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  The Weekly Gazette 05-25-2025
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 05-26-2025, 05:02 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - No Replies

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(May 19 to May 25, 2025)

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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
Occasions
A fair number of people have discovered that our furm has a stocked archive of scripts. And seeing membership was needed, jimbobiii came by and completed his registration. Greeted he was by Remi who welcomed him in, and DerVVuflamn who added the forum has a topic dedicated as an index to all the scripts within the archives board.



Games Development
Development Discussion
It appears that if you asked DerVVulfman What's up as an RMers, he would reply it was spriting spriting and spriting. Seeing so much activity encouraged Ti-Max on seeing so much activity, though this week's activity by DerVVulfman was crafting massive spritesheets for three different swords.

When Remi-chan appeared within the Maps and screenshots thread, she was thrilled to see Solitaire come by for a visit. And after that, posted a screenie from a battle that she re-coded and rebalanced between Kara and her game's heroines while suggesting a video appearing in the near future.


Upcoming Projects
This week, Starmage was overjoyed by a funny penguin meme was made for Stellar Bewitching (Remastered) by Apho.


General Support
Early this week, Ace_V needed some advice on How to switch Immortality OFF? of a battler when previously applied within the Troops database. Ti-Max thought it was part of an evented system but DerVVulfman relayed that it was a built-in flag and supplied some code that allowed Ace_V to turn off the immortality when desired. However, DerVVulfman pointed out that the enemy may die immediately upon the flag's removal if its HP was reduced down to zero as it still took damage during combat. Remi-chan was surprised, replying the ability to remove the immortal flag existed within RPGMaker VX. But on later examination, DerVVulfman noted that both XP and VX would only remove the flag from the battler if a "Knockout" Death state were applied. And after scouring RPGMaker VXAce and MV code, suggested that no other iteration of RPGMaker appeared to have that feature.



Material Development
Scripts Database
RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine
There are ways to make enemies immortal, but removing their immortality may have them succumb to damage quite lethal. To offset this, DerVVulfman scribed I ACED THIS BATTLER INVULNERABILITY so enemies need not take any damage during combat, and thus not succumb to wounds were their invulnerability wanes away.


Resources Database
2D Resources
If the malevolent treant from last week wasn't enough, a new walking sprite of that entity now appears within the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V. A request by DerVVulfman, it impressed Ti-Max who complimented the work and its malevolent appearance.



Creativity Section
Art and Design
Feel free to tag along as Starmage Continues Her Arts and Training Journey. Just as she did last week, her journey set her upon quests to dabble with fanart illustrations. The first was an elvish lass wht bloody blade and eldrich flame in hand. And the second, a ginger swordsman fashion model sporting some Delvin Klein briefs, making even a slime swoon.



Well, that's it for this week.

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  The Weekly Gazette 05-18-2025
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 05-19-2025, 04:59 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - No Replies

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(May 12 to May 18, 2025)

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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 week, DerVVulfman relayed that continued work based on the archives was still among Updates and Happenings. But not that new forums were being archived, but that he was working upon a main index for all the archived scripts acquired.


General Chat
Early this week, the number of appearances US President Trump in the Middle East hit the News of the World, be it lifting sanctions against Syria, Qatar reacting to criticism of the plane gifted to the US, the release of an American Hostage held by Hamas, and the possibility of talks with Iran. In Europe, Germany suggests it will meet the 5% GDP commitment to NATO dues while the G5 Committee get ready to meet in Rome to discuss matters such as the Ukraine/Russia war. And while Ukraine's President indeed went to Istanbul for a face-to-face with Russia's, Putin was a no-show and sent a delegation to instead mock Zelenskyy. Panama asks the US to deal with cleanup after the last administration's migrant surge, the Wisconsin Judge who tried to defy ICE agents claiming her actions were under Judicial Immunity, former President Biden diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer, and more hit this week's news.
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Tech Talk
Social media giants are facing the brunt of criticism in this week's News of the Cyber World, be it the annoyance of Europeans at Meta's new AI chat bot, Amazon looking to regain their EU's Parliament Badges after issues stemming from worker's rights and no-shows, and a database breack from TikTok may cost them plenty. Europe-wide ban on social media for underage youths and Youtube using AI to push advertisements into the most viewed portions of videos watched also hit this week's cybernews.



