Generally don't understand what a core/battle engine is

[CriticalCrazy]

I downloaded Jet's animated battlers script and laid it out how he explained, but it just didn't work, like not even an error, just normal static images. I figured because it seems like common knowledge that everyone had yanfly or whatever installed that was probably the problem, but it seems like there's been recent controversy with yanfly putting a paywall on his scripts? I thought it was just a base, but people seemed to say it added annoying or unwanted features which I don't understand. I only want a first-person battle view with animated battlers while everything else is vanilla, but I don't know if I need a battle or core engine, or even if those are the same things. What engine would make Jet's script work, or do I even need one?

 

[slimmmeiske2]

Assuming you're using VXAce, Yanfly's scripts are not behind a paywall (his MV plugins are). Might want to link to the script that is giving you issues.

I've moved this thread to Script Support. Please be sure to post your threads in the correct forum next time. Thank you.

 

[kyonides]

You definitely need scripts to achieve that. The default battle script or Scene_Battle + BattleManager do handle it. As you may have already noticed, they don't use battlers for heroes. So a custom script is needed.

You'd only use event based battles if you were trying to make a cumbersome ARPG the hard way.

I've heard about Jet's battle scripts so I can't tell you what might have happened after you included his scripts in your game script editor. Usually we scripters include modules for configuration. Since nobody here seems to have seen his modules, yeah, you'd need to leave a link to his engine or core or whatever he preferred to call his scripts.