Through the use of unofficial patches released afterwards, MP3 files can also be used in older versions, though reliability with said patch has always been an issue. At the same day, these features were added to the successor RPG Maker 2003 (ver. An update to version 1.50 at the release of VALUE! (see below) added the possibility to use WAV files compressed with ADPCM (also usable for sound effects) as well as support for the MP3 format. The music featured in RPG Maker 2000 consists of a large collection of MIDI and, less commonly, WAV files. With some tweaking, the battle system can be made to look somewhat like a 'side-view' battle system. RPG Maker 2000 uses a Dragon Quest-like battle system which features a classical turn-based, 'front-view' battle system, where the enemy faces you directly on the screen and you do not see your characters on screen. Some may view these low-res graphics as a limitation, but they could also be viewed as an advantage, because the low-res graphics are not only more compatible with older computers, but sometimes they can be much easier to draw. Its default green message-window and menu systems are one of the first signs that a particular game was made with RPG Maker 2000, although it can be customized. RPG Maker 2000 uses a 320 x 240 screen resolution for playing games, and has 16x16 pixel tiles, with 24x32 character sprites. It also includes an extra layer for tiles, jumping characters, additional functions and customizable message and menu boxes. ( CAUTION: Make sure you know how to change your settings back as things will be in Japanese when you do change them.Compared to RPG Maker 95, RM2K features lower-resolution graphics than RM95, using a 320x240 resolution instead of 640x480, and using 16x16 tiles instead of 32x32 tiles, but has other visual improvements such as a higher frame rate, weather effects and panorama backgrounds. You also want to use AppLocale if you are clicking on the exe for other Japanese Maker games when you extract them or you'll get an error when you go and play them as things didn't extract correctly because of the locale of your computer.Ģ.) Change your computer's language settings to Japanese and run the installer and then change your setting back to the previous language you had after it installs. If you don't have AppLocale you can download it for free from Microsoft's website at: I got 2000 from the Humble Bundle site and one of the downloads was just an installer f0r the 2000 RTP.Īlso, the problem you are having with the zip occurs because of your computer's locale setting as some thing that is in Japanese is causing a problem as your computer is not set to Japanese language.ġ.) Run the installer using AppLocale and select Japanese language. The 2000 version does have an 'official' English RTP installer.

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