Games Development
Development Discussion
Spritework appears to be What's up with our RMers based upon the screen shots presented. DerVVulfman displayed a female Half Kaiser battler brandishing a makeshift spear template, claiming he will be focusing upon swords in the near future. And Remi-chan revealed spritework by our forum's Rune (or Xiie in other sites), the character of Patricia nearly complete.

Early this week, Solitaie returned and gazed upon Remi-chan's work within the Maps and screenshots thread. Following that, she posted a pair of animated shots of her own, both cavernous areas with her own stylized tilework with shadow effects revealed. But not just gifs, but a youtube video with the actual gameplay within her maps were presented.


Complete Projects
A new complete game has arrived this week, so be on the lookout for Bip-bip of the Eye! Crafted by Starmage, and a sequel to a game she made for a friend's birthday, it is a short game with a focus upon exploration and discovery, inspired by Elder Scrolls Morrowind and Eurocenter Games's (now Toonslab's) Graal Ol' West. Admittedly, not fleshed out, she suggests features like swimming need some work.


Tutorials
For those who do not use the Enterbrain engine, DerVVulfman released an early version of the Guide to Good Programming with Game Maker. An article created for Game Maker 4.0 by Allen Cheung, our resident werewolf had this within his backup files for two decades before release. However, it is a document that discusses proper code formatting, variable types, concepts such as inheritance, and much more.



Material Development
Scripts Database
RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine
Within traditional battlesystems, your heroes are limited in how they may deliver an attack. By that, their attacks are always at the same degree of intensity and power. But this week, DerVVulfman delivered Ellemine's Power Attacks and Called Hits which lets the game developer create strength and accuracy levels for any attacker for either any or individual, though also suggesting that there may be a cost.



Resources Database
2D Resources
The classic RTP that comes with RPGMaker XP comes with a walking tree nemesis. However, it is all nice and lush with greenery. For those that want something more malevolent, the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V now includes a barren and fierce variation replete with dark red eyes and open maw. Ace_V believes it a perfect guardian of sorts for those forbidden areas the wize and pious would fear to tread.




Creativity Section
Art and Design
An update was made to Starmage's Free Resource Packs, this week still focusing upon nature itself. Three new full body portraits of sort, you will have access to a slender humanoid flower with red petals surrounding its pleasant face, a rather annoyed flying pea-pod man with stark red eyes, and a muscular man-hornet with a blood-tinged stinger and a massive curve-blade sword,

During Starmage's Arts and Training Journey, she was compulsed into a quest. Our wanderer had been booned to illustrate an individual before before his battle with a dark lord. However, this daring piece of art is without a hint of armor to show off this hero's strong arms and toned abs.

Some may not have been aware that she was under the surgeon's knife a week ago. But while she was in the hospice, illustrations and sketches were being generated for Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing!. The main protagonists of Junked made an appearance with focus given to Solistace. But immediately after, characters from Fantasia appeared with the Nekomimi-like Grace, Wi caught vaping, and more.



Well, that's it for this week.

"I never said most of the things I said." - Yogi Berra


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Just PM DerVVulfman with the submissions. Submissions must be in by 10pm EST.
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  The Weekly Gazette 05-11-2025
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 05-12-2025, 05:09 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - No Replies

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(May 5 to May 11, 2025)

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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
More news came out about Nintendo's lawsuit against Palworld which may ruin Nintendo's chances. By that, Palworld has a list of products that use the various game mechanics which Nintendo had only just recently attempted to patent. And with that, it suggests that Nintendo's patents will be re-examined and possibly considered void. Such games include Ark, Tomb Raider, Craftopia, Titantall, Final Fantasy 14, and many more.

The News of the World involved peace talks between the nations of India and Pakistan, and the apparent ceasefire by the Houthis on ships in the Red Sea. Meanwhile, trade agreements were reached between the US and the UK and between the US and China. There is that, and politicians caught on bodycam arrested after skirting security within a prison.



Games Development
Development Discussion
If you were wondering What's up with the RMers in the forum, DerVVulfman is continuing his work on spriting weapons for his Half Kaiser Battler resources, finishing his work on rifles and now about to begin work on shortbow animations. Steel Beast 6Beets was curious if there were more animations available per weapon, which DerVVulfman acknowledged. Meanwhile, there was a discussion about the early days of the RPGMaker engine's appearance and the translations that popped up before RPGMaker XP's official edition arrival outside of Japan.


Upcoming Projects
Starmage came by and applied a new patch to Heroes of the Seasons, one that increases the strength of mercs encounered and magic applied. Likewise, the names of the gameplay stages have been updated to more clearly distinguish game progress with game difficulty.



