Project FOSSIL (v1.0): Use MV plugins in MZ! 300+ plugins Fossilized!

Restart · 2021-04-16T09:31:04+0900

Project FOSSIL V1.0 By: FOSSIL TEAM Introduction Project FOSSIL (Fixing Old Software / Script Interoperability Layer) is a single RPG Maker MZ plugin designed to expand the use and usefulness of RPG MAKER MV plugins, by allowing them to work in RPG MAKER MZ projects. FOSSIL doesn't port plugins. FOSSIL makes porting unnecessary! I got a copy of RPG Maker MZ a little while ago, and I think the editor is even better than RPG Maker MV. The only problem is that it's competing with RMMV's deep library of plugins. MV had such a huge number of great plugins (thanks to the tireless work of Yanfly, Moghunter, SRD, Galv, and too many other authors to list here) that it will be a long time before they all get rewritten to work with the new engine. I decided to try to figure out a way to speed things up. Instead of having to change every single MV plugin to work with MZ, I'm going to see if we can change MZ so it can work with the old plugins, and still keep all the engine upgrades. That way, we'll have the best of both worlds. What I came up with was FOSSIL. FOSSIL does basic interoperability things - it makes MZ able to understand commands from old MV plugins. For instance, when you make a window in MZ, the engine expects you to hand it a single 'rectangle' which tells it exactly where the window should go, and how big it should be. In MV, when you make a window, what you hand the engine can be very different - it might just be 'how many lines of text there are in this window', or it could be 'the x coordinate, y coordinate, width, and height'. Before any of those commands get to the core engine, FOSSIL converts them into the rectangle that MZ expects. That way, you don't have to actually change how the plugin tries to create a window - FOSSIL just translates it into terms MZ can understand, and then it's fixed everywhere. Plus, this way, we can make old MV plugins work in MZ while still respecting any licensing they have. Instead of having to track down people who might have left the community, and asking them if we can copy their plugin and make a changed version, we can just use FOSSIL and make MZ understand what the plugin is trying to do. I have tried my best to minimize any side-effects from FOSSIL's existence. In my test projects there weren't any noticeable changes, but it's entirely possible I accidentally broke something. If that's the case, please post about it in this thread. I'm super excited about the possibilities with FOSSIL, and I hope a lot of people join in (hence why I'm crediting FOSSIL TEAM). I don't want this to be 'my' plugin, I want the whole community to be able to use all the MV and MZ plugins with the newest engine, and I think everyone here who makes MV plugins knows enough to help improve it. How to Use FOSSIL is a single plugin that must go at the beginning of your plugin list. There are no settings to tweak. Since FOSSIL isn't a port, you still need to have the original, unaltered MV plugins, and put them into your game as usual. So far I have tested over three hundred working plugins (see list), and there's a good chance that even if they aren't listed, most simple plugins will just work 'out of the box' with no tweaks. How to Write a Fix for Fossil FOSSIL now automatically detects where plugins are in the list, and applies patches directly before or after the appropriate plugin. For example, WAY_Core needs us to back up the plugin manager commands before WAY_Core actually runs and changes them. Since we need to run the code before WAY_Core executes, this requires a PreFix. Here's the code in FOSSIL that makes that happen: Code: Fossil.loadPreFix('WAY_Core',function() { Fossil.backupPluginManagerCommands=PluginManager._commands; }) //^ see that closing bracket and parenthesis? //That's important not to forget. The 'WAY_Core' parameter in loadPreFix tells FOSSIL which plugin it should be looking at. The code for the fix itself is within the function: Code: function() { Fossil.backupPluginManagerCommands=PluginManager._commands; } Because this is loadPreFix, the code will be run just before WAY_Core is executed. If you need to be before multiple plugins, you can list all of them in an array ['pluginA','pluginB','pluginC'], and it will run immediately before the first one in plugin order (ignoring plugins that aren't in your project). If we use loadPostFix instead, the code would be run immediately after WAY_Core. (And listing multiple plugins in loadPostFix will result in applying the fix immediately after the last one in the list). Plugin Order There is only one order possible: 1) FOSSIL.js (First plugin) 2) All other plugins. Other than that, put the plugins ordered the same way you'd put them in MZ or MV. Put plugins that extend each other together like usual. I can't really give more specific instructions than that, it'll all be on a case-by-case basis as normal. Using Old Plugin Commands You have three ways of using plugin commands for MV projects A: use the built in plugin comman…

