F.A.Q.
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F.A.Q. means Frequently Asked Questions
This list is only for the most common questions. There are many more questions and answers in the Gigantor List Of Questions! Use the Search box on the left of this page to find answers. Or have a look at the list of Categories.
To ask a question, please ask on this discussion page or on the Forums instead of editing this page.
Beginner Questions
Game Distribution Questions
- Can I sell RPGs I make with the OHRRPGCE?
- How do I give my game an icon?
- How do I securely backup my work?
- Making Android games
- What files do I need to give people so they can play my RPG?
General Questions
- How are elemental strengths and weaknesses calculated?
- How do I add heroes to my party?
- How do I add heroes to my party in the order I want?
- How do I add monsters to my game?
- How do I allow players to rename characters?
- How do I animate maptiles?
- How do I change my starting location?
- How do I change door linking?
- How do I check for more than 2 tags at once?
- How do I copy and paste a palette?
- How do I customize the appearance of sub-menus such as Items, Status, Equip etc?
- How do I customize the master palette?
- How do I delete game data from my RPG?
- How do I give an enemy a "Counter-attack"?
- How do I give my hero more than just one attack?
- How do I give my hero spells?
- How do I learn to draw better graphics?
- How do I make a "Save Point"?
- How do I make a battle start after talking to an NPC?
- How do I make a battle start when you bump into an NPC?
- How do I make a boss battle that the player cannot run away from?
- How do I make a boss with multiple forms?
- How do I make a church?
- How do I make a healing item?
- How do I make a hero attack several times during a battle turn?
- How do I make a hero learn spells from items?
- How do I make a hero learn spells from level-ups?
- How do I make a hero steal money from the enemy?
- How do I make a hero steal items from the enemy?
- How do I make a key-locked Door?
- How do I make a poisoning or stunning attack?
- How do I make a stat-boosting spell/attack?
- How do I make a stat-weakening spell/attack?
- How do I make a title screen?
- How do I make a treasure chest?
- How do I make a vehicle the player is riding carry over to the next map when the vehicle uses a door?
- How do I make a weapon that requires ammunition?
- How do I make an animated title screen?
- How do I make an escape item?
- How do I make an Inn?
- How do I make an inn where you can hire heroes?
- How do I make an intro story thing? (text boxes with backgrounds)
- How do I make an item or spell that revives dead heroes?
- How do I make an item that shows a text box?
- How do I make an NPC say something different later?
- How do I make an NPC that gives you hints all along the game?
- How do I make buildings?
- How do I make choices in a dialogue box?
- How do I make more than two choices in a dialogue using a menu?
- How do I make music?
- How do I make my imported backgrounds look better?
- How do I make my hero dash when a key is pressed?
- How do I make my vehicle remember where I parked it?
- How do I make screenshots?
- How do I make several NPCs say something different later?
- How do I make the heroes of my team appear behind the main hero?
- How do I make the story continue after you die in battle?
- How do I make Vehicles?
- How do I make weather effects?
- How do I place shops?
- How do I prevent a monster from attacking when the heros are choosing their attack?
- How do I prevent the player from popping up the menu?
- How do I save a hero's equipment when removing them?
- How do I use Sound Effects?
- How is damage calculated?
- How is the attack dodge rate calculated?
- How long is a game tick?
- I haven't worked for a long time on my rpg file. I've downloaded the new version of custom.exe. Can it bug my game?
- I would like to make my own battle system. How can I start?
- What are Level MP based/FF1 Style spells?
- What are Tags for?
- What are the correct sizes for each type of graphics?
- What are the Debugging keys?
- What are the limits on various things?
- What can an item do when used outside of battle?
- What do each of the attack motions do?
- What do each of the stats (HP, MP, etc...) do?
- What exactly are 'one-time use' tags, and what can I use them for?
- What is the formula for how much experience it takes for a levelup?
- When is the next update? (See also the old answer)
- Where can I find fonts?
- Where can I find games?
- Where can I find graphics?
- Where can I find music?
- Where can I find sound effects?
- Where can I go for help?
- How do I check if a menu is opened or closed?
- How do I check if a slice collection is opened or closed?
Questions About Errors And Unexpected Behavior
Please read How do I report a bug? before adding questions to this section!
- CUSTOM.exe froze up while I was working on a game! Is there any way I can unfreeze CUSTOM or retrieve the files I modified?
- How do I report a bug?
- I added new spells to my hero's spell list, why aren't they there when I play?
- I forgot my password! What do I do?
- I made enemies and formations, why can't I fight them when I walk around my map?
- My enemies never move or attack, why?
- My Game was deleted by bug, I think. I had been working on it for a year, what do I do now? I kept no back up files. ;_;
- Script error! Script (scriptid) does not exist
- The OHRRPGCE doesn't work on my computer! Why?
- What is a test case?
- Why do all my heroes have the same attack?
- Why do my .ogg and .mp3 music files play slowed down and the wrong pitch when imported?
- Why don't my pushable NPCs move?
Plotscripting Questions
See also the Slices FAQ
- Expected number but found ___
- Expected top-level declaration but found ___
- How can I compile my plotscripts in Linux?
- How can I run a script instead of/before/after the menu comes up?
- How do I call one script directly from another script?
- How do I change the walkabout graphic set of an NPC using Plotscripting?
- How do I get it to run a script when I level up a certain hero (me)?
- How do I hide or show a map layer?
- How do I level up my hero using plotscripting?
- How do I link script files together?
- How do I make a HSS file?
- How do I make a merchant offer you discount on goods?
- How do I move or reorder a map layer?
- How do I restore my hero's stats during a plotscript?
- How do I run a plotscript before a battle?
- How do I script a wait that the player can skip by pressing a key?
- How do I use plotscripts to make an NPC disappear permanently?
- How do I update shop items?
- How do I write map autorun scripts?
- Is there a limit to how big a plotscript can be?
- I've lost my scripts! How can I get them back?
- Unrecognised name ___. It has not been defined as script, constant, variable, or anything else
- What are all the ways to trigger a script?
- What are HamsterSpeak flow control commands?
- What are scancodes?
- What are slices?
- What are the differences between a variable and a global variable?
- What are the differences between the different keypress commands?
- What are the differences between the "wait for key" command and the "key is pressed" command?
- What do the run-time script errors mean?
- What is a constant and how do I use it?
- What is a script argument for?
- What is a string and how do I use it?
- What is a variable?
- What is a while loop and how do I make it?
- Why can't I have more than one script at a time?
Feature Request Questions
The FAQ is a really bad place to ask for a feature. See I want a new feature! for how to make a suggetion.
- Are you going to make a version that supports hi-res graphics, 3D, etc...?
- I want more items, NPCs, elements, spells, etc...
Developer Questions
- Can I make my own version of the OHRRPGCE?
- How do I become an OHRRPGCE developer?
- Why not re-write the OHRRPGCE in ...?
Questions about this Wiki
- How do access my user:page on the wiki?
- How do I create an account on the wiki?
- How do I delete my account on the wiki?
- How do I link to my user page in discussions?
- How do I rename the headline of an article?
- How do I upload a picture on the wiki?
If you want to browse questions relating to specific topics, you can browse by Category instead. (Note that this includes all the pages in the Wiki, not just FAQs)
See Also
- HOWTO - How to Use the OHRRPGCE
- Slices FAQ