how well well RPG Maker VX ACE will work on my computer

[cyberfox2016]

Will RPG Maker VX Ace work on my laptop? what will i expect the performance will be like? will the program run smoothly or will there be any lags while making a game in this game engine using my laptop?


here are the SPECS of my Laptop:

 

[Leon Kennedy]

Doesn't really say anything about your graphics card but I'll guess it's at least decent. No I don't think you will get lag if that's a fresh computer and VXA isn't having compatibility issues with W10. However that's where we start getting in the weeds. We can't judge how well someone takes care of their computer, so you showing us this info is good and all but for all we know you could have a bunch of viruses. Or you have a bunch of programs constantly running in the background which will induce lag sometimes.


So yeah nobody can really give you an answer here, SEEMS like you won't have lag but the variables above can change that so I can't give you a solid answer to this question.

 

[cyberfox2016]

Doesn't really say anything about your graphics card but I'll guess it's at least decent. No I don't think you will get lag if that's a fresh computer and VXA isn't having compatibility issues with W10. However that's where we start getting in the weeds. We can't judge how well someone takes care of their computer, so you showing us this info is good and all but for all we know you could have a bunch of viruses. Or you have a bunch of programs constantly running in the background which will induce lag sometimes.


So yeah nobody can really give you an answer here, SEEMS like you won't have lag but the variables above can change that so I can't give you a solid answer to this question.

ok i just found my graphics card for my laptop it is:


Intel(R) HD Graphics Family


Is this graphics card suitable for this game engine to operate on my laptop for making games?





Also i have GeForce 830 M on my laptop. Here is a screenshot of this GeForce Graphics Card on my laptop.





My laptop is now a couple years old i think. So i'm not sure if this game engine will run properly on my laptop, i have an anti-virus on my computer so no viruses. I have also played many games on this and seem to run very well without lag including 3d games, 2d games well. But i need to be certain when i do buy the RPG Maker VX Ace that it will run on this laptop hopefully without lag. Does my laptop have the right specs?


I may consider buying a 'gaming laptop' in the future so it be fast enough to play and make games. What are your opinions?

 

[Andar]

Ace is and its games were intended for computers that were current five years ago.


And while a badly designed parallel process can lag any computer, no regular use of Ace is going to get you near those specifications.


However, unless the price matters (Ace is often on sale for about 10$), you should go directly to MV as that has big improvements over Ace and is the current RM (less than one year old). The only thing that might cause problems for RMMV here might be the display size as that is not specified in your screenshots. MV needs a minimum of 1280x768, and some modern laptops have smaller displays (Ace requires 1024x768)

 

[cyberfox2016]

Ace is and its games were intended for computers that were current five years ago.


And while a badly designed parallel process can lag any computer, no regular use of Ace is going to get you near those specifications.


However, unless the price matters (Ace is often on sale for about 10$), you should go directly to MV as that has big improvements over Ace and is the current RM (less than one year old). The only thing that might cause problems for RMMV here might be the display size as that is not specified in your screenshots. MV needs a minimum of 1280x768, and some modern laptops have smaller displays (Ace requires 1024x768)

My screen size for my laptop goes up to as the highest screen resolution of 1366x768 and my lowest screen size i can adjust to 1024x768. So i think my screen size should be fine for using Ace.


Thank you for your help, i think i am pretty fine running this on my laptop now.

 

[cyberfox2016]

I am now having a hard time deciding which one should i get. Ace or MV? I read a lot about Ace having a lot of tiles already in the program but Ace doesn't have a lot. But Ace looks better, better graphics and improved so much then Ace and more easy access stuff then Ace. How many tiles does MV come with? and what sort of tiles like objects, environments ect.

 

[Andar]

The base stock of MV is larger than the base RTP of Ace, but Ace had five years of community and commercial work to add new tiles, while MV had only 10 months for the same.


You can expect MV to catch up, because MV allows for more details (48x48 pixels per tile compared to the 32x32 of Ace), but that will take time.


MV has some advantage in Modern/Sci-Fi-Resources because they were included in the base (Ace RTP is Fantasy-only) and edits where allowed. Sci-Fi for Ace almost requires you to start with purchase shop resources for modern/SF because while there are free tiles, they usually don't make a complete set and are from different artists collected.

 

[cyberfox2016]

The base stock of MV is larger than the base RTP of Ace, but Ace had five years of community and commercial work to add new tiles, while MV had only 10 months for the same.


You can expect MV to catch up, because MV allows for more details (48x48 pixels per tile compared to the 32x32 of Ace), but that will take time.


MV has some advantage in Modern/Sci-Fi-Resources because they were included in the base (Ace RTP is Fantasy-only) and edits where allowed. Sci-Fi for Ace almost requires you to start with purchase shop resources for modern/SF because while there are free tiles, they usually don't make a complete set and are from different artists collected.

which one is more easier to use? or are they both very easy to create, finish a game. I plan on creating environments of towns only not sci fi games. But I am also going to get some custom made objects, sprites done to put in my environments. I like to edit a lot of the premade tiles like changing colours, re-arranging tiles from the game engine. Are the stuff in MV easier to use than Ace?

 

[Andar]

They are absolutely identical on the eventing level - so if you don't want to program your own scripts/plugins then there is almost no difference (only minor improvements to a few event commands in MV).


If you want to use other people's scripts or plugins, MV Plugins are easier to use but Ace has more scripts ready than MV (again, the difference of community work but people are hard at work getting MV to where Ace is now)

 

[cyberfox2016]

They are absolutely identical on the eventing level - so if you don't want to program your own scripts/plugins then there is almost no difference (only minor improvements to a few event commands in MV).