Material Development
Scripts Database
RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine
Last week, DerVVulfman released Adeyemi's Armor Proficiency, but recently discoveed it had a bug within the code. The bug was one that involved the variables passed inot the Item Effect system. But once noticed, the bug was quickly repaired.


Resources Database
2D Resources
Many an RPG games are within fantasy settings of the medieval age. And within those, many a town may have a local blacksmith. So if you wish to have a forge, the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V had converted one of the RPGMaker XP characters into one with a separate forge spritesheet and an event script to create the illusion.



Well, that's it for this week.

“I don’t believe in astrology; I’m a Sagittarius and we’re skeptical.” - Arthur C. Clarke


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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.

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  The Weekly Gazette 05-04-2025
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 05-05-2025, 05:05 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - No Replies

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(April 28 to May 4, 2025)

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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
Early this week, the News of the World was that the Miniral Rights deal between US President Trump and Ukraine's President Zalenskyy was signed, though it got severe pushback by Russia's Vladimir Putin who stated Ukraine was going to cease to be and once again threatened the US with nukes. But as Putin pushes troops for battleground gains, their strategy flounders as they have incurred heavy losses there and in the Black Sea following a Ukrainian Drone attack. For illegal immigration in the US, two more nations may consider taking those deported. Two more of the unaccompanied minors lost by the Biden Administration have been rescued, this time from sex traffickers based in California. And of Kilmar Abrego Garcia who was deported back to El Salvador, more news about his wife's spousal abuse charges appear. China provocation is increasing in South Korea, first with individuals with high powered cameras taking photographs at military bases, critics looking at China interfering in their upcoming presidential election, and increasing their naval deployment in the waters around South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines. Mexican Sewage flowing into the US, a Biden-era Censorship office uncovered, India and Pakistan flexing their naval muscles, Hamas looking at arson as a legitimate military tactic and more hit this week's news.


Tech Talk
This week the News of the Cyber World has been bad for Big Tech as one Federal Judge blasts Apple for Anti-Trust violations, Google's CEO is tries to fight its own Anti-Trust court case defending its monopoly, Google, LinkedIn and California in serious trouble with sharing private health care data online, and TikTok confirmed sharing personal data to the CCP despite assurances. However, online and AI safety is taking center satage as the US House of Representatives passes legislation to criminalize nonconsensual deepfakes, and a Judge has allowed Elon Musk to sue Sam Altman and keep OpenAI public and not marketed. Crypto-Entrepreneurs in France targeted by kidnappers, China's competition to eBay freezing in the US market, Apple pulling iPhone production out of China and more hit this week's cybernews.



Games Development
Complete Projects
This week, Starmage presented a Lets Play video of her game, Project: Echelon, a 90 minute game as played by BugFragged, someone familiar with Starmage's Rave Heart series,

Another BugFragged let's play video entered the forum as Starmage shows off the 90 minute gameplay of The Final Prayer. The opening alone surprised the video's host as events and characters by Starmage were quite apparent within the surprising conflict at the game's start.



Material Development
Resources Database
2D Resources
Was he inspired by the recent Marvel movie being released? Was he inspired by the countless times Chris Helmsworth's persona has been showing up on cable TV over and over again? Whatever the case, the hammer of Thor has now made an appearance among the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V. Indeed, you have blue lightning writhing around, glowing faintly or have Mjolner lodged against some stone. Are you worthy enough to pick up this characterset?




Creativity Section
Music and Audio
Artistic creativity does not belive in time tables. Know then that a twelth composition has now appeared within DoubleX Music Room, a composition entitled "Wish Them The Best". A lightly energetic piece, it reflects how one may find their heart's desire in a relationship with another and how they present a happy and well wishing attitude. However, the bridge quickly lessens a little before returning to its bright melody once more.


Art and Design
As Starmage continues on her Arts and Training Journey, she decided to travel down the road of character art. For this, she presented three line art renders she has been working upon that are intended for a free collection of character portraits.

Now beginning this past week, Starmage's Free Character Packs are here. Large character full portraits for any RPG or Visual Novel game, she reveals three Spring dieties which were crafted for Itch.Io's RPG Maker Asset Contest hosted by GotchaGotchaGames, and are free for use in commercial or non-commercial games. Her first diety is a goddess with skin of charcoal, clad in bright orange as if heading to a beach party. Her second, another god dess with pale apple green and a short dress of fern, her magenta hair a stark contrast. And the last diety a god of skin arctic, horns of a ram from his forehead, and not much more than a loin cloth worn.



