click the program and see an error message
- I click the program and the screen goes blank
- I forgot my password! What do I do?
- I gave the my enemies HP, but they still die instantly. Why?
- I get an error message about illegal wait substate #174
- I get an error message saying: The system is not suitable for running MS-DOS and microsoft Windows applications
- I get an message that says Invalid Text Box
- I made backgrounds, but now I can't import them!
- I made enemies and formations, why can't I fight them when I walk around my map?
- I made an Item that is supposed to permanently alter stats, but every time I use a recovery item it gets undone, why?
- I used to be able to compile my scripts normally, but now that I have a new version of the ohrrpgce, I get an error message saying that it cannot find my hss file. Why?
- I'm not getting any sound in Linux. Can you tell me how OHRRPGCE outputs MIDI so that I can set up my system correctly?
- Is there a way to resize CUSTOM.exe?
- It doesn't work!
- map00 tilemap is missing
- My Script compiles, but I can't find the .HS file!
- My battles don't work! What is wrong?
- My enemies never move or attack, why?
- My enemy's turn takes forever, why?
- My Game was deleted by bug, I think. I had been working on it for a year, what do I do now? I kept no back up files. ;_;
- My scripts won't compile! Why?
- No data to compile
- One of my heroes died, but his HP was displayed as a negative number. This continued for a few battles, until he was attacked by an enemy, and then his HP became zero. Why did this happen?
- Script error! Failed to unlump (scriptid).hsx
- Sometimes, my hero attacks once and some other times twice. What can be the reason for that?
- The OHRRPGCE doesn't work on my computer! Why?
- The program runs, but doesn't work like I expect it to
- The program used to work just fine, but now it doesn't!
- What is a test case?
- What is bugzilla and how does it work?
- What is the edit menu for and how do I make it active?
- When I attack my enemies they don't die, Why?
- When I give my heroes spells, the lists aren't coming up in the Spells menu or in battle, and I did name the spell lists! Why?
- When I open "Edit Attacks" the attack picture in the bottom right is missing, how do I fix it?
- When I upgraded to a newer version of the OHRRPGCE, my shops were all wrong! What happened?
- Why do all my heroes have the same attack?
- Why do my minimaps come up with F1 even if I have the option turned off in Map Data
- Why do my spawned enemys all appear in the top left corner?
- Why doesn't the music ever play when I am playing my games?
- Why doesn't my joystick/gamepad work in GAME.EXE?
- Why don't my pushable NPCs move?
[edit] Plotscripting Questions
- Can I "evolve" a hero into another?"
- Can I have a copy of the plotscripting tutorial that I don't have to be on the internet to use?
- Can you modify a hero's stats, enemy's stats, money, etc. by a percentage rather than by a whole number with plotscripting?
- Can you modify experience outside of battle with plotscripting?
- Can you recommend an alternative to HSSED.exe that has the same Help feature that HSSED does?
- Can you retrieve an enemy's attack IDs with plotscripting?
- ERROR: File plotscr.hsd not found. What should I do?
- ERROR:in line 746 of plotscr.hsd define trigger,begin expected top-level declaration but found definetrigger. Why does this error occur?
- ERROR:In line X of dummyplotscripts.hss Song:I'll Wander the World. This isn't a variable, constant, or anything else. It exists in my hsi file, but it says it isn't. What should I do?
- Expected name but defineoperator block ended
- Expected a name but found a number 0
- Expected number but found ___
- Expected top-level declaration but found ___
- How can I compile my plotscripts in Linux?
- How can I compile my plotscripts under windows?
- How can I compile my plotscripts without using hssed.exe?
- How can I make a combination lock using multiple digits?
- How can I run a script instead of/before/after the menu comes up?
- How can I set or remove animating maptiles with plotscripting?
- How do I add arguments to my script and how do I use them?
- How do I avoid script buffer overflows?
- How do I call one script directly from another script?
- How do I change a hero's walkabout and battle graphic set, whether the hero is in the party or not, and regardless of what slot the hero is in, using plotscripting?
