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  A Fix to block GMail Spammers... PERIOD!
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 5 hours ago - Forum: Announcements and Updates - No Replies

Dear Friends,
 
  

One of the most recognized and accepted eMail services in use today is GMail.  This mailbox service owned by Alphabet, Inc.  is by far the largest worldwide with nearly two billion users.  But of legitimate eMail services, it is also the service most used by spam.
  
 
Googlemail aka GMail has always permitted the use of periods in their eMail addresses since it first dawned in 2004. While Google Support may make claim that it does not ignore periods, nearly every other search reports otherwise.  And since 2024, malicious activity went on the rise with GMail as spammers and the like found they can bypass GMail's own Spam Filter by applying periods within their own address.
 
 
Indeed.  For the unaware, the eMail addresses of JohnDoe@GMail.Com, John.Doe@GMail.com and J.o.h.NDOE@GMail.com are all one-and-the-same.  And those employed to deliver spam and need a fixed address are now using GMail because of the address flexibility which unfortunately has the side effect of being able to bypass spam filters.
  
 
But it is not only GMail's spam filter, some anti-spam software services and most all bulletin-board softwares (forum, wordpress and the like) which are just as prone and vulnerable.  Initially, Save-Point too being vulnerable to those bypassing eMail anti-spam protections...

  
... until now.  ^_^
 
 
Early this week, I instituted a 'ban' on the use of periods within gMail addresses, and it was actually a comically easy procedure to employ.  This means that no one can create an account with a google eMail account that contains a period within their address. Neither Steve.Irwin@GMail.Com nor Robert.Downey.Jr@GoogleMail.com would be able to make an account unless they provided their addresses clean and without the fore-mentioned periods.
 
As of this week, I am fully aware that a spammer did get blocked when attempting to create an account with such an address.  I was comically checking the system when the attempt was made and laughed when I saw both it and the spammer's ridiculously high-Spammy IP address.   However, I am also aware the gMail accounts are themselves not banned as a new member joined LITERALLY TODAY.
 
 
Again, this is not a ban upon eMails coming from Google's service, but only the use of the extra, arbitrary, and useless periods they permit in their address.
  
Thank you.
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  The Weekly Gazette 2-15-2026
Posted by: DerVVulfman - Yesterday, 06:00 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - No Replies

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(February 9 to February 15, 2026)

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Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself

Official Area
General Chat
In the US, the News of the World is divided mainly between the issue of immigration and the disappearance of "Today Show's Savannah Guthrie’ mother. A new ransom demand, the reveal of the identifiable Walmart brand backpack, and the DNA found in a disgarded glove which may point to one of the current suspects were top stories. But is the Sheriff up for the job given the lack of competence the past two weeks? And with Immigration, appeals courts have been ruling in favor of the Trump Administration while activist judges have demanded illegals returned while releasing those with attempted murder and child sex crime convictions. And as Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis is coming to an end with the arrest of 4,000 illegal alien criminals involved in rape, murder and child molestation charges, ICE also rescued over 3000 migrant children that were among the 300,000 lost under the prior Biden administration. The Russia invasion of Ukraine continues, and Kyiv's foreign minister said only US President Trump can get the two nations to final peace talks, this as Russia fired off hundreds of drones. While the war wages, Ukraine's wartime innovations actively spurred economic growth. Their advanced drone technology proven against Moscow's forces now becoming hot property for NATO forces. The newest technology, their ‘Sunray’ laser can silently take out Russian drones at a fraction of the cost of like defensive weapons. Such are necessary as Russia's Presiden Putin's child indoctrination of program startled millions. In the middle east, another US Aircraft Carrier strike group is slated join the the USS Abraham Lincoln in an effort to put more pressure on Iran to reach a nuclear deal and end their weapons program, and in support for those protesting against the brutality coming from Tehran. Of brutality, the Nobel committee had confirmed that Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi has been beaten nearly to death while wasting away in Iran's prison system. Violent crime plummeting across major U.S. cities with murder rates fallen to its lowest in over a century, the transgender high school dropout who gunned down his family and six others in British Columbia, US Attorney General Bondi blasting back at Democrats who didn't touch the Epstein scandal while Biden was president, a water leak in the Louvre damaging its most valuable paintings from the 19th century, the New York Times reverses course and acknowledges dangers of marijuana use, North Korea's 13-year-old heiress at deadly odds against her ruthless aunt over succession, the death of "Dawson's Creek" co-star James Van Der Beek’s at 48, and more hit this week's news.
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Tech Talk
In this week's News of the Cyber World, issues with predators were forefront. In New Mexico, a former executive from Meta relayed how his own teenage daughter was bombarded with sexual propositions and indecent content by predators the moment she made her first Instagram account. OpenAI fired a female executive claiming sexual discrimination, she claiming the allegation a cover as she fought against ChatGPT's “adult mode” option and their incompetent child safety measures. Meanwhile, the FTC blasted Apple for violating consumer protection laws after a study was releast showing a complete political bias in news reports by their own editorial team. Russia's attempt to restrict free speech even further, Discord's teen safety rollout plans and the Conduent data breach and ransomware attack in New Jersey also hit this week's cybernews.


Forum Games & Nonsense
It has been a while since DerVVulfman found a funny story from a Dungeons and Dragons tabletop game. But this week, he discovered a tale where someone described Cringiest CharacterEver Played as it was relayed from the perspective of the game's referee. A humorous tale, DerVVulfman noted the youtube poster for this tale, though the poster himself apparently read the story.



Games Development
Code Support
A very good question was posed by Ace_V, and that was how one couldskills that never miss, and a status that causes skills to never miss. Indeed, some of his enemies have a very high evasion score, and he wanted to have heroes that could breath through and defeat such dodging abilities. DerVVulfman put together a script and explained a key point in RPGMaker XP where the enemy's ability to evade was checked. But then added he wrote and posted a separate script sometime later.



Material Development
Scripts Database
RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine
This week, DerVVulfman issued updates to three script threads belonging to Zeriab, noting dead links and providing copies of his work in their place. He discovered that Zeriab had a mediafire link to his Disc Changer scipt before his website and sendspace links went down. And provided the scripts to both his Anti Lag System and Caterpillar scripts, going so far as to creating a whole new demo for both.

