I feel like I've seen this game style before. I don't know where to find it though so eh. I recalled it having to do with a dark elf, orcs, and escaping prison.
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Well, the forerunner to this game I believe was Feira RPG or something along those lines.
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Actually Feira is mentioned in the diary you picked up near the chest in the sewer.
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I could have sworn it was a real thing.
Also "forerunner" may have been the wrong word. Feira Quest is more of a prototype to LonaRPG than a forerunner.
It's real it was just called Feira Quest, it's just hard to search up considering that Feira is a word in another language
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It's default RPGMaker file, simply copy .rvproj2 file from any rpgmaker vxa project into decrypted game folder and open it with RPGMaker VX Ace and open scripts menu.
There's not much to see there, it's just loading screen, FileGetter (you can see its copy outside), script loader and FileGetter settings.
Gamepad works.
Game is RPGMaker so mouse control is already more than most devs can do. From what I know there are no plans for it and it's not out-of-box solution. I'm sure eccma won't bother.
Also, I see no point, especially to base game where I'd have to access windows libraries to get mouse input. It would be a lot of work to add buttons to whole UI for mouse to interact with. It's ton of work, and for what reason? Not like clunky tile movement is going to go away anywhere.
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Sorry but that doesn't really help, I do not have RPGMaker installed but do understand most of the human-readable code. I have found the external copy of FileGetter but you already said changing that doesn't actually do anything. Maybe I misunderstood you, I was under the impression the finished game was able to re-compile its assets from the raw JSON and .rb stuff without using the RPGMaker itself seeing as it still loads the .rb scripts from unpacked folders including modifications.
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Then install it? It's not hard to find one in internet, provided that we discuss it on similar site.
It uses RGSS301.dll which is RPGMaker dll to repack (not recompile, but simply repack) it. Commands for it that are built in RGSS: save_data and load_data.
Whole repacking code is visible in FileGetter.rb, and you have said that you have seen it, so if you don't understand it, it's not up to me to tutor you. But there is no more code that you didn't see in FileGetter.rb that does it, at all. Scripts.rvdata2 and some others are not being repacked by anything as it's RPGMaker default file.
If you want to change something in Scripts.rvdata2 you would have to get RPGMaker anyway or do a lot of manual parsing on its format using load_data and save_data that no sane person does.
Loading all .rb files is done from same FileGetter.rb, using simple load_script method, simply described as "read file and eval(...) it".
If you want to change FileGetter.rb behaviour, simply override its methods in a mod.
Load order described in Scripts.rvdata2 that is just few lines of code is: all base .rb files (if uncompressed, load all .rb from specific directories; if compressed, load needed rb file list from listX.rvdata2 which are generated by same FileGetter.rb, for order check FileGetter.rb), then load all mods from /ModScripts/, then load and execute Main.rb.
Loading of data is done in main (5_DataManager.rb to be precise) so you can mod FileGetter behavior using provided FileGetter.rb as reference.
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Maps are done in RPGMaker, then loaded from /Data/MapXXX.rvdata2, in other words, just place map file in correct folder with correct name and call method to load it. (Not tested, but should work)
Scenes and events are all in .rb files (=ruby scripts) that can be modded.
Mod files are ruby scripts that are loaded from open folder and, if you have reference, you can replace all but few loader scripts by simply creating .rb files with correct names in corresponding game folders.
The only thing you need to do is decrypt game.rgss3a to see code files as reference (all but few loader scripts are plain .rb files)
And the bad things I can think of in a few moments:
There's no publically available API for code, you have to dig through existing events or code to find how to do what you want.
List of summonable Game_Event gets generated from existing maps so if you need Game_Map.summon_event (or its reserve_ version) of custom Game_Event you would need some workaround for compressed game versions.
Code having quite a bit of custom things which require reading code to understand what it even does, a lot of used code is not default RPGMaker code.
Custom json data of items/npcs/poses/etc isn't loaded from files in compressed version. Can workaround using mods if needed.
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I saw an image of Lona petting the Necromancer in the inn recently ? is there some way to recruit her or is it something that is yet to be implemented.
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Recruiting is long possible. Check ZedTed's guide. N5. Cemetery Negative Energy
Headpat is new, but should already be in game.
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You all seem to be playing a different game than I am.
I went and used saveeditor to max out my stats.
So far Ive managed to wander into like a dozen different towns, none of them seem to offer anything other than miserable people walking around who will barter with you and sell rats. Now I don't get killed as often, but there does not seem to be anything worth doing.
What "quests"?
Oh and to the person who said "dying to rats is pathetic", that has nothing to do with me, if you literally use of 10% of your stamina fighting a rat it takes several strikes to kill, and maybe 1 in 4 of them turn into meat, it's simple mathematics that eventually you're just going to run out of food. So no, unless you use SaveEditor which it sounds like everyone has done, the game mechanics are completely jank and unplayable without using cheat methods.
I went and used saveeditor to max out my stats.
So far Ive managed to wander into like a dozen different towns, none of them seem to offer anything other than miserable people walking around who will barter with you and sell rats. Now I don't get killed as often, but there does not seem to be anything worth doing.
What "quests"?
Oh and to the person who said "dying to rats is pathetic", that has nothing to do with me, if you literally use of 10% of your stamina fighting a rat it takes several strikes to kill, and maybe 1 in 4 of them turn into meat, it's simple mathematics that eventually you're just going to run out of food. So no, unless you use SaveEditor which it sounds like everyone has done, the game mechanics are completely jank and unplayable without using cheat methods.
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thats no help cuz i did that before its no help
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Why do you play? What is your motive and goal? I have never cheated in LonaRPG and it really isn't for me since it tends to ruin the experience of playing in the first place. If you read carefully the notes you'll see your first mission. Which is to kill rats to get 8 tails. That is the current mission. My tip is to run through down to the south west corner and equip the pitch fork. It deals a lot of damage two tiles over. It's a distance weapon unlike sword or daggers. Read the notes there aswell, it will help you understand the story and let you immerse in the legend behind the game.
Then go to the far south east corner, and take it from there. Head back to town and report your findings. Lo and behold he will tell you that something has happened. Look at the post it wall.. There are your missions.. What drives Lona to do said missions? Well, go to the docks. Talk to people. Talk to captain. Then it may dawn on you what the fuck is going on and what your goal is. Then perhaps all you want to do is getting laid for money and become a cum dump or you want to explore and do more and more missions. Hell, even live a little and make a difference in the horrible place that is Noer and suroundings. And yes. Dying of the rats is probably smthng everyone does the very first try of the game. Myself I thought space or enter was attack and I kept throwing rocks at my self before I understood the key bindings. Then I changed them in the skills section and the rest was fucking great as LonaRPG is a great game. Good luck, ratdude.
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Look at my fucking signature.