Custom Battle / Menus

[dolarmak 23]

Hey guys, I'm wanting to make a custom battle and menu system like Final Fantasy 1 (for my fan project Final Fantasy 1.5), but I'm not familiar with RGSS at all.

 

Now I'm willing to put the work but does any one know good tutorials for these things? I've looked around and as much as you can find downloads for final projects with custom battle and menu systems, there isn't much in the way of tutorials. God knows I looked for one simular enough, but I can't find one.

 

Like i said, i just need a point in the right direction.

 

Thanks

Edited March 17, 2011 by dolarmak

[kellessdee 48]

To start off, you should look for some Ruby tutorials, and learn the Ruby syntax, structure, etc.

http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/

 

It also helps to look through the ruby documentation to learn predefined classes/methods

http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/

 

Once you are more comfortable with the syntax and control flow, look through the Rpg Maker XP/VX help file, it contains a lot of ruby syntax as well as explains Rpg maker's built in classes/libraries. If you can learn how to use these classes correctly, it will help immensely in designing menus, etc.

 

Then you can look through the default menu scripts or even custom menu scripts to see how it does certain things

and some helpful tutorials:

Leon's scripting class

http://www.rmxpunlimited.net/forums/forum/91-leons-scripting-class/

 

Mr. Mos In-depth scenes and windows

http://www.rmxpunlimited.net/engines/rmxp/rgss-scripting-tutorials/291-mr-mos-in-depth-scenes-and-windows

 

and there was a topic with a BUNCH of tutorials, I'm pretty sure it was on these forums...I can't find it at the moment however. If I find it I'll let you know.

 

But just to reiterate a nice cliche: You need to learn how to walk before you can run.

Start off slow with small things until you are comfortable enough to write your own scenes. And PRACTICE, the best way to learn how to program is to do it. You'll be able to remember different quirks easier if you practice using them a lot. If you have prior programming experience it will be easy to learn RGSS, but even if you don't it's never too late to learn.

 

Hope this helps, good luck :)

 

EDIT: I found the large collection of RGSS tutorials I was talking about:

 

http://www.rmxpunlimited.net/forums/topic/100-ultimate-rgss-tutorials-collection/

 

They're really good tutorials and if put to good use, I'm sure will help ALOT.

Edited March 18, 2011 by kellessdee