JS Plugins beginner

[Charles2020]

I am a python developer but just started JS to develop JS plugin. Is there a good basic tutorial video that can help familiar with RMMV code and structure before developing plugin ?

Thanks

 

[MushroomCake28]

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

JS by itself is a simple language, easy to understand and get used to, especially if you're already a coder and have knowledge about programming in general. I assume you know all the basic stuff like what are strings, arrays, conditionals, loops, inheritance, etc. You can do a quick course on w3schools. Here's the link:

JavaScript Tutorial

www.w3schools.com

That should be quick. After that, the real "hard" part is actually learning the RPG Maker MV engine's framework. For that maybe a more practical tutorial would help, for example someone showing how to code a menu in RPG Maker. But basically, RPG Maker is formed by a couple of main objects from which all other objects are derived:

• Window_Base: it's the parent object of all window objects in the engine.
• Sprite_Base: It's the parent object of all sprite objects in the engine.
• Scene_Base: It's the parent object of all scenes in the engine.
• Graphics: Handles the graphics.
• AudioManager: Handles all the audio.
• ImageManager: Handles all the loading of images into ram.
• SceneManager: Controls the displayed scene on the screen (you basically push scene objects inside it).
• Input: Manages all the inputs.
• etc.

I listed a couple, but once you get a hang of the general logic of the engine it's really easy to just open the core code and understand how it works.

Hope that helps.

 

[ozubon]

Something that really helped me get familiar with the engine is trying things in the console during playtest. If you bring up the console and type for example $gameMap. or Graphics. (with the dots), without pressing enter, you get a list of all the objects beloning to that main object. So it's really easy to find settings and test them on the spot. To get a list of all the main objects and functions in the game, just type window. (dot included). Many of them have their own objects so try them with a dot to see what comes up. Altering them in the console doesn't change the files so you can go wild and test things to your heart's content.

 

[Felski]

Another good starting point is to look for plugins other people created that somewhat do what you want to do and then debug the plugins and see what happens.
I also really liked SRDs youtube tutorial on how to create a plugin: