In-game Character Generator: HELP PLEASE!

[FCU777]

Hello,

I'm trying to make my own character generator for my game, which will contain the following steps:

• Choose your gender: Male or Female
• Inserting your name
• Customizing your own character: There the player should have the chance to customize their character according to the gender they chose. From hairstyles, to eye colour and style, skin colour, nose mouth, clothing etc. The faceset and sprite will feature,

The question is how do I do this? How do I make it appear before you even start the game?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[Andar]

first, you don't need scripts to do this - it can be done by eventing, and if you search this forum for "character creation" you should find several tutorials on this. If you still prefer scripts, you can find such existing scripts on the master script list.


In all cases you simply start the game with an empty party (remove default in system and terms tab in the database) and use events to trigger the character creation with autorun on the first map.


That said, all forms of picture selection require you to have the pictures/faces premade - the char generator in the editor can't be accessed from the game. which means if you want the player to be able to select between different hair colors, then you have to make one face for every hair color in the editor, save it with different names into the game project and then select that picture in the events for character creation.

 

[estriole]

http://www.rpgmakervxace.net/topic/10834-thex-character-creation/?hl=%2Bcharacter+%2Bcreation

is a good character creation example using event.

 

[FCU777]

Looks good. I might work with it somehow and change its behaviour.

But the question is, how do I insert it in?

 

[Andar]

But the question is, how do I insert it in?

The linked tutorial is an event-based character generator with a full demo where you can check how the events were created.
If you do not know how to make an event in RM, then you have to go back to the tutorials and learn how to use the editor, because without events you can't make anything in a game.


If you have problems with the tutorials, start in the link in my signature and ask specific questions when making your first map - the event-based char generator uses simple maps during the generation, only difference is that those maps pretend to be selection screens...

 

[FCU777]

Actually, I might work with the link somehow, since I have an idea or two on how to use events. But thing is I need more sprites, especially the ones with different races.

 

[Andar]

But thing is I need more sprites, especially the ones with different races.

Then look around in the resource forum, or if you don't find any you like then make a resource request in that forum - this is the wrong area for that, here are only script requests.

 

[FCU777]

Alright, I'll do that.