RPGM The Last Sovereign [v0.77.2] [Sierra Lee]

[Fulminato]

Of the hundreds of games I've seen here, only this one seems to have an Exe installation. I don't understand why such a preference was made. Having the game files openly in Zip or RAR without setup helps to make a safer installation when scanning for viruses.

1) standard rpgmaker auto extracting archive stuff.
2) change the extension in rar if botheryou to much

 

[Penetrator God]

1) standard rpgmaker auto extracting archive stuff.
2) change the extension in rar if botheryou to much

If changing the extension like this won't corrupt the file, I can try it.

 

[MandyF]

Of the hundreds of games I've seen here, only this one seems to have an Exe installation. I don't understand why such a preference was made. Having the game files openly in Zip or RAR without setup helps to make a safer installation when scanning for viruses.

If I had to guess, I'd say it's part of the anti-cheat measures. Every time I've tried to use the RPGMaker cheat engine it just deletes the game while trying to open it, creating a backup version of the game with all the same saves. Never had another game do that, never had another game have an exe installation

 

[Snugglepuff]

Of the hundreds of games I've seen here, only this one seems to have an Exe installation. I don't understand why such a preference was made. Having the game files openly in Zip or RAR without setup helps to make a safer installation when scanning for viruses.

It used to be a lot more common, to the point that you basically never them in any other form. Many people didn't realise you could rename it from a .exe to a .zip/.rar instead and extract with whatever archiving software you had installed.

If I had to guess, I'd say it's part of the anti-cheat measures.

Nope.
Games from older versions of RPGMaker (such as the one for this game, RPGMakerVX Ace) typically were distributed in a self-extracting archive, and often two different versions of the same game could be found - RTP version and non-RTP version.
The RTP version meant you didn't have to download and install the necessary free runtime files from RPGMaker's website for the specific iteration of RPGMaker that a game was made in.

Every time I've tried to use the RPGMaker cheat engine it just deletes the game while trying to open it, creating a backup version of the game with all the same saves. Never had another game do that, never had another game have an exe installation

That has nothing to do with the download being a self-extracting archive.
In fact, I've never heard of using Cheat Engine with any game resulting in the game being deleted and a backup made, and that's over a period of roughly a decade.

 

[MandyF]

That has nothing to do with the download being a self-extracting archive.
In fact, I've never heard of using Cheat Engine with any game resulting in the game being deleted and a backup made, and that's over a period of roughly a decade.

It's not Cheat Engine, it's MVMZ Cheat. Hearing that the game was made in an older version of RPGMaker makes sense, that's probably the more likely explanation for why it does that.

 

[Snugglepuff]

It's not Cheat Engine, it's MVMZ Cheat. Hearing that the game was made in an older version of RPGMaker makes sense, that's probably the more likely explanation for why it does that.

Well yeah, MZ is the newest version with MV being the one just before it.
VX came out around 15 years ago, and VX Ace was 2012 iirc. I think the earliest iteration I've played a game for was RPGMaker XP.

Circling back to this game (kinda) I'm glad SL didn't do what some other devs did and jump from VX Ace to MV during development.
That was practically starting from scratch all over again for those who did, including lots of bugfixes. More than if they'd stayed on VX Ace.

 

[Penetrator God]

It used to be a lot more common, to the point that you basically never them in any other form. Many people didn't realise you could rename it from a .exe to a .zip/.rar instead and extract with whatever archiving software you had installed.

Doesn't changing the extension corrupt the file? It's not something I've tried much, so I don't know.