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I just tried this out now - and you're right, I could have done that :) I haven't played much with the colour select tool, so I never experimented with the threshold option D; it can be a bit finicky, selecting pixels you don't want or missing ones you do if it's not so-so, but then alternatively you could still select the pixels with the lasso tool or the fuzzy select tool and still colourize the same way, using that option under colours :)

I have the program GIMP downloaded to my desktop and laptop since I play around with making graphics a bit (wallpapers and stuff like that) - anyway, the program has a "colour select" tool. So I just used that, zoomed in on the picture a lot, clicked on one of the shades and just picked a colour I wanted to replace it with. Then I used the paintbrush tool and started colouring all the selected pixels. ...I'm not very good at explaining. Basically, the colour select selects all the pixels of the same shade, and so if you use the paintbrush tool and try to colour, it'll only colour the pixels that are selected, not the entire thing. So it made it really quick and easy and all I had to do after that was decide what shades to replace it with. GIMP's a free program you can download. I prefer it to photoshop, mostly 'cause I learned on GIMP so photoshop's interface just confuses me.

Glad to be of service ^^ I might add a few more tomorrow since you can never have too much variety with flowers D;

I'm sure they probably exist somewhere on the internet, but I haven't been able to find them for the past few days so I decided to try recolouring myself. They're nothing fancy, but I figured I could share anyway in case someone else wants to use them :)

At the RPG Maker VX community, this thread came up with someone who had a similar question: http://www.rpgmakervx.net/lofiversion/index.php/t26759.html And they also referenced this script that might be useful: http://pockethouse.wordpress.com/vx/swap-dummy-monster/ I don't use RMVX myself, so I'm afraid I can't be of more help, but maybe that'll get you started :)

I made a shortcut for NPC's: $game_system.add_shortcut('\c3', '\face[]\nm[]') So if I use \c3 it'll automatically put \face[]\nm[] there for me (well, in the system, not my event sheet.) I have it blank in the brackets after \face - so would that have the faceset set to none? Edit: Just saw your edit :P Going to look at my eventing and stuff now. Okay, so are you saying that I DON'T want to have this before my text: \face[] If I don't have that, it shows the previous face set that was used instead of not displaying any at all. Although if I recall there was something in the script about turning it off after you used it... this bit of script I guess: $game_system.face_graphic = "" But then, if I do that, there's still the space to the right of the screen when I talk to an NPC. Edit 2: I did a little more searching around on google and some other sites, and I did find a few other people had a similar issue and no one really had anything to help apart from putting in the script to turn fit window to text on and off repeatedly. Kinda sucks, but I can deal with that xD If anyone does happen to have an easier way I'm still open to suggestions :P Oh, I also tried putting all the face graphic/shortcut codes at the END of the text instead of before the dialogue... didn't change anything.

Ahhh I'm watching so much right now! I finally got into the Naruto craze, I've been watching Part I dubbed (I know, I know... BLASPHEMY!) and Part II dubbed, although I have episodes 1-80 something subbed on DVD that a family friend's wife got me from the Phillipines like, a year or more ago. (And yes, I'm watching both Part I and Shippuden at the same time... I've already read every spoiler imaginable up to the latest manga chapter, or I've tried to anyway :3) But I'm also watching Full Metal Alchemist (season 3), Darker than Black, and currently re-watching InuYasha since I never did finish it. Edit: Just noticed the date of the last post. Does it still count as necroposting if the thread was close to the top on the first page? D; If so... sorry about that, probablyy should have read the date first x)

Okay, so I lost interest in RMXP for awhile when things got a bit hectic, and now I've started an entirely new game that I'm actually being organized about and planning everything in advance. It's been going great, except for one teeny little quirk that has been aggravating me for awhile: when I use the UMS with facesets, my default window width (which I've changed to 550) has been fine. But, when I'm talking to an NPC who DOESN'T have a faceset, there's a large amount of unused space to the right of the window screen and instead of the text taking up the whole window screen, it just skips down to the next line. Here are the things that I've tried, which have kind of worked: 1. Set the UMS mode to FIT WINDOW TO TEXT instead of NORMAL; but if I do that, I get an error whenever an event with facesets comes up. Usually it's something in line 1202. 2. Toggle between UMS modes with the \m shortcut; this works fine when the player is exploring and talking to NPC's, and if I don't turn it back on to normal mode, for whatever reason if a dialogue box pops up with a faceset AFTER that and it's still in fit window to text, it works - even though in my intro I tried the same thing, both with the shortcut and with the script, it brings up the error mentioned in #1. So I guess essentially the different things I'm wondering about are: 1. Why does the FIT WINDOW TO TEXT work fine with facesets (so far) during other parts of my game, but not at the very beginning during the opening intro? 2. Is there something in line 1202 that I should be editing, or that needs to be updated because it's causing an error? The line that supposedly has an error says this: width += @face.bitmap.width And, because it always helps to know what I'm working with: Script - What I Changed/Edited Essentially I changed nothing except the window width, and the font face... but here's the bits I changed anyway: @window_height = 128 @window_width = 550 @window_justification = CENTER @font = "Georgia" @font_color = nil Screenshots This is not a priority issue. Since (so far) it seems I only have a problem with fit window to text in my intro, I can just ignore it and use the shortcuts/scripts to get around it until after the opening and then change the UMS mode to FIT WINDOW TO TEXT permanently after that. Or I could (tediously D:) continue using the \m shortcut mentioned in the script to toggle between message modes. I guess I'm just kind of confused as to what might have caused the problem in the first place, because I don't think *I* did anything to make it mess up, yet I haven't really found anything mentioning this issue at all to suggest it's just a possible glitch with the script that people might run into while doing different events, or that it's common at all for some people :S So, er, yeah. If there's any other information needed, just post and let me know. And don't worry if no one can help, I'm not in dire need of assistance like I said, just kind of curious about the issue ;P

