How to open an existing game in rpg maker 2003?? help!

[TheMememaid]

I really want to open up OFF by Mortis Ghost in rpg maker 2003, and i have heard you CAN open games in the software, but i dont know how to? Help!

 

[Nirwanda]

You need to have the 2k3 editor open and select the folder containing the game from it's open function.

 

[Andar]

The games you want to open in any RM still need to have their project files to open them.

And a lot of people remove that file before distribution, exactly to prevent player to open and modify the game.

If that was done in the game you mention, only the original developer (with the file) can open it, no player.

For more help, you'll need to give us links to the software to check (and if it was done by the pirated RM2K3, the link will be removed and no support given).

 

[Cherry]

I'm not sure what project files you are talking about. If you talk about "r3proj", it's just a convenience feature to create shortcuts or open projects directly in Windows Explorer. (There is no such feature in RM2k, by the way, only RM2k3.)

You can open any project (regardless of whether it has an r3proj file or not) by just using "Open Project" in the RPG Maker (after closing the currently opened project, if any). You have to click the "..." button and select the folder one level above the project's folder, and then the project will appear in the list. For example, if the project in question is stored under C:\ABC\DEF\GHI (so that the EXE file is then C:\ABC\DEF\GHI\RPG_RT.exe), you have to select the C:\ABC\DEF folder, and then the GHI folder will appear in the project list.

 

[Andar]

I didn't know that 2K3 handled it differently, from XP to Ace it's not a convenienca but neccessary