- How do I change enemies' stats with plotscripting?
- How do I change the walkabout graphic set of an NPC using Plotscripting?
- How do I check if a save slot is already full?
- How do I convert my scripts from old to new syntax?
- How do I enter names through strings?
- How do I enter NPC references through strings?
- How do I get it to run a script when I level up a certain hero (me)?
- How do I implement pause outside battles/ in my battle system?
- How do I import my scripts without launching custom.exe and then going in the script managment menu?
- How do I know I have to use more than one hss file?
- How do I learn to write plotscripts?
- How do I level up my hero using plotscripting?
- How do I link script files together?
- How do I make a HS file?
- How do I make a HSI file?
- How do I make a HSS file?
- How do I make a "fake inn"?
- How do I make a "vending machine?"
- How do I make a safe-deposit box locked with a password?
- How do I make a text box using strings?
- How do I make the screen scroll like a Zelda game?
- How do I make an NPC disappear after ending its plotscript by making it walk out of view?
- How do I make my own HSD file?
- How do I make the first plotscript in a file be the new game plotscript, and the second one in the same file begin when you talk to an NPC in a different map?
- How do I prevent my scripts from bugging?
- How do I prevent my scripts from taking hours to compile?
- How do I print my hss file?
- How do I restore my hero's stats during a plotscript?
- How do I restart my game after the player had lost?
- How do I run a plotscript after a battle?
- How do I run a plotscript before a battle?
- How do I script a wait that the player can skip by pressing a key?
- How do I store several tags in a variable?
- How do I use a map autorun script to create weather effects?
- How do I use plotscripts to make an NPC created through plotscripting stay on the map?
- How do I use plotscripts to make an NPC disappear permanently?
- How do I use scancodes?
- How do I write battlescripting?
- How do I write if statements with complex conditions (2 or 3 conditions)?
- How do I write map autorun scripts?
- How do I write strings?
- How does plotscripting work?
- How does script-debug mode work?
- HssEd keeps asking for HSPEAK
- I came up with a new plotscript command. How should I propose it to the community?
- I can't read the HSPEAK error screen!
- I don't get plotscipting at all, and the tutorial is still too confusing for me. Can anyone explain how to do it?
- I get an error message saying: declaration script is not permitted inside a script. Perhaps my script has an extra...
- I have made a script library. Who shall I ask to put it online?
- I still get "Script error! Failed to unlump (scriptid).hsx"; I used the right format for more than one script in a file.
- I would like to start to write some advanced plotscripts with complex commands in it. Where can I find help and support?
- I would like to use a pre made battle system I've download at Castle paradox. How do I implement it in my game?
- If I put more than one plotscript into one file, how do I make only one at a time begin when I need it?
- If statement has 2 conditions. It should have only one. Use and and or for complex conditions
- I'm rather intimidated with NPC manipulation and I would like to make a tactical engine to fulfill my gameplay needs. How shall I proceed?
- In a plotscript, how does it know which NPC 2 to use, if there's a new list of NPCs for every map?
- In my plotscript, the text boxes keep looping. What should I do?
- Is it possible to put two NPCs on the same X,Y position with Plotscripting?
- Is it possible to use Variables in place of (i.e., use them in the same fashion as) tags?
- Is there a limit to how big a plotscript can be?
- Unrecognised name ___. It has not been defined as script, constant, variable, or anything else
- What are all the ways to trigger a script?
- What are HamsterSpeak flow control commands?
- What are scancodes?
- What are the differences between a variable and a global variable?
- What are the differences between the "wait for key" command and the "key is pressed" command?
- What are the differences between the "wait for key" command and the "wait for scancode" command?
- What are the differences between the "walk hero " command and "walk to X/Y" command?
- What are the more requested features for the next versions?
- What do the run-time script errors mean?
- What is a constant and how do I use it?
- What is a good RGB value for a "Night Time Effect" when using the tweak palette plotscript command?
- What is a script argument for?
- What is a script/plotscript and how do I write them?
- What is a string and how do I use it?
- What is a variable?