Well, that's it for this week.

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  The Weekly Gazette 04-27-2025
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 04-28-2025, 05:00 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - No Replies

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April 21 to April 27, 2025

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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
While this week's News of the World was focused upon the loss of Pope Franis, many wonder who the next as the College of Cardinals prepares to gather at the Vatican to make that decision. With the Easter cease fire over, Ukraine and Russia trade attacks once more, Kyiv-aligned operatives against Russia blowing up a major railway to the front lines while Moscow has claimed its forces have retaken the Kursk region while finally admitting it has indeed deployed North Korean troops to the frontlines. For illegal aliens within the US, the Supreme Court granted leniency on those who are applying to voluntarily leave the US without prosecution. However, other judges within the US have been caught violating the law, one Judge in New Mexico disbarred and arrested for harboring a Tren De Aragua member in possession of multiple firearms while another in Wisconsin taken into custody along with the illegal migrant whom she tried to help evade further arrest. And tensions in the Middle East couldn't be higher as the Houthis threatened further escalation against the United States, this despite the Houthis being the terror group attacking any traffick in the Red Sea. And as the US begins to bolster Israel's defenses with transport aircrafts out of Germany, Trump is working to have talks with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over its nuclear program, this as reports show Iran intested in having a stake in the US's nuclear sector. The vehicular attack and murder spree at the Lapu Lapu Filipino Canadian Festival, China's first joint air force exercise with Egypt to show off its new warplanes, investigations into illegal fundraising tactics, and more hit this week's news.
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Games Development
Development Discussion
If you were curious as to What's up with any RM developer, DerVVulfman continued working on his windows-like widgets project, and now has a funtional Drive, Folder and File List box collection. He stated it needs work, adding a dropdown if optional patterns are present to limit files by their extensions and handling the way the text appears within the lists.


Complete Projects
This week, Starmage released the first trailer for Project: Echelon, a sci-fi game where a rag-tag band of skilled individuals must set off and face an invasion from outside their galaxy. Exploration, drama, battles, and if the trailer is of any indication, a heavy metal soundtrack.

A trailer has emerged, showcasing the first-person dungeon exploration and combat of The Final Prayer by Starmage. But do not let that fool you as The Final Prayer is a rich story that takes Isolde, a princess separate from the common rabble, and throws her into the real world as dark forces threaten not only her, but her people and entire kingdom.



Material Development
Scripts Database
RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine
Last week, DerVVulfman created Adeyemi's Armament Proficiency to allow actors to learn different weapon styles and grant different levels of attack scores. But it had a flaw when it attempted to determine the level of experience if an actor knows two weapon styles, a flaw that DerVVulfman fixed this week.

Based upon his work from last week, DerVVulfman crafted Adeyemi's Armor Proficiency, a script that lets actors increase their defense potential when wearing armor in which they are trained to use. However, it only grants protection against physical attacks and affords no protetion against magicka at all.

If you felt the need to have a shop so sparce that it only had one of any item on its shelves, then KSingleItemShop for RPGMaker XP is just for you. A script by kyonides, it allows game developers to make it possible that stores have but only one of any item on their shelves.

RPGMaker VX/VXAce (RGSS2/3) Engines
This week, kyonides asked himself why shops seem to have an infinite number of items. But in reply to his own query, he decided to craft the KSingleItemShop for RPGMaker VXAce, allowing game developers to make it possible that stores have but only one of any item on their shelves.



Resources Database
2D Resources
Last week,Ace_V sprited a police officer. But if you had need of one armed with a truncheon or baton, the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V now includes that as well.




Creativity Section
Art and Design
It was two weeks ago that a practice sketch was made depicting a chaotic angel tested the strength of three young maidens. However, it was this week that one can behold within Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing The Cosmic Sniper Fyori and her three cousins in full color glory. But do not let the roseate of her apparel lul you, for she brandishes both blade and ballistics in this bout with her barely bound bretheren. As most oft, a youtube video of her speed draw is also available for your viewing and listening pleasure, this time condensing fourteen hours into but less than twenty minutes.



Well, that's it for this week.