DerVVulfman noticed that the link to the Character Transitions demo by Rataime was down. However, he was able to upload a replacement after performing an update to the decades old system so it could work with the newer version of RPGMaker XP.

After an early work to solve a coding problem, DerVVulfman put together a script he dubbed No Dodge / Not Today. It returns the ability for attacks to ignore a target's dodge or evade score, but extended to work with skills, status effects and more.


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2D Resources
For those who found the character of Ivy to be popular, you can find more facial expressions for her among the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V. Just as he had done last week, Ace_V has expanded more upon how this green haired maiden behaves with sighs, surprises and much more.



Creativity Section
Music and Audio
Self reflection is one thing you can always count as a major theme within DoubleX Music Room as his latest piece reflects upon wanting to better one's self and what may be if one takes shortcuts that goes against their ethics. His sixty-eighth song, Rotten To The Core begins with musted brass and the tinkling of a glockenspiel symbolizing innocence while laboring at a slow pace, but overshadowed by the corruptive sounds of an electric keyboard only for choirs to appear to warn and lament over the past choices made.


Art and Design
A new gallery has opened within the vaulted halls of the forum's museum of art. So please, be our guest and gaze upon the first work to appear within Cam's Creativity Corner. Also known in the forum under her username of krayedon, Cam has unveiled "Ma'Jii-Ka, Master Wizard", a feline sorcerer with a coat of pitch and baby-blue eyes.

Romance is in the air, and a new piece made it to the halls of art in time for Valentine's Day. Once more, felines have appeared, this time being the Nekomatas Grace and Nankaina in the latest canvas within Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing! Rarely have this couple graced the halls, that Remi decided the time was appropriate and given an artistic arc here that may be within her current gaming project. For those who wish to see how the characters were crafted, Remichan compressed the sixteen hours of work into a twenty-minute speed-draw video.



Well, that's it for this week.

"I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren’t in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most diets." - Dolly Parton


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  The Weekly Gazette 2-08-2026
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 02-09-2026, 06:00 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - No Replies

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(February 2 to February 8, 2026)

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Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself

Official Area
Announcements and Updates
This Sunday, the forum had only the most Extremely Short Downtime, lasting but fifteen seconds. Such a small window, few if any would have noticed.


Occasions
Another member discovered that the forum is a host to RPGMaker VXAce scripts, and that member is mneherovo. Not a native speaker of English, mneherovo's introduction post is quite well written. But expect our new member to begin by lurking for a while as the hunt for more RPGMaker VXAce scripts rages on.


General Chat
Thoughts of having to rebuild an entire website was What's on the mind of KDC, now relearning the basics of HTML while abandoning Wix. And for Ace_V, the discovery of a capped limit to events in an RPGMaker editor and the issues with keeping roaming enmemy bosses within confined areas led to discussion with DerVVulfman who then suggested that shop talk would be more fitting in a thread more dedicated to game development.

For many, they will likely remember that visiting their site was impossible as a service down page gave notice. But after over a year, RPGMaker.Net has Survived. According to Liberty, members such as Benny were able to revive the site not only keep it stable but also increase its innate speed. Not every feature has returned, but the forums are indeed back.

After the backlash over terms of use, you would figure the company would have learned something. But after severe backlash, ADOBE CAVES TO USERS - ANIMATE IS STAYING. Indeed, Adobe Animate which has lasted 30 years, and is still in use by animators to create shows such as Teen Titans Go and Star Trek:Lower Decks was originally slated to have its service end. But with many still using the system, be they independent users or professional feature animators, Adobe immedately reversed its course within a single day after their initial annoucement. Adobe Animate will now be set as a permanent maintenance mode, fully acessible and usable with bug fixes as needed. But no new features will be added.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine still ages within the News of the World as NATO has come under fire, Russian ally Belarus sending balloons into NATO airspace to cause disruptions while Moskow launches a massive attack against Ukraine while the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte was in Kyiv. This ended the brief ceasefire that occurred after prisoner swaps between Ukraine and Russia. But despite the overwhelming numbers coming frum Russia, Ukraine is holding its own. Indeed, finding older technology such as laser-guided Copperhead 155mm from the 80s has brought significant damage to Moscow. And its predicted that Vladimir Zelenskyy would easily win another election after the war is settled. In the United States, another bio-lab was discovered and raided in Las Vegas. The lab which contained HIV and samples of malaria was found connected to another under investigation by the government are owned by a Chinese citizen, David He. And if this sounds familiar, it was not long ago that two Chinese scholars were garged with bringing in biological pathothens. The issues with Anti-Ice protestors took surprising turns as a New York Staffer was detained by Immigration once it was revealed he had a prior criminal conviction in 2023 and lied about it as it would invalidate his asylum and temporary protection status. And who would think protestors would attack their own? One anti-Ice protestor found himself being pelted with marital aids while shouting "I'm one of you!" Another incident with an illegal alien driving a commercial truck occurred in Indiana, swirving into oncoming traffic and killing four. This time, the commercial license was issued by Pennsylvania under Governor Shapiro. In a polar opposite fashion and after two decades, Florida now requires those seeking a license must pass the state exams entirely in English, this to ensure clear communication, the understanding of traffic laws and responsible driving. California itself seems to be a beacon of news, the "Shangri-La" homeless scam that has defrauded millions as Governor Newsome sits back and watches. An Ivy-League activist and a Labor Union Organizer are under scrutiny after it was discovered they were instructing New Yorkers militant tactics to interfere with federal officers. New laws came into effect in California, and a rape victim just found that her attacker was released under a newly shortened sentence to reduce prison populations. And the mother of "The Today Show" host, Savannah Guthrie has been kidnapped. Signs of blood and forced entry, and a chilling ransom demand in Bitcoin now reported. Jeffrey Epstein's legacy continues as Hillary Clinton demands a public hearign despite both she and former President Bill clinton had already agreed to closed door depositions. But the saga continues as CBS News star hire Peter Attia not only had ties to Epstein, but mentioned over 1000 times in newly released court documents. Epstein's ties were world wide, he cultivating ties with both Sergey Belyakov, Russia’s deputy economic minister, and Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations. There is even an eMail where Prince Andrew’s ex Sara Ferguson asked him to marry her, this while new allegations have appeared stating that Epstein sent women to ex-Prince Andrew at his Royal Lodge. It isn't going well for the current UK's PM Keir Starmer as it was discovered that his former Ambassador to the US also had ties to Epstein, and following this his top aide Morgan McSweeney quits over the scandal. Even members of his own party are now shouting "Starmer has to go." In the Middle East, new documents showed that Tehran had long planned to massacre protesters. And before the planned US/Iran peace talks began, Khomeni attempted last minute demands for a venue change and an attempt to prevent talks over their nuclear program and the slaughter of their own citizens. Even as Iranian combat drones were shot down before they could reach US carriers and two oil tankers of unknown nationality were seized by Iran, talks did continue and apparently with another scheduled within the week. But can one trust a government that decides to sentence Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike? In Venezuela, flights are set to resume. American Airlines will begin reinstating nonstop service between the US and Venezuela once it gets government approval. And over seven-hundred political prisoners in Venezuela will soon be free as part of an amnesty bill championed by acting President Delcy Rodrigues. But not only that, but the notorious Helicoide known for its barbaracy will be shut down for good. The strange illness and death of a 40-year-old at Australia's Sydney Music festival, the new trade deal between the US and India as India buys Venezuelan oil and not Russia's, the son of Norway’s crown princess pleaded not guilty to rape charges in Oslo, video footage showing Hamas operatives using ambulances to transport terrorists and weapons to fortified hospitals in violation of the ceasefire, US produced alcohol returning to liquor store shelves in Quebec, the Russian Foreign Ministry warning yet more nuclear threats, this time as the START nuclear treaty is set to expire, suspected saboteurs hit Italian rail networks near Bologna as the Winter Olympics is kicking off, and more hit this week's news.
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Tech Talk
If one had a need to download videos and store them, they may now benefit of a pair of Online MP4 File Compression websites. DerVVulfman discovered two, one that works fast but performs a decent job while the other slow but performs its work quite well. And both sites in question can convert other video formats to .MP4 if so desired.