No problem! :) I know, I barely even play the original XBox since I've only played a few games on it (Fable/Fable: The Lost Chapters, Simpsons Hit and Run, some racing games, some war games, blah blah blah.) So I haven't found it worth it (so far) to get a 360, despite wanting to play Fable II. Fable III is supposed to come out for the PC as well though, apparently, although I don't know if I'd want to play a game like that on the computer :S

Your English is actually quite good, so no worries there :) hopefully being on an English forum will help you out even more xD First, I must say you automatically earn an awesome status with me - I LOVE FABLE! Sadly I've only played the first one, but I'm probably getting an Xbox 360 to play the second one around Christmas ;P Morrowind I've played before, but the world was so large and you could basically just go wherever, which I do bad with xD I have no recommendations for big projects to see since I've sadly never played an RMXP game (thus far), I probably should. I know there was a thread on here somewhere where people talked about their favourites though, so I'm sure they'll have suggestions for you x) Anywho, welcome to the forum! :)

Oh, I'm not suggesting you stop bothering with those friends - they're your friends for SOME reason, so they can't be all bad :) But it wouldn't hurt to try and make friends with other people too. Asking a student in your class who you know does well in that subject could be a start. I say this like it's easy, but speaking as someone who is very shy and can't make friends unless THEY come to ME first... I know it's not. As for there hardly being any time to ask, there's always time. You just have to make it. You might not be able to during class, but that's why you stay during your break or your lunch for a few minutes, or schedule a time to get some help at a later day and set that aside for that meeting only. This has the benefit of not only helping you with your course work, but also showing initiative to your teacher who will take that into consideration when grading you. Teachers like students who try their best and who try to get help if they need it. If you're struggling, but never ask for help, they have little sympathy for you when there are other students who do everything in their power to get the best grade possible for them. You could check out a rhyming dictionary online, which I don't believe should be against the rules of your teacher. Then you just need to write out the first two lines (because if you're doing a sonnet, the rhyming scheme starts out AB, meaning those two do NOT rhyme with one another) of whatever your topic is. Then the third line has to rhyme with the first, so you would look at the last word and then consult the rhyming dictionary to see what words rhyme with it. Just a rhyming dictionary that I've used in the past: http://www.rhymezone.com/ Of course, doing up a search on google or some other search engine might bring up more. When I used it, I just clicked the first link that came up :P Then you want to rhyme your fourth line with your second line, so you repeat the process until you're at the end of the rhyming scheme :) As for getting it to be ten syllables, one strategy you might find helps is to not worry about it at first and just write the lines out the way they come to you. Then you can look back over the poem and figure out ways to rephrase things to make it longer, adding in a word here or there.

Are you using events or a script of some kind? If you were using it as a common event, you should be able to specify that it can only work when a certain switch is on using conditional branching (I think). And then in the map you want to be able to call it on, have the switch turn on when you enter the map, and turn off whenever you leave the map. I'm not sure about the exact specifics for turning it off when you leave the map, I'm still fairly new to RMXP myself. Probably set it so that whenever you enter a town/location or your airship, you have it set to turn off. Sorry this isn't more specific, hopefully if you're still having problems someone else will post exactly what you can do to help you out :) There is however this tutorial that came up when I did a search on google: http://www.rpgrevolution.com/tutorial/airship-call-event_280.html If you're using eventing and that helps at all. Same idea as what I said but with the actual specifics that might help you out :P

What you might be able to do is take one of the modern tilesets floating around the internet, and just ask specifically if there's anyone who can sprite the things that you're missing. For example, the vending/snack machines. Most people don't want to do the pixel art on a whole tileset because it takes a LONG time, but smaller things that you can add to the tileset yourself they might be more willing to help with. I'll look around though and see if I can find anything :) I'll edit this post if I do. You should check out deviantart, though, and see if there are any tilesets on there (or anything else resource-wise you need, for that matter.) You can find a LOT of stuff at that site since people love posting their work up there. Just make sure that if you find something you like, that person doesn't mind others using it for their games. Usually it'll say somewhere in the description. Edit: Ecowolfsteen posted on the forum a modern tileset he found on RMRK, and if I'm not mistaken it's the one that I have as well. You've probably seen it already, but just in case: http://www.rmxpunlim...dern-resources/ Still looking around though ;)

