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[Sato1999]

Umm, I'll keep "hype" low.

 

[Shikamon]

I demand use JSON as RTP initials hehe

Welp, I'm glad there's no too much change from MV (Aside from RTP I guess).
People have been used by how the current tool works, I guess don't change something that not broken.
More improvement and QoL always welcome.
And more variations RTP (Fantasy,Oriental,etc) like MV Trinity one because that will be a WOW for me.

Btw,
MZ, so it's Z for Zwei ?

 

[Sato1999]

Also in topic of new characters. This one has some damn spicy thighs, I approve

 

[MushroomCake28]

Maybe they will name them after the mods and staff here. Touchfuzzy will be the main character.

I volunteer to be one of the evil characters. Evil Mushroom Cake, the ruler of the underworld.

 

[Sniffy]

What's always been missing from RPG Maker products:

1)Action RPG system without external scripts/plugins
2)More animation frames without scripts/external plugins
3)AI Party members for Action Battle System without external scripts and plugins

Hopefully MZ will have at least one of the above features.

 

[dragon1up]

What about MV plugins? I hope they will be compatible with the new engine.
I'm worried because Yanfly, Moghunter, Victor Saints and many other scripters have retired!

It would break a lot of things regardless as they won't be ported over at best you'd get Moghunter but even than ..it's not the same without Yanfly.

 

[nio kasgami]

It would break a lot of things regardless as they won't be ported over at best you'd get Moghunter but even than ..it's not the same without Yanfly.

for people worying on the more pluging Yanfly funded a 'association' I guess? for adding more plugins and also porting all of his plugin to the MZ. so we shouldn't be worrying and let the poor fluff taking his rest he did enough for all of us.

 

[Seacliff]

Similar the first letters of each default hero's name spells something different for each maker (VX: RUBYLOVE, ACE: ENTERBRAIN, MV: HTML)

Calling it now.

Acronym for the default heroes will be 'HYPE'.

 

[ImaginaryVillain]

@Seacliff I'm going to guess "WOWED".

 

[Nenen]

What hurts are the requirements:

' MINIMUM:
OS: Microsoft Windows® 8.1/10 (64bit)
Processor: Intel Core i3-4340 or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Compatible OpenGL / VRAM 1GB or better
Storage: 4 GB available space
Additional Notes: 1280x768 or better Display '

EIGHT gigabytes RAM?! '
Oh well, I'll have to wait for a computer upgrade to consider it at all.

 

[JosephSeraph]

Wilfred(the hero), Ophelia, Wilma. Also MV will feature a 3 person party by default instead of 4



it actually is rather mindboggling to me that the resolution is firmly planted at 4:3, though, in 2020. Neither mobiles nor desktops, nor even possible consoles the engine may be able to export, use that resolution.

I mean it's really not hard to change the screen resolution at all, and it never has been since XP. It's just weird. And kind of a shame because it means the default UI will be designed with 4:3 in mind (again...) and won't look quite as nice in 16:9.

 

[Mrs_Allykat]

I like the initials of JSON for the characters. Jax, Sienna, Opal, and, of course, Niles. I was constructive today!

 

[Seacliff]

@Seacliff I'm going to guess "WOWED".

That's what I meant, but I misremembered the quote.
Ah, well.

 

[rafman2k]

There goes my conspiracy theory that Yanfly is one of the developers working on this .....

 

[Kupotepo]

Do anyone think the characters from MZ will be resize into the previous versions of RPG maker? Because I like it if that happens.

 

[nio kasgami]

Actually NO ONE mentionned the futur OST for MZ I peticuliary liked MV soundtracks I really wonder how the battle ost will be in MZ

of course...we all know the 1000 hours we spent on MV was TOTALLY not just for listen the mv ost :3c

 

[Knightmare]

Good morning everyone.

Guys most of the changes aren't visible in those screenshots.

And yeah, I'd love to just tell you every single thing that is in the menus that is different, but there is a marketing plan that is designed to slow release all the info. (I'm not the biggest fan of that style of marketing, but I also understand why it is used, but this isn't a conversation about marketing, so let's move on).

I will talk about the two things that are visibly different in the pictures though:

1. You are correct about layer control. That menu let's you leave it on auto (like MV) or manually switch to the layer you want.
2. The event list. When you are in eventing mode, the tile palette is replaced by a list of all the events on the map. Makes it a whole lot easier to find and edit the right one.

Also, an added bonus bit of information: Just because you don't think something is in because the "screenshots" show something, doesn't mean that it isn't in. There is at least one thing I saw mentioned that someone was sure didn't exist, but actually does as a database option.

C'mon guys are we just going to ignore this? This has me pretty excited. Let's speculate...what are the things that everyone knew for sure wouldn't be (but will be apparently) in and would make sense in a database...hmmm...I did say Tactics option and maybe there's a tick box for it like MV had a SV Battle tick option (I know how ridiculous that sounds but I would buy it instantly.)

I might comb through the thread again to see what else it (or they) could possibly be. Would LOVE "Un-chibify character" option...

What y'all think?

 

[Restart]

It requires 4 times the hard drive space of MV, obviously each of the assets are is four times the size.

We know tiles are still 48x48, so instead of making the tiles bigger, obviously they're upgrading to 32 bits per color channel, for hyperrealistic lighting.

 

[CrasheR]

It's probably

1. Too big for tile-based movement
2. Since it's detailed, it's harder to make a resource for it

I do prefer 32px, but using 48px is something I can deal with.

+ using resorcues from VX Ace or XP is a pain, cuz you need too upscale it 1.5x, not 2x. I drew/bought a lot tiles for myself in VX ace time and they just not always look good in 1.5x.

 

[MikePjr]

What hurts are the requirements:

' MINIMUM:
OS: Microsoft Windows® 8.1/10 (64bit)
Processor: Intel Core i3-4340 or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Compatible OpenGL / VRAM 1GB or better
Storage: 4 GB available space
Additional Notes: 1280x768 or better Display '

EIGHT gigabytes RAM?! '
Oh well, I'll have to wait for a computer upgrade to consider it at all.

Dear lord..
I keep seeing folks calling this an issue.
Are people still using 90s computers or something?