Things within this week's News of the Cyber World is dire for social media. Following a settlement with TikTok over its service designed to make users addicted, both Facebook parent company Meta and Youtube are headed to a similar trial. AI has come under scrutiny with youths, Meta now halting any access to teens while Musk's AI being called by the EU for creating illicit content deep fakes. And both Google and Apple was fined over $160 Million as their products actively listened in and recorded customer private discussions. Its none too good for California as a newly proposed one-time wealth tax is said to target the big tech billionaires despite fine print saying it could be applied to anyone, and it would be applied to already taxed earnings. And D-Wave Quantum Inc, the company that innovated quantum computer processing, is pulling out of California for Florida after citing both Florida’s rapidly growing tech ecosystem and California's high cost burdens. Not only is the death of a teenager due to a sexual predator met on Roblox hitting the news, but the shocking news of North Korea executing their own schoolchildren if ever caught watching Squid Game, listening to K-Pop, or any activity not approved by their Anti-Reactionary Thought and Culture Act according to Amnesty International. More on Elon Musk, Waymo driverless cars and their ridiculous fees, and so on hit the Cybernews this week.



Games Development
Development Discussion
If you were to ask anyone What's up as an RMer, you might be surprised to find DerVVulfman uploading some Elder Scrolls: Skyrim savegame characters. For him, that was a break. Then kyonides floated the concept of skills that one would need to repeatedly refill or repurchase after their use, this despite still havng sufficient SP points to cast. Then after that, some back and forth between DerVVulfman and Ace_V as DerVVulfman touched on how Anti-Lag scripts function and that he crafted a script to suit the needs of anyone wishing to keep roaming NPCs in a confined space, while Ace_V relayed that links to Zeriab's own Anti-Lag script thread were broken. That is broken until DerVVulfman uploaded a copy of the script while giving Ace_V an alternative anti-lag script to think about. And two videos then appeared courtesy of Remi-Chan, one not even to be included within her upcomng game. However, she displayed the new character sprites by Rune or Xiie, and a variety of winged maidens from her character portrait artiest, Pjcr.

There is nothing foul about the ladies now appearing within the Maps and screenshots thread other than the appelation of their race. The three winged maidens of pink, rose and periwinkle have new character sprites to match their portait art, and Remi-chan wished to show them off. And despite the extreme ruddiness of the scene due to the calamitous flames that raged, one of their ilk in the land now known as Inferno is indeed foul to her core.


Complete Projects
Another new game has appeared this week, courtesy of Starmage. This time, it is Romancing Reid, her recent entry into the game jam offered by RPGMakerWeb. A delicate game, one can go on a picnick with the perfect boyfriend.



Material Development
Scripts Database
RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine
After roughly five years, DerVVulfman revisited his Expanded Encounter Areas script, updating the code with his current scripting style while leaving the configuration portion untouched. In his update annoucement, he explained that it was partially in response to a newer script which would be an add-on utilizing its features.

The Active Bound-Area Events by DerVVulfman is the RPGMaker XP script that is able to use the areas defined within the fore-mentioned Expanded Encounter Areas. And within it, events can be limited to bound rectangles from which they cannot exit until freed..

After the links within were reported broken by Ace_V, DerVVulfman took a look at Zeriab's Anti Lag System and was unable to restore the demo content. However, he did attach a copy of the script for those who would appreciate the work of the Huggle King himself.


Resources Database
2D Resources
Last week, a maiden in green had sauntered her way into the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V. But it was but one aspect. This week, Ace_V returned to grant more expressions for the lass, and now you have embarrassment sweatdrops, flowers and even an expression of anger for those in need.



Creativity Section
Music and Audio
For your listening edification, amost half a dozen new compositions have arived within DoubleX's Music Room. His first work entitled "Enjoying Suffering" begins with a slow-pace violin with fast paced piano work as a contrast, al with brass giving an uplifting air against the bleak of the strings. A mix of wind instruments and a harpsicord with a downward arc were at the forefront of "Letting Everybody Down", a melody about being unable to accomplish what matters in life. "Beautiful Sorrow" is an expression of more than mere coping with sadness as reflected by the deep vocal choirs, but being able to live with and recognize sadness for what it is and the violins and pianos at the beginning of this piece illustrate acceptance of what must be. Beginning with a piano riff symbolizing futility against what is destined, DoubleX released "Fallen Apart", a work where one empathizes with others who struggle against all hope when the outcome is sadly certain. And of fate, "Doomed Destiny" relays the inevitability of AI control by elites leaving others to suffer. Cellos and somber tubas at the start herald the anguish that is to come.


