FAQ
From OHRRPGCE-Wiki
F.A.Q. means Frequently Asked Questions
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[edit] Beginner Questions
- How do I start?
- I can't figure out how to download the OHRRPGCE, Help!
- I can't figure out how to install and run the OHRRPGCE, Help!
[edit] Game Distribution Questions
- What files do I need to give people so they can play my RPG?
- Can I sell RPGs I make with the OHRRPGCE?
- How do I announce to the community that a game demo (or version) is online and ready to be tested and reviewed?
- How do I securely backup my work?
[edit] 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 copy and paste a palette?
- How do I customize the master palette?
- How do I delete game data from my RPG?
- How do I delete a save file?
- How do I end the game?
- 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 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 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 buildings?
- How do I make choices in a dialogue box?
- 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 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 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?
- I would like to make my own menu and edit it under custom.exe How shall 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 can I do to NOT lose my password?
- 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 music?
- Where can I find sound effects?
- Where can I find the plotscripting dictionary?
- Where can I go for help?
[edit] 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?
- Does OHR work with Windows Vista?
- 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 click the program and see an error message
- I forgot my password! What do I do?
- I made backgrounds, but now I can't import them!
- I made enemies and formations, why can't I fight them when I walk around my map?
- map00 tilemap is missing
- My Script compiles, but I can't find the .HS file!
- 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! Failed to unlump (scriptid).hsx
- The OHRRPGCE doesn't work on my computer! Why?
- What is a test case?
- Why do all my heroes have the same attack?
- Why don't my pushable NPCs move?
[edit] Plotscripting Questions
- Expected number but found ___
- Expected top-level declaration but found ___
- How can I compile my plotscripts in Linux?
- How can I compile my plotscripts under windows?
- 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 convert my scripts from old to new syntax?
- How do I get it to run a script when I level up a certain hero (me)?
- How do I learn to write plotscripts?
- How do I level up my hero using plotscripting?
- How do I link script files together?
- How do I make a HS file?
- How do I make a HSI file?
- How do I make a HSS file?
- How do I restore my hero's stats during a plotscript?
- How do I run a plotscript after a battle?
- 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 write if statements with complex conditions (2 or 3 conditions)?
- How do I write map autorun scripts?
- How do I write strings?
- Is there a limit to how big a plotscript can be?
- 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 the differences between a variable and a global variable?
- What are the differences between the "wait for key" command and the "key is pressed" command?
- What are the differences between the "wait for key" command and the "wait for scancode" 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?
[edit] Feature Request Questions
The FAQ is a really bad place to ask for a feature. If you want to suggest a feature, the Forums are much better for that purpose!
- Are you going to make a version that supports hi-res graphics, 3D, etc...?
- I want more items, NPCs, elements, spells, etc...
- I would like to propose new features for the next version of the OHRRPGCE. How should I proceed?
- Will there ever be attack scripting so that I can make complex damage formulas?
- Will there ever be Items/Attacks/Spells that can summon enemies in battle as allies?
- Will you ever add more animation frames?
- Will you ever update the map editor?
- Will you raise the limit on number of NPCs?
- Will you raise the limit on number of string scripts?
[edit] Hamster Republic Questions
[edit] Developer Questions
- Can I make my own version of the OHRRPGCE?
- How do I become an OHRRPGCE developer?
- I would like to learn FreeBASIC. Where can I find information good for a beginner?
- What do you mean "the code is messy"?
- Why not re-write the OHRRPGCE in ...?
[edit] 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)
[edit] See Also
- HOWTO - How to Use the OHRRPGCE