"I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back." - Fred Allen (1894–1956)


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Just PM DerVVulfman with the submissions. Submissions must be in by 10pm EST.
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  The Weekly Gazette 04-20-2025
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 04-21-2025, 04:59 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - Replies (2)

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(April 14 to April 20, 2025)

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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 week, we are pleased to announce a successful run to Support Save-Point! With the current subscriptions, the board's hosting fees will be fully funded. However, do not get the wrong opinion as more funding is desired to cover other options such as off-site backups. Still, such costs have not been calculated as the fees for such are in flux.


General Chat
This week, the conflicts in the Middle East took center stage in the News of the World as it was revealed that both China and Yemin, now sanctioned by the U.S. Trump Administration, have been funding and aiding the Houthis and their attacks in the Red Sea. And while the arsonist who torched a U.S. Governor's house in protest against Israel and the Israel/Hamas war, Hamas itself is now facing an unprecedented financial crisis, though it has weathered financial losses in the past. A temporary Easter ceasefire offered by Russia exists, but Ukraine is wary as Russian troops have repeatedly broken past ceasefires. But if it holds, U.S. President Trump hopes it may lead to a final peace deal. And for an afterthought, two of Democrats from the U.S. Congress have spent nearly a quarter million dollars on private jets the past couple of months, spending more money per flight that what most American makes in months, claiming to fight against Oligarchy.



Games Development
Development Discussion
For those curious What's up among our RMers, DerVVulfman took a break from spriting and went back to working on his Windows-like widget system. However, he discovered that his use of the Chdir command was interrupting the content loaded pathways in his project. When kyonides inquired why he used such an option, DerVVulfman relayed the command was used in a number of scripts, citing at least two. It was not long after that DerVVulfman returned and gave a shout that he was able to successfully replace the command and completed two more of the widgets he apparently has planned.


Complete Projects
This week, Starmage invites all back to the Galaxy of Xenres. A mysterious wormhole appears, an unearthly structure emerges, and a band of heroes heads out in their starship to investigate the site in Project: Echelon. A mixture of science fiction and otherworldy entities, Starmage's game developed with RPGMaker MZ will keep you engaged in a character driven story with fast paced combat and galactic exploration.

A new chapter in the chronicles of Vyen appears. Starmage's latest tale, The Final Prayer, has you lead Princess Isolde of Respene as she and her kingdom are threatened with extinction by the ruthless Holy order of Gemeid. A first person 2.5D adventure, it contains custom art and a strategic combat system. It wan't long after its released that some issues were noticed and an upgrade was made available within mere hours of release.


Upcoming Projects
Its been months since we had an update about Memorie. However, KDC showed up to say he's still with us and managed to retrieve both is current work and unexpectely some missing scripts from a previous build he recovered. But while he announced his return, he added that it may be his last post for a while as his Internet Provider is closing down and he will need to hunt for a new service.



Material Development
Scripts Database
RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine
For those wanting the windowskins to change based on who is leading the party, kyonides put together the Actors' Custom Windowskins script for RPGMaker XP. It did have a bug that crashed the system within the main menu, but that was fixed the very same day.

For those who felt the players should be able to increase their skills with preferred weapons, DerVVulfman crafted Adeyemi's Armament Proficiency for RPGMaker XP. Named after one of his former co-workers who passed away recently, the script lets you give levels to collections of weapons or applies penalties if weapons were actively restricted. And before a day had passed, DerVVulfman update the system that tracked experience points for the weapon collections.

RPGMaker VX/VXAce (RGSS2/3) Engines
If you want your game's windowskin to change based on the leader of the party, you may wish to try kyonides' Actors' Custom Windowskins script. Originally, written for RPGMaker VXAce, it took no time to backport it to the VX engine.The scripts needed to be updated to fix a bug that appeared on the first game load. And a later bug fix was needed where custom windowskins attempted to get applied before the party was even formed.


Resources Database
2D Resources
If you have need for modern law enforcement in your game, you can find the sprite for a patrol officer among the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V. This one is wearing a ballistic vest over a white uniform shirt, while wearing a matching uniform hat and pair of handcuffs hanging off his belt.



Creativity Section
Music and Audio
As Starmage continues her Arts and Training Journey, she decided to take a detour and visit Remi-chan's world of Fantasia. As she did, one of Remi's character asked Starmage if he could pose for a fashion model portrait.


Literature
The Bibliotheca
Half a year ago, the last chapter of Looking for a Save Point: The Mission had kyonides finish talks with Wulfo in the forum and re-enter the fantasy dreamworld where Melana was found; their mission to reconnect with Wulfo and rescue Lani who somehow became an evil Overlord. This wek, he and Melana continued their search for Wulfo by way of frog hunting and avoiding Ninja Rabbits, only to encounter an herbalist with a strange story.



