Upgrading to 1.02a

[Napoleon]

1. Uninstall your current version of RPG Maker VX Ace
2. Download the newest version from our site.
3. Install from the new version you just downloaded
4. Activate using your existing key!

But when I uninstall, do I also lose everything that I custom put into the folders like the character generator stuff? Do I have to back that all manually up and then restore that again after I uninstall the new version or is this a smart installer that doesn't just delete the entire folders but only it's specific files?

And are my existing projects then automatically upgraded? Like the star-passability fix (which I now have a manual patch for in place). Do I have to manually change the existing default-RM-scripts in my existing projects or does RPG Maker detect the existing project and automatically upgrades it's default scripts (probably not)?

 

[Yato]

Your existing projects will receive the editor changes (big script box, etc), but the bug fix scripts will not be inserted into the scripts section. The fixes are separate from the original default scripts.

 

[Kes]

Where changes have been made to the default scripts in a particular project, i.e. not in the Common Files, only in the individual project, will uploading the new version automatically change these back to the default, or does it basically leave existing projects alone?

 

[Archeia]

It leaves existing projects alone.

 

[Napoleon]

I tested it and it's a 'smart' installer. Nice. I couldn't find my original key so I used my steam key to activate it. I suppose that's no problem. I already registered it to steam as well though.

 

[djDarkX]

Steam version updates automatically, so if you have the Steam version, you had 1.02a the moment it was released on Steam (same day of release I believe).

 

[Kes]

Disaster!!!!

I uninstalled my previous version, installed the upgrade, input my licence key and am told that this is not a valid key.  I now have nothing!

I repeat - Disaster!!!

 

[Andar]

I uninstalled my previous version, installed the upgrade, input my licence key and am told that this is not a valid key.  I now have nothing!

Check for mistypes, check if you got the latest download - and contact support by support ticket if that is both correct.

 

[Archeia]

Disaster!!!!

I uninstalled my previous version, installed the upgrade, input my licence key and am told that this is not a valid key.  I now have nothing!

I repeat - Disaster!!!

It's the new DRM. You have to contact support to do stuff.

 

[Kes]

I have submitted a notification about this.  But why should it do this?  I don't understand why it is set up in such a way that it cannot be a seamless transition from one to another. I have received an email saying that it may be 48 hours before I'm even contacted, let alone get the matter resolved.  In the meantime I can do nothing on my game.  I am completely blocked.  Like I said, I simply do not understand the logic of doing it this way.

 

[Andar]

Like I said, I simply do not understand the logic of doing it this way.

It is not because they want to disturb their customers...
Degica was forced to change the DRM due to the many problems with activation (you might remember those topics), and appearently one of the sideeffects of the new DRM is a change in the way the keys work...

 

[Kes]

So does that mean that they will simply send me a new key, like automatically in a very short time?

 

[Napoleon]

So my old key is no longer valid then? We all need to request a new key?

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

was this the updates a few months ago? oh yeah it is...


@Napoleon - depends on when you got the Maker...