If you want to use other people's scripts or plugins, MV Plugins are easier to use but Ace has more scripts ready than MV (again, the difference of community work but people are hard at work getting MV to where Ace is now)

hmmm still deciding which one should i get. I be getting a lot of custom made objects, sprites even entire tiles in some areas. Just one more question what is the difference with the 32 x 32 tiles vs 48 x 48 tiles? what does this mean? are the the quality or size? sorry i am completly new to this stuff. I read that Ace uses 32 x 32 tiles while MV uses 48 x 48 tiles? not 100% sure what they mean by these sizes.


Also how many tiles does MV comes with? what types of tiles can i expect to get with MV? i am looking for stuff like towns, forests, my game will mainly have towns, so this will have houses, lake/pond, grass, gates/fenses for homes anything a town has. Does MV has these kinds of objects or tiles? or is Ace better to get if i want to find lots of a variety of different tiles sets. I be getting a few custom made ones done as i mentioned.

 

[Andar]

Load both trials for comparison if you want to see the tiles.


As for the difference in 32x32 to 48x48 - that is the number of pixels per tile, and it means that MV has the higher resolution for similiar fullscreen-maps. But it also means that it is more work to create MV tiles (more than double the number of dots) than Ace tiles.




Basically it means that unless you go fullscreen (and get larger dots), the Ace games will be smaller on your monitor. But that also allows you to show a larger part of the map in the same screen area. However, Ace is limited to a screen area of 640x480 - MV can use larger screens (which is also why the larger tiles where neccessary)

 

[AkiraKotatsuhime]

Graphics Card is completely irrelevant for playing Games made with XP, VX or Ace.


The engine is very slow, not hardware-accelerated and although Ruby is a cool scripting language, it will always destroy Games' performance.


Regarding your specs:


- CPU could cause some problems unless the cores are running way above 2GHz and even then, FPS probably won't be 60 all the time.


- With 8GB, I'd say you should have far more than enough RAM for any Game ever created with Ace.
 

 

[Canini]

I have more or less the same seup as you and I have never had any problems. As for which version, I prefer Ace but it comes down to how much of the graphic you are going to create yourself. 

 

[Rukiri]

RPG Maker has and still is "haven't checked MV lately" a CPU hog!


As long as you're not using a core 2 duo you're alright and the 4400 worries me tho... 128mb is very low even for today's standards...


Go into your bios and add to your dedicated video memory.


You have an i5 so it's fine, 8gb is decent but I'd get 16GB as 8gb isn't enough in today's pc's mainly because web devs seem to absolutely love adding unnecessary scripts!  


Facebook was lightweight now it's a mess.


It'll run fine but keep tabs via the performance monitor.

 

[Shaz]

You know, they both have a trial.  You can download them both, run them for a few weeks, and see which one you prefer (and how well they'll work on your laptop).

 

[cyberfox2016]

Thank you for all your help. I have decided to buy the Ace as it has more tiles in it. I plan to edit them a lot like recolour to make them look different than default ones. Also I plan on buying this add on as i want a supermarket, i know you can edit the default tiles, objects ect from the program but can i also edit tiles from the add on store?


For example this is the add on i want to buy:


http://www.rpgmakerweb.com/a/lunarea/modern-shop-add-on


Could i edit the colours and make them different, rearrange the supermarket tiles and other tiles on their to make the scene look different? am i allowed to edit these brought add ons or do i need permission to do so? or is editing only allowed for the default ones that are included in Ace and not the brought add ons in the store?

 

[Shaz]

Yes, you can edit tiles you purchase from the store.  You just can't share them with others.

 

[cyberfox2016]

ok one last question. Sorry for all the questions i am very new. If i were to get custom made objects, sprites/characters, tiles (full environments) done would it be wise to buy the ace or the MV? are there a lot of animations for sprites in MV or does Ace have everything more. I am thinking Ace is more easy to work with as it has a lot more materials even through i'm be getting a lot of majority custom made stuff done.


What do all of you think? if i'm working mostly with my own custom made stuff to import to RPG Maker game engine but i be using all animations from the game engine. Which one should i choose from Ace or MV? my personal choose at the moment is Ace as it has lots and lots of content as MV doesn't have a lot yet.

 

[Leon Kennedy]

ok one last question. Sorry for all the questions i am very new. If i were to get custom made objects, sprites/characters, tiles (full environments) done would it be wise to buy the ace or the MV? are there a lot of animations for sprites in MV or does Ace have everything more. I am thinking Ace is more easy to work with as it has a lot more materials even through i'm be getting a lot of majority custom made stuff done.


What do all of you think? if i'm working mostly with my own custom made stuff to import to game engine but i be using all animations from the game engine. Which one should i choose from Ace or MV? my personal choose at the moment is Ace as it has lots and lots of content as MV doesn't have a lot yet.

It's been mentioned though.


MV= Has some more features but nothing majorly different and some stuff is easier, less resources both official and non official as it hasn't been out as long, i guess the features worth mentioning is higher res and with the newest you get encryption from the maker.


Ace= A few less features, much much cheaper, imo the way you can handle scripts is still superior to mv. Working with stuff from maker felt so natural now you have to open in notepad a different program its just odd sometimes. Has more resources as it was out longer and still is out and gets new stuff released for it. 


So it's up to you no one can make that decision for ya  I use MV.

 

[Shaz]

If you are creating all your own stuff, then Ace having lots and lots of content should be irrelevant.