The Weekly Gazette 02-16-2025

[DerVVulfman]

(February 10 to February 16, 2025)

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

Recently, we had Errors with the Attachments system. However, Kirito reported it was related to a bug discovered in the web server software we were using. Since then, Kirito changed it out, allowing the attachments to be accessible once again.

Feedback and Suggestions

This week, DerVVulfman looked into forum security. However, he was worried about new registrants not appearing and created a poll asking Are the New Security Questions Too Hard?. It is a simple poll with just "Too Hard" and "Just Right"

General Chat

Oh, friends. You look tired. Have some fun and ask kyonides the question of What are YouTubing?. That is if you don't think a Freddy Kruger Tier list won't give you nightmares tonight.

For those who are fans of PalWorld, it appears that Nintendo's Lawsuit against them had hit a Snag. Almost all of the patents that Nintendo filed have been rejected by the US Patent and Trademark Office, patents that form the basis of Nintendo's lawsuit.

Games Development

Development Discussion

This week, issues of animation speed was What's up with an RMer named Steel Beast 6Beets. He believed the issue of a common event delivering animations was slowed down by a Large Party script, to which caught the eye of DerVVulfman. He did a few changes, and noted a mere 2fps drop in speed during default attack animations. However, the custom ones from Steel Beast 6Beet's common event persist.

Material Development

Tools

While there was nothing wrong with the tool itself, DerVVulfman returned with an updated copy of MapMaker (for RMXP), stating that the supplied INI file had an incorrect value assigned. Along with the explanation he gave as to the correction within the INI, he also supplied an updated version of the package's Readme file.

Scripts Database

Script Requests

Continuing from last week, DerVVulfman worked more upon the Steal Script Edit that Ace_V requested, and suggested that the existing edit of the default damage pop wasn't enough to show both damage attacks and stolen goods pop combined and that a second pop method would be needed. And after showing off his initial success, DerVVulfman stated that the script would have a vocabulary section for any text that was previously hard-coded within the original.

RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine

The The Steal and Peep Script released this week by DerVVulfman is a request realized. Based on the 2005 script by makeamidget & Khatharr, it allows a game developer that can craft either a Steal Combat skill or an Enemy Scanning skill that has the option to deliver damage to an enemy target. Divided into three pages, this work includes some of the back-and-forth banter of the original coders. And after Ace_V found some errors within the code, DerVVulfman returned with a revision and explanation of what corrections that were made.

Resources Database

2D Resources

This week, you can find useful temporary placeholder pins among the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V. Their basic use could be reminders to fix or betatest events, locations where to place NPCs and more. And along with the basic allotment provided, Ace_V included some with pre-defined phrases to assist developers and mappers in recognizing what they have planned at some later date.

Creativity Section

Music and Audio

If any creatives needed a fast paced techno beat for their game, it is a good thing that Eric Matyas continues to work on his Original Music and Sound. Though under the weather last week, he returned with a new composition entitled "Cyberpunk Street Chase" that combines a simple but rapid fire drum beat with a good share of 80s styled digital harmonies.

Well, that's it for this week.

"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work." - Thomas Edison (1847-1931)

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Just PM DerVVulfman with the submissions. Submissions must be in by 10pm EST.

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