Question: What's the difference between Script and Plugins?

[DeV.iLLain]

What's the difference between Script and Plugins?  I thought they were the same thing, but notice that some post talk about them as if they are two different things.

 

[bgillisp]

Scripts are for VXAce, plug-ins are for MV.

 

[Andar]

Plugins exist only for MV, and are special scripts that allow MV's plugin manager to configure values.


Scripts would require the configuration to be done by editing the script itself.

 

[Tsukihime]

They're the same. MV scripts, MV plugins, etc.

 

[altorn]

In RPG Maker MV plugins and scripts are the same: they are SCRIPTS added on top of the existing Javascript SCRIPTS.

They're termed plugins because they are plugged in after the core scripts are run. In any case, plugins and external scripts are meant to change the way the core scripts behave.

 

[Touchfuzzy]

The basic difference is in how the end user interacts with them. Scripts end users can copy and paste into the script editor and arrange variables/switches inside of them to configure. This is the XP-VXAce way of doing things.

Plugins in MV are different though. They are packaged as javascript files and are imported into the editor. Instead of having to open the script in an editor and dealing with the raw code, the user instead can edit the parameters given to them by the plugin creator in an easy to use UI

They both accomplish the same thing, but plugins are easier for the end user.

 

[DeV.iLLain]

Oh, got it. Thasnk for the clarificatiom.