- What is a while loop and how do I make it?
- What is an HSD file and how does it work?
- What is fake plotscripting and when do I use it?
- What is the 3rd Party HSI?
- What is the set hero Z command, and how do I correctly use it?
- What should I do if my script has bugs?
- When I compile my script it says that stat:hp is not a valid name, but it is in my hsi file! Can anyone tell me what is going on?
- When I drag my HS file onto HSPEAK, I get an error message not related to my actual code. What am I doing wrong?
- When I go in the equip menu, my hero is equiped with a potion whereas I've never equiped him before
- When should I use strings?
- Where can I find an advanced plotscript library that may fit my advanced plotscript needs?
- Where can I find examples of scripts written by other users?
- Which commands cause implicit waits?
- Which commands require a wait afterwards?
- Why can't I launch a script when already inside a script?
- Why do my scripts lock up on the "Wait for NPC" command?
- Why does my on-keypress script freeze/produce errors when I hold down a key?
- Why does my script take hours to compile?
- Why doesn't my Game-Over plotscript work?
- Why doesn't my Load-Game plotscript work?
- Why doesn't the set NPC Z command exist?
- Why don't my special plotscripts work?
[edit] Feature Request Questions
The FAQ is a really bad place to ask for a feature. If you want to suggest a feature, the Forums are much better for that purpose!
- Are you going to add costumes for characters?
- Are you going to make a version that supports hi-res graphics, 3D, etc...?
- Can you add Hp Max and Mp Max to the target stats?
- I need to know if something I've heard about (and or something I've read on forums) is yet implemented or not. What can I do to get information?
- I want a new feature!
- I want more items, NPCs, elements, spells, etc...
- I would like to propose new features for the next version of the OHRRPGCE. How should I proceed?
- Is it possible to make little Character Portraits appear next to text boxes?
- Will it ever be possible to change the battle system?
- Will it ever be possible to give attacks sound effects?
- Will it ever be possible to have more than one font in a game?
- Will poison and regen ever be able to affect stats other than Hp?
- Will the "set NPC Z" command ever be implemented?
- Will the O.H.R.RPG.C.E. be able to make a "monster befriend" engine?
- Will the O.H.R.RPG.C.E. ever allow multi-color fonts?
- Will the O.H.R.RPG.C.E. ever allow sound FX panning?
- Will the O.H.R.RPG.C.E. ever be able to make games that can be played without the game.exe?
- Will the O.H.R.RPG.C.E. ever be able to make games that cannot be edited?
- Will the O.H.R.RPG.C.E. ever be able to use a different size of font (e.g. 16×16 or 8×16)?
- Will the O.H.R.RPG.C.E. ever support rotating/scaling like the Super Nintendo's MODE7?
- Will the O.H.R.RPG.C.E. ever use alpha transparency?
- Will there ever be a way to "customize" the way the pause menu looks?
- Will there ever be armor pictures that appear on a hero in battle?
- Will there ever be attack scripting so that I can make complex damage formulas?
- Will there ever be Items/Attacks/Spells that can summon enemies in battle as allies?
- Will there ever be Items/Attacks/Spells that does special effects?
- Will there ever be overhead pixels?
- Will there ever be sound effects?
- Will there ever be tile effects such as reflections, footprints, etc?
- Will you ever add more animation frames?
- Will you ever add more choices? I need more than two.
- Will you ever add support to import movies?
- Will you ever include a random dungeon generator?
- Will you ever make a Linux version? Macintosh? BeOS?
- Will you ever support MOD music?
- Will you ever support MP3 music?
- Will you ever support TTF fonts?
- Will you ever support WAV files?
- Will you ever update the map editor?
- Will you raise the limit on number of NPCs?
- Will you raise the limit on number of string scripts?
- Would it be possible for a character to be healed by a type of attack to a certain degree, and get hurt after the total damage caused exceeds a certain number?
- How can I make it so that pressing a button in battle in time with the music creates combo damage, like in Mother 3?
[edit] Hamster Republic Questions
- A hamster is the symbol of Google’s new programming language. What does it mean?
- Bob is the most adorable hamster I have ever seen. Where can I find a hamster with Bob's distinct features?
- Can I make a game with speaking hamsters? (and if so can I include Bob in it)?
- Can I make my own version of Wandering Hamster?
- Does Bob the Hamster exist in real life?
- How do I add new quotes for Bob in the main page of the website?
- How do I become a member of the Hamster Republic?
- How do I delete an account used to submit games to the Hamster Republic OHRRPGCE Game List?
- How do you e-mail a dead person? (James)
- I miss Bob the Hamster. Will his new adventures be released one day?
- I would like to create a brand new RPG with Bob the Hamster in it. The graphics would be based on those in wander.rpg. Will you agree?
- I would like to include Bob (or any other character from Wandering Hamster) in my game. How shall I contact James to ask for it?
- I would like to write a fan fiction and/or make comics with Bob the Hamster, his friends and enemies in it. Will you agree?
- Is Bob a dog?
- Is James British?
- Is James Dead?
- Is James Really Dead?
- What's with the sick bob picture? First the marshmallow incident, and now Bob! Is he going to be OK?
- Is the Ohr Community dying because there hasn't been any news updates or any other Ohr project update?
- May I use some of the graphics/music in Wandering Hamster?
- What is HamsterWheel?
- What languages do you speak?
- When will the next version of Wandering Hamster be online?
- Why are you called James "SPAM Man" Paige?
- Why did you pick a hamster over any other animal?
- Why does Bob have bandages on the Wiki logo?
[edit] Developer Questions
- Can I make my own version of the OHRRPGCE?
- Can I turn my game into a mmorpg?
- How do I become an OHRRPGCE developer?
- How do I make my own WIPs?
- I have compiled my own version with interesting features. How shall I propose my ideas to the developers so they can test and comment on them?
- I have made my own version of the OHRRPGCE and would like to post it here. What should I do?
- I want to make a program based on the OHRRPGCE's code. Do I have to pay you a licence fee or something?
- I would like to learn FreeBASIC. Where can I find information good for a beginner?
- Is Jormungand still in developement?
- Is there a law that I have to have a read me?
- What do you mean "the code is messy"?
- What is "Free Basic" and is there a link with "Quick Basic"?
- What will be a better source to learn how to make an rpg maker from?
- Why not re-write the OHRRPGCE in Python?
- Why not re-write the OHRRPGCE in ...?
[edit] Questions about this Wiki
- How did you get the bright idea to use a wiki message board to host game makers' questions?
- How do access my user:page on the wiki?
- How do I create an account on the wiki?
- How do I delete my account on the wiki?
- How do I link to my user page in discussions?
- How do I rename the headline of an article?
- How do I start a talk about an article on the wiki?
- How do I upload a picture on the wiki?
- I would like to make my own wiki media website. Where can I go to get some information in my mother tongue?
- Where can I store the pictures I want to include in the articles?
- Why did you change the original site to this one?
[edit] ERAQ: Extremely Rarely Asked Questions
Most of the questions on this page are RAQ, but this section is for obscure or extremely specific questions.
- Can I add gravity to my game?
- Can I play and make games installing game.exe and custom.exe on a Usb key?
- Can I remove certain features such as "Remove Hero" or "Steal from enemies"?
- How can I make a game in Chinese? I can edit the alphabet but Chinese require at least 3,000 characters
- How can I make a world map where the player just presses a key and the hero walks to another place on the map?
- How can I make copies of NPCs do distinct things?
- How come the font is 8x8 pixels instead of 10x10?
- How do I implement autosave?
- How do I make a fighting game?
- How do I make a loop point in a MIDI using Anvil Studio?
- How do I make more than two choices in a text box using figures?
- How do I make/ work on screen under custom.exe?
- How do I prevent the screen from fading in too early?
- How do I read or write data in a saved game without loading that saved game?
- How do you make your hero attack like megaman?
- How many articles can be hosted here?
- I have translated howto.txt and some other documents in my mother tongue. Who shall ask t