Art and Design
This week, we finally receved an update about Starmage's Arts and Training Journey. It has been a long time since she began her artistic trek, and finally came by to report in with some fan work. In the beginning, man was without adornment so the glory of their well toned abs would show. But after that, romance was in the air as two sat down for a delightful boba. The stage was set as a cane carrying figure in orchid stepped from behind the curtain sangre. And a trio of ladies made their appearance.

While no full color murals have appeard within the halls of Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing, our artist does have plans. Two of her femme fatales of infernal nature are in the works as rough pencilworks have shown. But a Valentine's Day special between Kitsune may come first.


Literature
In a poetic fashion, the cries of the battle and end of times have now appeared within a new volume of Remi-chan's Writing Snippets~.



Well, that's it for this week.

"I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming." - Jimmy Carter (1924–2024)


PROSPECTIVE GAZETEERS!

If you are the creator of a thread in Save-Point, you have the option of sending/writing your own entry into the Gazette. The Gazette accepts write-in announcements (which will be doublechecked). Likewise, the Gazette would welcome other content such as a comic-strip series, ongoing story arc, or the like.

Just PM DerVVulfman with the submissions. Submissions must be in by 10pm EST.
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  Extremely Short Downtime
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 02-08-2026, 07:36 PM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - Replies (2)

StrangeAutomaton @ Feb 8, 2026 - 1:09pm EST Wrote:Save-Point was down for approx 15 seconds because the database tried to start before the network and crashed.

A database restart fixed the issue.

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  The Weekly Gazette 2-01-2026
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 02-02-2026, 06:00 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - Replies (1)

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(January 26 to February 1, 2026)

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Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself

Official Area
General Chat
After many months, we are pleast to announce that RPGMaker.Net has Survived. The site that went down during the spring of 2024 has returned, though some features have not been fully restored.

A winter snap at the end of January was On the mind of both DerVVulfman and KDC. But for KDC, there was family loss as well.

A chilly front hits the News of the World in North America, with some political gaffs in both Toronto over misspoken words or in New York immediately following wintery deaths. But more wintery weather is soon to come For the United States, immigration control also hits the news as hosts from "The View" TV show thought Pretti, shot by ICE, a hero only for his past aggression revealed by the FBI. Not long after, an Illegal alien attempted vehicular homicide against ICE agents, and Border Agents shot and wounded a violent human trafficker from Arizona wanted since 2025. And though he tried claiming "Freedom of the Press", former CNN Anchor Don Lemon was arrested for his actions in the Minnesota Church raid based on his very own video footage which included planning and scouting stages. There is little to any reason to trust Russian President Vladimir Putin as he agreed to US President Trump's request not to attack power grids. However, Putin only agreed to such until Sunday (the day of this post). Understandably, Ukrainians braced for the worst, with little trust for the Russian dictator whose commanders tied half-naked deserters to a tree and choked them with shovel loads of snow. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has now cost upwards to two million lives. In Iran, Ayatollah Khomeni emerged from his secret bunker to celebrate the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, this while the US Aircraft Carrier Abe Lincoln neared with Trump demanding Tehran on behalf of the protestors to cut a deal and end the bloodshed. However, Tehran is nothing if not beliggerant as they began building roofs over damaged nuke sites to prevent any inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency. And on the issue with the Gaza Strip, the Gaza doctor who slammed Israel in a NewYork Times article was in reality a Hamas Colonel spreading anti-Israeli propaganda. But their hatred runs deep as another member of Hamas was just busted in Germany for allegedly plotting a terror attack against the Jewish community. And for China, their insidious side is being revealed. Panama ended China's hold on their two major ports claiming the use of the Chinese owned ports violated their constitution. Meanwhile, a scheme to help pregnant Chinese women travel to the US before labor had been ended in California. Sentenced to three years, a California woman assisted in deceiving US authorities over travel visas and money laundering, this as the mothers would then return home and raise their child under the Communist Party until 18 and then legally affect US politics. And, its now come to light that a CCP backed Millionare in China is apparently funneling money to the Minnesota agitators. Russian drones attacking Ukrainian city injuring 23 including including children and a pregnant woman, Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass slammed for spurning Trump’s takeover of Palisades rebuild efforts, China’s top general accused of leaking country’s nuclear weapons program to the CIA, House Democrats mutiny Schumer’s deal with White House, threatening a longer shutdown that affects SNAP benefits and national security, Mercedes-Benz CEO says no to relocating the headquarters to the US, reports reveal TSA successful in barring thousands with terror links from flights at major US airports, a man accused of impersonating FBI agent in attempt to free Luigi Mangione armed with large two-pronged barbecue fork and a pizza cutter, and more hit this week's news.
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Material Development
Resources Database
2D Resources
Taking a detour away from hospitals and nurses wards, a new figure has shown within the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V. Her name is Ivy, and is a dark-skinned lass adorned in a leaf green top to compliment her forest green hair. A single sprite on its own, Ace_V states that more reaction-based content will come later.




Well, that's it for this week.

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PROSPECTIVE GAZETEERS!

If you are the creator of a thread in Save-Point, you have the option of sending/writing your own entry into the Gazette. The Gazette accepts write-in announcements (which will be doublechecked). Likewise, the Gazette would welcome other content such as a comic-strip series, ongoing story arc, or the like.

