updating my game to 1.5.0?

[Illbean]

Hi, i'm still new to RPG Maker as a whole, but i've started to get the hang of a lot of stuff.

When i first started i used a trial version of VX Ace, then i used to script to turn it into MV when i tested the MV trial. I now bought it during the Steam Summer sale. Problem is that i can't seem to update the game i started working on to 1.5.0 and i don't know why. This is a pain in the butt especially since it doesn't allow me to use certain plugins, such as "Yanfly's GridFreeDoodads" wich require 1.3.0 or higher.

When i open the "rpg_core.js" to check the version, there is no version at all. But if i were to create a brand new project, and look at the rpg_core.js file for that project, then it says 1.5.0. I've tried to copy over the new files from "Project 1" to a copy of my real project, but that just made it either unable to edit in the editor or unable to playtest.

How do i properly update my older project to 1.5.0?

 

[Andar]

Please search the "1.5.0 Update" topic on this board, it contains a step by step instruction on how to update projects.

If your project has no version number in the core files, then it is of one of the very first core versions and should be updated to a later one.
The process of updating basically means copying part (but not all) of the js files from the newly created 1.5 project into the folder of the old project.
Make sure that any plugin you're using gets updated as well.

 

[bgillisp]

Also keep in mind the updates were meant to be done one step at a time, so you may run into problems going from 1.0 to 1.5 directly. At the minimum, you'll have to update most (if not all) of your plug-ins before you can even playtest your game.

 

[Illbean]

@Andar I'm searching and looking, but i can't find what u're mentioning. I'm using the search function on the site, but there's so many pages and results with many results on same threads that's not leading to what i'm looking for. Very confusing.

As to updating the plugins, what do u mean by that? I've downloaded them from the creators webpage, aren't they supposed to be up to date?

 

[Andar]

@Illbean
It's on the front page, one of the top announcements in community announcments
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/rpg-maker-mv-1-5-0-update.79677/

 

[Shaz]

If you downloaded them when you had 1.0, many of them would have been updated once or twice after, as upgrades to the engine would have broken them. It's likely if you downloaded versions made for 1.5, they wouldn't have worked in your game to begin with. So it depends on how long ago you downloaded them, what MV updates were published in the meantime, and whether the developer made an update for the plugin.

Basically, when a new version of MV comes out and you decide to use it, you should go back to the pages for each of your plugins and see if there's a new version available.

 

[Illbean]

@Andar Thanks for the link, followed the steps mentioned, and now the project is (most likely) properly updated, having some trouble with the plugins atm though... Gonna reinstall all of them i think on my backup and see if that helps.

@Shaz Well, i donwloaded my first plugin about 20 +-5 days ago. But due to me now updating my game, some stuff seem to have broken, as it's missing stuff. But i'll probly get it working eventually, i'll try with the backup first.

Thanks for the help guys, greatly appreaciated! If i have any further issues that i can't seem to solve on my own, i'll request some more help.