Truthfully everyone goes through what you are right now. You're frustrated with everything and the harder you try, the more frustrated you get. That's perfectly normal, and it WILL pass (just like it WILL probably come back again at a later point, because we all have our ups and downs. It's life.) Poetry doesn't come easily to everyone, but as was previously mentioned, not all poetry has to rhyme. You should look up different forms of poetry (unless your teacher has specified which format you are supposed to use) and see which you find easiest. There's free verse and acrostic, to name two of the (I find) easiest. Even people who can sing and play instruments need to practice. It's not a big deal if you can't sing, because while it might feel cool to be good at it, it won't really get you anywhere in life unless you're intending to pursue a music career. As for an instrument, you have to practice to get good at that. I started playing the flute in the seventh grade, and I was so bad that I HATED music class, I HATED school, because I couldn't get a sound out of the instrument and I didn't want to have to go to music class anymore to just be frustrated. But I kept at it (because I had to) and ended up becoming a total band geek, took music every year after that, including a fifth year of highschool (the unofficially named "grade 13") and I actually got to be pretty good. Not "let's join a huge symphony!" good, of course, but still good enough to enjoy it a lot. And that's six years of music, five years of band practice once a week after school. The only way anything can get better is if you take a deep breath, stop feeling frustrated and sorry for yourself, and try again. You don't just magically get good at things, no matter how easy other people make it look. It's easy for them because they worked to get good at something, and I'm not saying you're not - you're just allowing yourself to get frustrated and lose focus. Tell your friends that you really want to get better at whatever it is they can help you with, and if they still laugh, well, I hate to say it, but they don't sound like very good friends. If you're having trouble in your classes, like with your art/poetry, ASK YOUR TEACHERS FOR HELP. Seriously, they're supposed to get paid to teach, not babysit. Make them do their job.

*honestly never scrolls that far down the forum xD* HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! :o Hope it was a good one :)

Halloween is one of my favourite holidays, because I love to be scared and I love all that spooky stuff. So every year, I try to do SOMETHING even if I don't go trick-or-treating anymore. (Though I admit, since I haven't grown an inch in height since the LAST time I went trick-or-treating, I have considered going out again anyway for free candy xD) This year we're checking out Halloween Haunt at Canada's Wonderland, and we might head down to Wilno to check out the "ghost" at Buck Hill Road. Last time we went, some college kids were having a party there and we didn't see anything, so it'd be nice to check it out when everything is a bit quieter. Here's a bit of info on it and some "witness accounts" here: http://www.pararesearchers.org/index.php?/20080806561/Ghosts-Hauntings/Buck-Hill-Ottawa-Valley-Ghost-Lights.html Personally given my last experience there, I think that most people who go there are either drunk or easily frightened and just see the oncoming headlights of other cars and think it's the lantern. But, I've heard of people having car problems when their car was perfectly fine, or technology just going out of whack (like wristwatches or cameras), and it certainly is creepy even if you don't see a ghost because of the writing on the trees. If I remember correctly, there was two trees that had writing that looked like the tree had just grown that way: one said "daddy, daddy," and the other said "where are you?" There was a third tree that said "I'm coming," but it was obviously spray painted on. SO. That's my plans/possible plans... what's everyone else planning on doing, if anything? :)

Through Google, like the majority of you. I was either looking for some kind of resource, or just checking out the tutorials to see if there was anything that caught my eye - and of course I was prompted to sign up for an account. Usually I'd just be lazy and go find a different site, but this time I didn't. Never intended to actually post since I have rotten luck with forums usually, but I got an automated email welcoming me and reminding me to post. The other RMXP sites I'd joined hadn't bothered, so since this one actually had, I decided I'd post here after all :P Which ended up being a good thing when I ran into my weird mapping problem, which I still never figured out, only worked around xD Which is more than good enough for me. :D

I was told the same thing, but I have a friend who has a PS3 that can play PSX games on it. As the previous poster mentioned, it depends on the model. I think the original models allowed you to play PSX games on it, but the newer models did not. Personally I think all the models of it should, because some of the games for PSX were still pretty awesome. That's great that you lucked out and got one that'll play them! ;D

:P Also good stuff to remember, since you said you'd think your old work was crap: 1) When anyone starts out, it's always crap. You have to keep writing crap for it to get any better. 2) A writer is usually never satisfied with their own work, unless they're self-centered or it really is THAT freaking good. But I admit to being guilty of that myself. Actually, my biggest issue is rewriting before I even finish the story. And not just rewriting a scene here and there, or altering it somewhat. I have one series I'm working on that has changed so drastically from when I first started writing it, and I'm still at the beginning. It's ridiculous >< And a very bad habit.

No problem, glad to be of help! :) I want to get published one day myself, so I know all about the many frustrations of trying to actually get something DONE and not just in the "I have this cool idea!" stage. That sounds interesting, especially with the main character being so young at the time. It's definitely good to keep yourself from getting too controlling when you write. That just makes it unenjoyable for yourself, and you end up sitting for long periods of time staring at the computer screen with nothing written on the page. It's called a "first draft" for a reason :P