Just PM DerVVulfman with the submissions. Submissions must be in by 10pm EST.
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  The Weekly Gazette 1-25-2026
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 01-26-2026, 06:00 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - No Replies

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(January 19 to January 25, 2026)

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Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself

Official Area
General Chat
This week's News of the World dealt with Russia and dealings abroad in Greenland and Ukraine. They initially cheered when reports were out when US President Trump replied how determined he was to acquire the world's largest island for defense, claiming he was hurting NATO and relations. However, their glee was shortlived as a framework had formed without the US no longer needing ownership, this after the Davos, Switzerland meeting with NATO Secretary Rutte. And though Ukrainian President Zelensky said Post-War security guarantees had generally been ironed out, it is only for after the war and the Kremlin said there will not be any peace until all their territorial demands are met. Still, the first trilateral talks with the US, Ukraine and Russia were finally held after so many stalls to end Russia's invasion of its neighbor. In the United States, all eyes have been focusing on Minnesota. False claims were made of ICE using a child as bait when it was later revealed the illegal alien father abandoned the boy now reunited with his mother. Anti-ICE agitators raiding a church and causing havoc in violation of the FACE Act ('Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act' which protects clinics and houses of worthip), triggered the arrests of Nekima Levy Armstrong, Chauntyll Louisa Allen and William Kelly who led the charge. Alex Jeffrey Pretti became a casualty as he was shot by an ICE agent while resisting arrest and armed with a pistol and two clips of ammunition; though Pretti's gun may have gone off by accident as pundits claim his gun's model is prone firing accidents. All of this, the Trump administration is laying blame on Governor Walz and Mayor Frey of Michigan for inciting protestors. For this, President Trump demands they turn over all criminal illegal aliens currently incarcerated, that police work with federal authorities, and demand Congress pass legislation to end Sanctuary Cities. Violence escalates in Iran as protstors are gunned down. On video, militias are seen cutting down innocents with machine gun fire, this as trucks mounted with heavy machine guns move in convoys as they fire indiscriminately into the streets to suppress anti-regime protesters. hWere are Iran's elite? The wealthiest residents fled to Van, a Turkish province just over 60 miles away from the border. This for no place is safe in Iran as their Security forces raid hospitals, arresting anyone and everyone accused of protesting against the regime, even if they are business owners, lawyers and human rights activists. And all the while, Tehran makes claims that Israeli agents are agitating protestors to lure the US into the conflict. However, Iran has been agitating the US, forcing President Trump to issue firey orders if Tehran even made an assassination attempt. Canadian Snowboarder Ryan Weding arrested in Mexico after years on the run for drug trafficking charges, Japan scrambling jets to intercept Russian Bombers in response to its new US made Typhon Missile system, a hoard of Roman-era silver coins and precious metals recovered in northern Germany, New York Mayor Mamdani insulted liberal white women on "The View" while simultaneously condemning home ownership, sports fans in Australia demand a reporter fired for baiting American players with political questions targeting the US president, the Dow dramatically surges after the Greenland framework announcement, and more hit this week's news.
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Material Development
Scripts Database
RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine
While the main functions of Ah-sung's Paperdoll works, DerVVulfman received a report that new characters added or remove had graphic issues when the paperdoll system is used while combined with Fukuyama's classic Train Actor caterpillar script. For this, DerVVulfman crafterd a patch which immediately appies the spritework on the fieldmap when the party gains a new actor.


Resources Database
2D Resources
Though your game's hospital staff may be filled, two more prospective doctors have Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V. But for how long will these two stay before they head out to White Castle? Based upon Harold and Kumar, you now have a lighter toned doctor with straight rising hair and a doctor with darker complexion and hair parted on the side.



Creativity Section
Music and Audio
The sixty-second composition by DoubleX has arrived, and awaiting audiences within his vaulted Music Room. Entitled Completely Ruined, the piano work at the beginning expresses labours or deeds being wrought while a subtle play with stings and tom beats intrude, a means to suggest how one may not know that something is amiss from the start. Then came the use of a chorus replacing the piano symbolizing the realization that all the hard work was for naught, a feeling of distress for time and life spent.


Art and Design
While not one of the original characters within her gaming universe's landscape, the Trustworthy Heroine is a fan favorite and has once more entered Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing!. The veritable action heroine Einstein of Kangaroos, Tristy has been an active hero in Remi's 3.14 universe since Autumn, 2016, brandishing her trademark Techee-rang as she did those years ago when she faced the unimaginable, with even death being an inconvenience to her goal.



Well, that's it for this week.

"Don't be afraid of making an ass of yourself. I do it all the time and look what I got." - William Shatner


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  The Weekly Gazette 1-18-2026
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 01-19-2026, 06:00 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - No Replies

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(January 12 to January 18, 2026)

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Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself

Official Area
General Chat
This week's News of the World begins with Greenland and US President Trump's work to acquire the island. Trump had expressed this need just as Russia is strengthening its arctic presence while China is getting footholds in Canada. But while a dealto gain the world's largest island may be in the works, it is no comfort to the native Greenlanders who have distain for Danish rule. Simultaenously, NATO nations, Democrats in the US and a number of Republicans have all promised to prevent the island's acquisition. Violence and threats thereof are plaguing the United States, Massachussettes DJs calling for the assassination of the Vice President, Washington State Researchers calling for the murder of conservative social media personalities, veiled threats being made against White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, and attacks on federal officers continue in Minneapolis It is no surprise that the Department of Justice is now investigating Minnesota officials over obstruction charges. And of the unsealing of the Jeffrey Epstine files, the DOJ is working around the clock to process all the documentation, focust primarily on redacting information so the release would not compromise victims’ privacy. And in a surprise turn about, hosts on "The View" actively call upon the Clintons to comply with the federal subponenas on the Epstein matter. In the middle east, nothing is more unstable than Iran who had been asked to remove itself from joint naval exercises with China and Russia after the US rebuked and reminded those involved how Iran has been a state sponsor of terror. Despite video footage and an estimated bodycount of sixteen thousand, Iranian Foreign Minister denies concerns over executions while calling the violence an Israeli plot. But while it appeared that the slaughter of protestors had subsided, the truth came out that many are now held prison within their homes by machine-gun wielding security. Even worse, an Iranian commander’s distraught daughter revealed that the regime leaders are killing their own children if they speak out. As this is going on, exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi says the regime is close to collapse and had issued a 6-point plan to exert even more pressure on Tehran. Meanwhile, US President Trump is calling on nations invited into the U.N. sanctioned Board of Peace to contribute at least $1 billion. Its unsure how the board would interact with the U.N. as the latter's global reputation and funding had taken painful hits. But its charter is to promote stability, lawful governance and peace in areas targeted, and Gaza itself is one of their prime subjects. And in Costa Rica, it was reported that a plot to execute President Rodrigo Chaves was uncovered. But the critic accused and the activist who was part of the alleged money trail to a hit-man both called the accusations nonsense and political in nature. The Activist stating such an act violates her morals. This assassination plot reported on the heels of a new mega-prison in the works.
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Games Development
Development Discussion
It is funny, if you ask Remi-chan What's up? For the moment she started taking a break from her game, that bothe her sprite artist and character portrait artist kept active. New sprites for both harpy-like and bat-winged NPCs have appeared in pink and red. And winged nyphs with wings of goldenrod and powder have now been brought forth.

