Custom 'database editor'?

[Mercutio604]

I wasn't sure which board I could put this in, so I put it here....

Since it is illegal to edit the editor for rpgmaker, how do people deal with needing to save their own data in the database?

For example needing to save ccg card data.
Another example is a list of mons in a monster taming game.
etc.

My first solution is to write the JSON out myself but I was wondering if there is a GUI based JSON builder/viewer floating on the internet somewhere that can serve as a json database editor?

Or do people have an alternative solution to my problem altogether?

 

[Andar]

If you create the data, then you should have no problems with entering it into the editor when you create it.

If you copied the data from other games, then that is usually ripping and not supported.

If you want to create the data with a better program (like excel tables), then check steam for the RPG Maker MV Tool Database Converter

 

[Mercutio604]

Thank you for the reply but I think my problem wasn't understood properly.

I mean I want custom fields / lists etc.
Think of it like adding another page/section on the database then filling it with my own fields.

if its just extra fields i can probably get away with using the notebox thing but what if I want entire new pages for new data?

Going back to the monster taming data example:
The way its setup there are actors and classes.
Actors are a bit awkward in a pokemon clone because duping and deleting actors aren't easily done in it last time I checked - assuming I would use it as the pokemon in party.
I would prefer to create an entire new list of "actors" where I can freely create and delete them as necessary.
I can keep the "class" as the pokemon species and link to "my list of pokemon-actors".
Then the built in actor can be my main char only.

So really what I wanted was a way to type out the json data in an editor similar to rpgmaker but customized to my own needs. As oppose to writing out the json string myself by hand in a js file.

I hope thats clearer...

Your answer lead me to this solution though:
excel => csv => json
not sure how well it would work but its atleast something.

If anyone else know other tools that is more elegant way please do share.

 

[Shaz]

If you want stuff related to the existing database tabs, you can just use the Notes box which makes the data accessible via a 'meta' object. But you'd probably need a plugin to actually use it. However, the kind of stuff you're talking about sounds like you'd need a plugin anyway. In that case, there's usually a way in the plugin to read the data, and you just put it in whatever format it's expecting.

You could just enter it all via Excel and save in a .csv format, then have the plugin read it as a text file and convert to whatever format is needed.