Well, that's it for this week.

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  The Weekly Gazette 04-13-2025
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 04-14-2025, 05:01 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - No Replies

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(April 7 to April 13, 2025)

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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

Games Development
Development Discussion
Demo upgrades and waiting graphics are What's up among RMers as Remi-chan updated some battles, be it the one visible in her recent post or another she talks about after discussing system optimization and quality of life changes. But as she awaits spritework from her artist, DerVVulfman began working on retooling the weapons in his Half Kaiser Battler project.


Upcoming Projects
After two months, there have been more work accomplished upon kyonides's Klans XP, that being new classes and subclasses, corrections to base values, cost discounts and system rewrites.



Material Development
Scripts Database
RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine
Though kyonides was curious about possible game crashes on using his script unless beginning with a new game, KJ121 updated his Smooth Picture Movement + Earthquake Effect and noted that no save game crashes had occurred between his newer version 2.6 and its previous.

After but only a few weeks, kyonides added more options to his KWeatherArea for RPGMaker XP, allowing the developer to set new weather effects to maps before the players enter.

For the RPGMaker XP system, kyonides crafted the KHiddenDesc script so the player won't see any description of any item until it has at least been used once.

RPGMaker VX/VXAce (RGSS2/3) Engines
For RPGMaker VX and VXAce users, kyonides added the same new options to his KWeatherArea that he did for RPGMaker XP, so the developer to set new weather effects to maps before the players enter.

Similar to his RPGMaker XP option, kyonides crafted the KHiddenDesc scripts for RPGMaker VX and VXAce, preventing the player from reading the description of any items until it has at least been used once. There was an issue with the version for RPGMaker VX, specific to weapon descriptions. But upon fixing the issue, he then crafted the VXAce port.


Resources Database
2D Resources
If someone wondered if there was going to be a characterset graphic of the wolfish administrator of the forum, they need look no further than within the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V. Released only this past week, Ace_V worked out the front view of a sprite of DerVVulfman... minus any trousers.



Creativity Section
Music and Audio
If you want something zany for your game and needed to have an 80s feel, Eric Matyas is still Sharing His Original Music with two new re-recorded releases of 2021 works. Still crafting low-fidelity editions of his compositions, he remastered "Blob Monsters Return". Slow in percussion, most of the piece's timing is synth keyboard based, and laced with additional wave pop intruments. Not alone, Eric released the low-fidelity edition of "Disco Ants Go Clubbing" which has a medium drum/cymbals beat with synths galore for those ants partying at the local rave.


Art and Design
Venturing into the gallery set aside for Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread, we glimpse into her mind and bear witness to her planned battle between the heroes of her game and a hero of old gone psychotic. While only a sketch for both a later art piece and a warning of things to come, Remi also chose to doodle concept weapons which the angel of anarchy may carry into battle.



Well, that's it for this week.

"As soon as he ceased to be mad he became merely stupid. There are maladies we must not seek to cure because they alone protect us from others that are more serious." - Marcel Proust (1871–1922)


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  The Weekly Gazette 04-06-2025
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 04-07-2025, 05:00 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - No Replies

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(March 31 10 to April 6, 2025)

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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
StrangeAutomaton made a brief announcement that the [noparse] bbcode tag has been re-added. A lesser known bbcode, it mimicks the basic properties of the classic [Code] tag which prevents any other codes within are parsed. However, a stronger tag, the [noparse] tag even blocks parsing of the [Code] tag as well.


General Chat
Tensions are rising as the News of the World reports that China is furious when the Philippines made a deal to purchase US F-16 fighters, this as China's navy has been aggressively intruding within Philippine waters. While there were no casualties, Houthis terrorists fired upon a U.S. Aircraft Carrier. This as the U.S. targeted a relationship between a Houthi network and Russia selling to the Houthis millions in weapons and grain stolen from Ukraine. And NATO's strength now grows as a joint venture with the US created its own hypersonic missile to rival Russia's. In the world of automobiles, Jaguar paused sales to the US over President Trump's reciprocal tariffs. However, Japan's Nissan is considering to open up shop in the US to avoid the fees as Trump suggested. Hungary sides with Israel's Netenyahu and quits the International Criminal Court which put a warrant for his arrest, and the discovery of enough lithium brine in California to 375 million electric vehicles also hit this week's news.