It wasn't long after Remi-chan received new spritework for one of her side-quest characters that she returned to the Maps and screenshots thread to deliver a pair of shots from her game. Though the portrait art for the scenes would garner the most attention.



Material Development
Tools
Continuing his work on the keybindings system within HiddenChest RGSS Player Executable, kyonides added KChangeKeys HC itself as a Hidden script within its code, and converted the Graphics.block_f1 methods from C++ into pure ruby code. He later removed more C++ code that was ported over to Ruby where necessary, updated the stretch_blt method of the Bitmap class to accept rectangle symbols, and included a new log system that will be generated if a bitmap/image file is missing while simultaneously preventing the game from crashing.


Scripts Database
Script Requests
One feature that may have been overlooked is the ability Add time to an active Timer. How many racing games give you bonus time to continue as you pass checkpoints? Hither unto this, Ace_V asked if there was a means to grant bonus time to the timer system with RPGMaker XP in mind. With merely two lines of code, DerVVulfnan showed Ace_V how to accomplish the task, and went on to describt in detail the mechanics and the use of the Graphics.frame_rate property. This followed by kyonides who continued on why newer engines were defined with higher framerate capabilities. Ace_V was astonished the level of information, and took notes.


Direct Compilable Code
DerVVulfman released some more code for Visual Basic users, the The PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Class has now been released. With it, Visual Basiv 6 users will be able to access .png files, the well known and popular format that was not accessible with VB6.


Resources Database
2D Resources
Now taking a break from medical staff, a gentleman in a suit ant die now appears among the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V. A green tie contrasting the black suit, the individual also comes with laughter and comfort poses.



Creativity Section
Music and Audio
If you are unsure what future will befall, you are not alone as the latest composition within DoubleX's Music Room asks much the same. The sixty-first composition in his album, "Point of No Return" is a work with rapid fire piano fingerwork offset at the start by violins and brass symbolizing how it seems time slips away so fast. But towards the bridge,a choruns unfolds. Will it herald a blessed outcome or fateful future? Even that is unsure.


Art and Design
The museup of art within the forum continues to grow as yet another one of Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thingies had been presented within her gallery. Enricled in flames, what appears both feral and femme is the last of Abaddon.A new character creation, the motif for this equine demoness is the Chinese Year of the Horse and its blazon-wrapped-ebony appearance attributed to the Nightmare steed from Dungeons and Dragons. For there is little chance that Remi-chan based any single bit from Umamusume: Pretty Derby.


Literature
Death rides a horse. But in the fantasy universe found wmong Remi-chan's Writing Snippets~, the steed are unholy monstrosities that wreak bloodshed upon all. The weak, the infirm, the moral, the immoral. Nothing but pure and immeasurable strength can reign a single one. Who would dare try to take the reigns of nightmare steeds of flame and sadistic carnage.


Filmography
While the footage is new within Remi-chan's Cinematic Theatre, the scene presented is years old. The triumphand end montage to Remi-chan's game Intelligence: The 314th Clash which takes characters from various games and intrroduces them into the larger universe. A peaceful scene she plans to rework when she takcles a rewrite of the game itself.



Well, that's it for this week.

"Who would know that by playing a nerdy alien and a child killer, I would have a 30-year career in Hollywood? I've outlasted so many people." - Robert Englund


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  The Weekly Gazette 1-11-2026
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 01-12-2026, 05:59 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - No Replies

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(January 05 to January 11, 2026)

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Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself

Official Area
Announcements and Updates
From the start of the new year, Save-Point received a glut of spam accounts, all that were found responsible for hundreds of recent spam attacks worldwide. But moreso, the bulk using an longtime eMail provider that has now deteriorated and had lost its formerly well established trust rating. As a result, the OP.PL eMail Service is now Banned, and no account may either register using it, nor change to it from another eMail service.


General Chat
Hitting hard in this week's News of the World are the riots in Iran. Hospitals are pushed beyond their limits from the vast number injured, and now protestors are arming themselves to battle police in Tehran itself. After the sucess in removing Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela and forming numerous peace deals in his first year, Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran is urging Trump to intervene against the current regime. But a big question on everyone's mind would be 'Who would fill the vacuum when the Islamic Republic falls?' In the United States, billions in fraud are the news. The amount of healthcare fraud in California revealed is now surpassing the billions already under scrutiny within Minnesota's child care scandal. The Department of Health and Human Services froze money going to states with massive fraud which are being funneled away from the citizenry. However, New York is now filing a lawsuit to have US taxpayer dollars continue to flow, claiming it cruel to freeze child care funds. And of the two recent shootings by ICE agents, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey dismisses new ICE shooting video while ESPN commentator Stephen A Smith instead called it justified. And in Portland, tears formed on Police Chief Day's face when he announced that the two Venezuelans whom attempted to likewise run over ICE agents were from Tren De Aragua. Indeed, the use of vehicles against ICE agents have risen over 3000% in just a year's time. Last week's news about the Russian invasion of Ukraine held a claim by Moscow that Putin's resident was targeted. But with recent behavior out of Russia, the US and President Trump rejects that claim. And while a new 5-point security plan is being inked for Ukraine's security guarantees, said guarantees that include European troops from the UK and France numbering in the thousands is already being rejected by Moscow. Despite the troops being security after the war has ended, Moscow actively stated the European security troops would be viable military targets. It was just days after the US warned Ukraine of a pending attack that Russia launched a barriage against Ukraine’s power grid, leaving Kyiv powerless and without heat in zero-degree temperatures. Ukraine's President Zelensky issued a fresh call for U.S. President Donald Trump to take action against Russia. And while the US was able to remove Maduro, President Trump states that such a move against Putin should not be necessary. And since the removal of Maduro, Caracas began releasing political prisoners from two notorious prisons, one being El Helicoide slated to be closed immediately. And with Maduro gone, the US could soon lift sanctions on Venezuela which would help facilitate oil sales. But a new story came out of Venezuela. What was this mystery sonic weapon that quickly incapacitated Venezuelan soldiers over a week ago? Germany's open-terror investigation into infrastructure sabotage linking attacks to the Vulkangruppe (Volcano Group) whom had taken claim for 15 years of such destruction, A US-Denmark summit suggesting Greenland's sale in the billions despite the islanders refusal to be neither Danish nor American, Europe and the UK strengthening naval security in the north arctic amidst Russian activity, a protester briefly removed Iran's flag at its London embassy with the former flag flown before 1979, the attempted assassination attempt of Honduran's opposition leader, Gladis Aurora Lopez, at the National Congress, a swiss nightclub owner arrested after destroying the evidence of a horrific New Years inferno and fleeing with all the cash, the UAE removing British Universities from funding over fears of radicalized UK campuses supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, and more hit this week's news.
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Forum Games & Nonsense
Even with but two players this past week, the effort to Count to a million continues on. Will AVGB-KBGaming and DerVVulfman be joined by others?



