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Basic Stuff Everyone Should Know
(Geez Rpgmakermaster released a ton of oversimplified tutorials, which I thought would have been covered already. Whatever, some of them were good)
Part I - Making an Icon (without an expensive program)
First, you'll need a decent quality image. It doesn't need to be icon sized (in fact, it's better to be decent sized as you'll see why later), but it should have high quality colors rather than 256 color from bmp. A good example is something taken from a landscape or maybe an anime picture. Once you have made (or stolen) a quality jpg or other picture, there are essentially 3 easy steps.
1) Save as a Bitmap file
2) Open in paint
3) Save as a bitmap again, but this time add .ico to the end of its name
It's that simple, so long as the color is good. If it isn't some of the color turns to black or white as the size is condensed to show on the screen. (Note: this is unlike the other way of making icons by storing them in DLL files, but let's not get into that one)
To modify the executable itself takes more work and knowledge of a program called RMRecker. More on that here: http://www.rpgmakervx.net/index.php?showtopic=8165
Part II - Posting a Download Here
Seriously, you wouldn't believe how many people don't seem to know this one. I learned because I found it out personally from one of the Mods. Half of the people here end up posting the thing so it looks like this:
http://www.megaupload.com/(whatever) Filename:
Date: 2010-12-31
Size: 150
Downloads: 15473
Due to some weird labeling, it seems right, but actually try downloading it this way, and all you'll get is a blank file called "download game." This is because the left side is actually the DESCRIPTION ("this is a very good game" or "My update 10.6") and the "filename" is the link info, don't ask me why it's set up this way. For that matter, it's not a great idea to try to directly load the game on rpgrevolution. It doesn't really have the bandwidth. Get an account from mediafire, or whatever and post the link.
Part III - Running Games Without the RTP
Open the RPG_RT config file (should look like a notepad thing with gears) by rightclicking and opening with notepad. Goto after the last line, and press enter and add:
FullPackageFlag=1
This pretty much runs the program without the need of downloading Common RTP (which is also good if you lost it, and have trouble finding the download again).
Aside from editing fonts, this is pretty much everything, and to do that you'll need 1) a program called Font Changer, named chgfont.exe, 2) you'll kinda need some German, and 3) you'll need the RTP. I kinda failed on 2 & 3, so I can't tell you more.
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