Tech Talk
Lawsuits have appeared within the News of the Cyber World as Elon Musk is suing CEO Sam Altman, Musk's effort to keep OpenAI free and public domain. And Meta/Facebook is faced with a lawsuit alledging that their 2022 recommendation systems amplified violent posts that led to ethnic violence in Ethiopia. Meanwhile, Nintendo is making news selling part of its company that developed Pokémon Go to a Saudi copany, advertised its release date for the Switch II for (£395UK, $508USD, $725CAD, 616€ Euro), and curtailed pre-orders in the US over Trump's reciprocal tarifs. More on TicTok and Meta also hit this week's cybernews.



Games Development
Development Discussion
Within the Maps and Screenshots thread, Remi-chan presented two new captures from her WIP Game, Fantasia. Both of them arena-styled battles with updated HP and Drive system bar graphics.

Of those working their crafts within the forum, DerVVulfman is still spriting if you were wondering What's up? He posted shots of a tanned bikini-clad figure as he reported he was done working on the underwear graphics for his female battler sprites. And at the end of the week, revealed that the left-handed male battler sprites have their lower underwear complete.


Complete Projects
Last week, Starmage presented a let's play by Bugfrakgged of her game, Elf's Diary. But this week, she discovered that another let's play was made, one of her game entitled A Maiden's Ballad. Nearly two hours long, Bugfragged played as Starmage's central character who used her musical talents to aid her party as they journey outside their hometown of Rainsville.



Material Development
Scripts Database
RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine
For those who wish to utilize images within their credits or cutscenes to their fullest potential, KJ21 crafted Smooth Picture Movement + Earthquake Effect for RPGMaker XP this week. His system does not replace the default Show/Move Picture event system, but enhances various functions which can be used, all while allowing the earthquake-shake effect to the picture rendering system.


Resources Database
2D Resources
Last week, Ace_V created a characterset that could be a baby dragon or some odd tiny creature. But this week, the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V now presents frontview shots of the baby dragon in a series of emoted reactions, be it crying, being sick, crying, and so much more.



Creativity Section
Art and Design
For those looking for some darkened concrete textures, the Massive Library of Free Images being compiled by Eric Matyas. Three dark coarse textures have been supplied, one in a medium gray with dark splotches and the other two as dark as pitch.

As Starmage continues her Arts and Training Journey, she decided to try her hand at anthropomorphic characters, and sketched out a couple of fox people. The first is a bare chested male while the second is a fox lady in a strapless evening dress. Look for yourself as she may be leaning towards furry caricature arts.

Upon entering the gallery of Remi-chan's Neato Art, you will notice ore sketchworks. The first presentation is of her character of Fyori, redone with an augmented eye that also acts as a built-in sniper scope. Her second depicting how accurate Fyori can now accurately shoot from a distance. Her third, a study on wings as she sketched her familiar feline femme of Svoli in her angelic form. And lastly, her bowl-cut sporting character of Flannel, though with a more feminine appearane despite being a young lad.



Well, that's it for this week.

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  [noparse] tag re-added
Posted by: StrangeAutomaton - 04-02-2025, 08:42 PM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - Replies (3)

I added the [noparse][/noparse] tags.

Anyway, any BBCode between [noparse][/noparse] tags will not be parsed as code as their brackets will be converted to their unicode placeholders. You're welcome!

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  The Weekly Gazette 03-30-2025
Posted by: DerVVulfman - 03-31-2025, 05:00 AM - Forum: Announcements and Updates - No Replies

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(March 24 to March 30, 2025)

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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
Its been a while since hearing about Forum Updates Happening, but it appears that DerVVulfman had some plans. Possibly spurred on by Kaz and Remi-chan, he created an Archive Forum dedicated to RPG RPG Revolution, another indie RPG site lost over a decade ago. However, he couldn't save as much as he could with other boards in the past. Still, he received praise from KDC, and Remi-chan expressed that Save-Point has more staying power than other boards. Though she also placed a few bets against some other boards in her own manner.