Games Development
Development Discussion
If you're willing, you come in and share What's up with other RMers about your game develoment. Or you can read how Remi-chan is continuing her work on her current project, receiving bug reports from DerVVulfman, new character sprites from Xiie (or our forum's Rune), and her at-long-last returning portrait artist, Pjcr. kyonides discovered a lesser known game from roughly six years ago based upon Sakura Wars, and how people complained it didn't have cameos from the original. But DerVVulfman noticed that the game and subsequent anime was set seventy years later and even the youngest characters would be elderly by that point.

Now that she had received new spritework from her pixel-artist, Remi-chan revisited the Maps and Screenshots thread to release four captures from her game.



Material Development
Tools
Work progressed on the HiddenChest RGSS Player Executable as kyonides added support for customized key bindings, not only adding a new way to change the buttons and keyboard keys for gameplay rather than the drab F1 button that has existed since the dawn of RPGMaker XP, but streamlined the code, removed bloat and performed fixes where it was required such as when default key map files were not loading. Even so, classic key bindings options are a restored feature nonetheless.


Scripts Database
HiddenChest (RGSS1-3) Engine
Ever since enterbrain released RPGMaker XP to the public, users had the ability to change the keyboard and gamepad keys to suit their tastes. However the default keymapping screen that appeared when one pressed the F1 button was basic and aesthetically unpleasing. But for those are developing a game with the HiddenChest executable, kyonides's releas of the KChangeKeys HC script set is an aesthetic update which grants you more options including game controller axes or hats.

There were no corrections or updates made to kyonides's FileIni HC except for those pertaining to its use. The content was updated to deliver more clear insructions on use.

Following the updates made to HiddenChest, kyonides revisited the ClickableWindows script so it too was updated. Corrections were made involving the script's input system that are now handled by mouse mechanics.


Resources Database
2D Resources
Its the new year! And with it, another hoospital staff member appears among the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V. This week, the nurse has his glasses resting lazily low on his nose. And of course, this dark haired ponytailed nurse comes in the three styles of nursewear: basic, surgical mask, and zombified.



Creativity Section
Music and Audio
Once more has a new composition appeared within [Hi ghlight]DoubleX's Music Room[/Highlight], his sixtieth entitled "Unbreakable Vicious Cicle" and not one belonging to his recent Mental Pain Relief collection. But while DoubleX relays that the piece is meant to reflect one in a downward spiral, the music itself is more cheery that most. Playful taps on the piano at the very start, rising harmonies with brass and wood winds despite their instruments, and light chimes, only near the end with the synthesized choir does a hint of enmity even touch the work.


Art and Design
What art exists that does not bring forth discussion? Ad within Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing! there was such between Remi-chan and Solitaire over both her last artwork and the evoluition of a Remi-chan villainess. But all was not dialogue as presented that same moment was the Rising Hellstar who demands revolution. For this work, it took a mere 8 hours, and includes a 12-minute speed draw. But for Remi-chan, even that was not enough as a sneak peak for her next render was put on display.

This week, we got some more of Solitaire's CRAZY WILD RANDOM STUFF as she began this year off with a cute Harlequin. But she chose to not just render her pretty jester named Aries in mere illustration, but in a pixel-based sprite as well.


Literature
When the end of all things arrives with chaos and slaughter, will you scream and panic or will you laugh as if your life was an absurdity? Within the pages of Remi-chan's Writting Snippets, a lone survivor witnesses the aftermath of destruction wrought by one of Remi-chan's demonesses, the futility of the most advanced weapons of war and the trail of corpses in her wake.


Filmography
Over the years, there have been television shows that had chosen to have a single musical episode; Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Grey's Anatomy, Star Trek: Discovery. But this week, we had discovered that the same will hold true for gaming. For within Remi-chan's Cinematic Theatre, we hear the vocals of Loganne Digma (Ayu from Genshin Impact) as the demoness Mischevia as she breaks out in song when issuing a declaration of war.



Well, that's it for this week.

"Find your confidence, lead with love... the rest will follow." - Vin Diesel


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  An eMail Service Banned: op.pl
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 01-06-2026, 08:49 PM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - No Replies

Dear friends,
 

This past weekend saw a large number of spammer/bot accounts being created.  Indeed, they have been banned given the high record of spam activity, trusted reporting sites such as StopForumSpam and the like noting their credentials.  It is sad that most of the accounts are using a service prior unseen here that was, until recently, considered safe.
 
Created in 1999 by Cyber Folks S.a, the Op.Pl service is an eMail service out of Poland, and its domain regularly renewed through RingPublishing. It was considered a viable and safe service.  But it has not remained thus.  And there has been little, if any, information since about the business.
 
When bots began appearing last week, the online service known as Scam Detector gave op.pl an 85% assurance of safety.  However, that has 'quickly and sharply' fallen to just 64.2% as of today's date.  And  AlienVault® (Open Threat Exchange®) now has op.pl on its list as having become a likely hub/source for spam content.  As of now, there is no information about the website other than its domain registration and renewal dates.
 
Since typing this notification, another bot had attempted to create an account with op.pl.  Upon seeing this, went to our "Who's Online" page to see the IP address (an Admin perk) of the guest attempting to Register, and saw it as another intrusive spambot/spam account.  Ergo, the ban of op.pl is 'effectively' in place.
 
So until as such time that op.pl addresses this issue with their service, the eMail service will not be accepted.
 
 
Apologies

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  The Weekly Gazette 1-04-2026
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 01-05-2026, 05:59 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - No Replies

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(December 29, 2025 to January 4, 2026)

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Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself

Official Area
Announcements and Updates
At the end of the week, Save-Point was introduced to The new Direct Compilable Code forum. It is a database or repository for software programs meant to be used when actively creating an application or executable, this unlike a script or plugin that requires an outside source to run.


General Chat
Sometimes, you need to let go. Sometimes you need to just chill. And some times you need to cruise. If that's what you need, ask AVGB-KBGaming What Are Youtubing? She may relay some tunes by British Columbia's 'A Shell in the Pit', the composer who also worked on Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2.

It is very much apparent that Maduro's capture by the US hit this week's News of the World with a bang, and now facing narco-terrorism charges in New York, Despite it being the same legal precedent used decades earlier against Noriega, there are world leaders who have issued complaints and gripes over the action. And even in the US, some have called for Maduro's freedom. However much of Venezuela, and many in exile, are celebrating Maduro's outster. And in the US, the Minnesota Scandal of the billions in alleged fraud continues to grow. After videos of Governor Walz bragging over the Child Care system currently under scrutiny for embezzlement went viral, the former VP candidate now desparately defends himself against the Somali fraud allegations. And only just revealed, whistleblowers were retaliated against in Minnesota, their vacations and promotions denied and all their actions monitored. The Russian invasion of Ukraine brought forth new tales as Russia made claims of Ukraine attempting a drone strike to kill Russian President Putin. This news reaching President Trump, but denied by Ukraine President Zelensky who likened it to another excuse to continue the war, and blasted as Russian propaganda and a lie by US CIA Director John Ratcliffe. As such, retired General Jack Keane called for ‘maximum sanctions’ on Russia upon seeing Putin's intent to sew distrust between the US and Ukraine. And upon seeing the successful operation to capture Maduro, Zelensky queried whether the same could be done to remove Putin for his war crimes and end the conflict. In the Middle East, Iran is becoming more unstable. Protests roared as the head of Iran's Central bank resigns, the country's economy having spiraled down since his appointment. Inflation is now at a crushing 42%. And as reports of Iran attempting to rebuild its nuclear program, nation remembered as the World's State Sponsor of Terror vows to crush any attackers after the US and Israel replied that said nuclear build up would not be allowed to continue. And while US President Trump renewed the ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia, touting the US more a peacekeeping force than the United Nations, Bejing issued a red-line warning intended to the United States as Chinese warships conduct military exercises near the waters of Taiwan; a sovereign nation and the last vestage of the original Chinese Government since the Chinese Communist party took the mainland. A fifteen-year security guarantee benefiting Ukraine in the latest US peace plan, Governor Hochul blasted for a $4.5 Billion expense for illegal aliens than New York citizens, North Korea’s test of nuclear-capable cruise missiles, the significant drop in crime across the US dropping despite violence in major cities and more hit this week's news.
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Material Development
Tools
Not that long ago, kyondes announced that the ability to trigger rumble-effects in gamepads was possible within the HiddenChest RGSS Player Executable. But before the year was done, he went a step further. By the New Year, kyondes introduced its ability to recognize different gamepads by their vendor ID, thus recognizing the different setups for their respective controllers, and differences between the Logitech generic gamepads and the popular PS DualShock 4 controller will be addressed. Even more, his latest update made this Sunday allows for custom binding options, even saving to rx/v/v2data files, and can be altered by scripted code. And just as it is with any other RPGMaker engine line, any attempt to rewrite the native Input class would run the risk of breaking the gamepad system. This quite often having occurred in RPGMaker scripts in the past.


Scripts Database
RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine
A recent update was made by kyonides to the BattleAktionFX script for RPGMaker XP, it as the result of his conclusion the gazette being in error when it reported that the random_skill option could access the "enemy's list of available skills" (as the second feature still states). In this, kyonides now crafted a new option geared to acquire from the 'foe's' list of skills alone.


Direct Compilable Code
With the newly crafted board for such code, DerVVulfman posted The MCISendString Multimedia Class for Visual Basic 6. For those who wish to create applications that play either music and/or video, he released software with support for various audio and video formats, adding support for windows defined in the application, and gave acknowlegement to the author of the code which it was based upon.


Resources Database
2D Resources
With an apparently filled hospital staff, your game may need something new. But what is old becomes new in a manner of speaking as you can find a player frozen within a block that is 'not-carbonite', but resembling such within the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V. Indeed, you may now depict a character frozen with a scream on his face just as Han Solo was frozen in pain within the Empire Strikes Back.



Creativity Section
Music and Audio
For those of a meditative nature, the compositions within DoubleX's Music Room may bring one a sense of self; for this week two new compositions had arrived. The first beginning with his own rhymic piano scales and with bassoon accompaniment is "Reflective Solitude", a calming piece for a time before some trademark woodblock effects reflecting the pain one may encounter, but later to be replaced by chimes and a bass drum for a short time as one is able to heal whether with aid or by time itself. And for DoubleX's second composition, he revisited a prior work from months ago, "Deeply Touched". Though it begins with heavy piano chords as the original, it is a slower piece yet just as thoughtful. Both look towards their fellow man with empathy, his description for the updated Mental Pain Relief edition showed how much people care.



Well, that's it for this week.

"I don’t do drugs. At my age I can get the same effect just by standing up too fast." - Dolly Parton


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Regularly posted 12am (EST) (between Sunday & Monday) based on U.S. Daylight Savings,
4am Monday (UTC), 10pm Sunday(CST/MDT), 6pm Sunday (HST), 6am Monday (CEST), 2pm Monday (AEST) observing daylight savings
5am Monday (UTC), 11pm Sunday(CST), 6pm Sunday (HST), 7am Monday (CET), 3pm Monday (AEST) Not observing daylight savings

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