General Chat
When it comes to the News of the World, one wonders where to begin? Last week, it was found a reporter for The Atlantic was online with members of Trump's staff claiming war plans were revealed, this disputed by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. And this week, the same Judge Boasberg who ordered planes filled with Tren De Aragua members be returned to the US now claims to be in charge of the Signal app case. However, with all the judges working to stall the Trump administration on all fronts, DOJ Pam Bondi calls for the removal of Boasberg and two others who were Obama and Biden appointees under grounds that they are not impartial. The effort to streamline the US economy continues as DOGE posted that 300K unused credit cards. And following a victory in the Appeals Court, the State Department formally closed USAid. It may not be the only thing shuttered as even late-night host Bill Maher stated both PBS and NPR should stop receiving funds after seeing how the CEO of NPR's testimony revealed her bias at a Congressional hearing. And regarding security, the US arrested a top MS-13 leader in Virginia, revealed that the orchestrators of the Columbia Pro-Hamas protests had prior knowledge of the October 7th massacre, and a number of University Student Visas have been reviewed and revoked. Insofar as the Ukraine/Russia war, Russia is now having economic problems as the impact of increased military funding hurts their banking systems. Perhaps this and their recent aircraft losses led to talks for a Black Sea ceasefire. On another front, China refuses to say anything about getting involved in the war. However, they unveiled a new weapon, a device to cut the undersea cables connecting the world's internet. A democrat under threat of Censure for ridiculing Texas's Governor revealed to be funded by Big Pharma, King Charles back in the Hospital for observation, and much more hit this week's news.
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Games Development
Development Discussion
It appears that spritework is What's up among our RMers for the past few weeks. And for this week, DerVVulfman revealed that he is now working on bikini bottoms of sorts for his female Half Kaiser battlers. Meanwhile, combat is also on the mind of RMers, and Remi-chan has been toiling away on updating fights within her game, fixing up two this week whilst making plans to rework a third.

Within the Maps and screenshots thread, Remi-chan presented a clip showing a young maiden in blue encountering a white-clad alien who is not totally there.

> A Poll < This week, kyonides needs your help. He created a poll asking readers for assistance on Troop Details for his Klans XP, and wishes an opinion on what resources would be the most needed to acquire troops. For that, you have choices such as Gold, Iron, Faith and much more. So please visit, place your vote, and perhaps even give a little insighe on why you made your choice.


Complete Projects
If you are up to killing some time, Starmage is pleased to present a Let'sPlay of her game, Elf's Dairy. A two-hour journey by Bugfragged, you journey through the world of Vyen as the master of a new guild created to aid others at a time of crisis.


Tutorials
Within kyonides's Ruby Scripting thread, he discusses streamlining statements to increase processing speed. Yes, he used default scripts to show how the developers could have streamlined the code more. But he notes that touching the original scripts isn't recommended.



Material Development
Scripts Database
RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine
If you aren't satisfied with the same old gamoever music playing no matter what battle that felled your heroes, then Lina's GameOver MEs by DerVVulfman might be what you need. With it, the gameover music event can change from enemy troop to enemy troop. He had to update the script after finding that the music didn't return to default if the heroes survived, and apparently added some flourish to a fight with a big bad evil guy in his demo.

With the RPGMaker XP edition of KWeatherArea, kyonides ensured that the altered weather effects made in battle can be reset when battle ends.

RPGMaker VX/VXAce (RGSS2/3) Engines
For RPGMaker VX and VXAce users, kyonidesf KWeatherArea can now ensure that weather effects made in battle can be reset when battle ends. But as a reminder both engines didn't initially have weather effects in battle and had to be restored.



Resources Database
2D Resources
Of the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V, a new animal character sprite has been borne. It could be a mole rat as first suggested, though Ace_V also proposed that it could be used for a newborn creature of any sort.



Creativity Section
Music and Audio
This week, Erc Matyas continues Sharing His Original Music with a relaxing and contemplative work entitled "Solitude", a piece utilizing synthesized wind instruments slow and deep. But along with that, he visited two of his previous compositions from the new year and recorded low-fidelity renditions.


Art and Design
This week, two more seamless bark textures were added to Eric Matyas's Massive Library of Free Images, one dark brown and the other dark green.

This week, Starmage continues her Arts and Training Journey as she continues to make strides with different techniques. And only at the end of the week, she presented a new portrait of Lyrelle from BlueSkies 2. So pleased she was, the new illustration is now her current avatar.

Were you to check in on Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing!, you would see mere pencil sketches and cartoons she doodled. Do be warned of some lingering coarse language present.


Filmography
If you decided to enter the foyer of Remi-chan's Cinematic Theatre, you would find a recent rewrite of a scene from one of Remi-chan's game, one where the sisters three must face a powerhouse possessed, a normally passive heart who had the strength to face down the demoness that hell itself fears.



Well, that's it for this week.

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