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WookieeChan

#405 Jul 28, 2022, 04:05 AM Source
Hey, I'd love some assistance, I am trying to get YEP_StatAllocation to work with VisuStella Main Menu Core, I can make a tab for it appear in the menu, but it just exits out the menu, can anyone help me figure out what to put in the JS Text/Show/Enable/Etc?

EDIT: I got it working, just had to put
Code:
SceneManager.push(Scene_StatAllocation)
in the Run Code
bgrizzmayne

#406 Aug 5, 2022, 06:20 AM Source

I have a question:

I'm using Visustella's CoreEngine, Battlecore, and Skills/States Core. I want to use Heroic Jay's Dual tech plugin to create skills used by two members of my party, but it's not compatible with Visustella's battlecore/skillcore or the CTB, ATB, or BTB battle systems for MZ.

His plugin is, however, compatible with all of those plugins in MV.

Is fossil a solution here? Could I install the Yanfly CTB MV plugin along with Jay's MV plugin as a workaround thru fossil and still have the other visustella stuff? Or would some yanfly plugins thru fossil not play nice with other visustella MZ plugins?
john-seed

#407 Aug 9, 2022, 09:17 PM Source

hello
I would like to know if the plugin "VE_ControlText"
https://victorenginescripts.wordpress.com/rpg-maker-mv/control-text/
will be on rpg maker mz with fossil?
thank you very much.
sorry for my bad english i just speak french.
palom

#408 Aug 12, 2022, 04:01 AM Source

Hi, i tried with "Galv New game plus" pluging and it didn't work. Can you test it?
MV New Game Plus
Arcmagik

#409 Aug 19, 2022, 04:07 PM Source

Brilliant.

I just started testing it with SRD_SuperToolsEngine... atleast the menu editor part... and so far so good.
jkimhomie

#410 Sep 12, 2022, 11:39 PM Source

Hey I think the github links are down, or the repository just no longer exists on github. What happened?
Arthran

#411 Sep 13, 2022, 12:36 AM Source

jkimhomie said:
Hey I think the github links are down, or the repository just no longer exists on github. What happened?
I dunno, but I forked the main repository a while back, so if you need it, you can download it from my fork. The only difference is that I have added support for EIS Shop System.
Vuono87

#412 Sep 18, 2022, 10:13 PM Source

does anyone know how to or if ve materia will work with vs core engine?
Arcmagik

#413 Sep 19, 2022, 11:16 AM Source

SRD Camera Core seems to work passively with FOSSIL, but it won't zoom into map corners, however it doesn't seem to conflict with Eli_Zoom, and if you set an old plugin command for SRD Camera Core like ZoomIn 1 [duration], set Eli_Zoom's zoom to whatever scale you actually want with the same duration as the Camera Core then set WaitForCamera it seems to wait for Eli_Zoom's plugin command to complete so I get everything out of it that I need.
Arthran

#414 Sep 19, 2022, 05:46 PM Source

Arcmagik said:
SRD Camera Core seems to work passively with FOSSIL, but it won't zoom into map corners, however it doesn't seem to conflict with Eli_Zoom, and if you set an old plugin command for SRD Camera Core like ZoomIn 1 [duration], set Eli_Zoom's zoom to whatever scale you actually want with the same duration as the Camera Core then set WaitForCamera it seems to wait for Eli_Zoom's plugin command to complete so I get everything out of it that I need.
I probably shouldn't mention it, since you've got a working setup now, but there *are* some native MZ camera plugins. There's Keke Free Camera, and Galv's Cam Control.
Arcmagik

#415 Sep 23, 2022, 12:09 PM Source

Arthran said:
I probably shouldn't mention it, since you've got a working setup now, but there *are* some native MZ camera plugins. There's Keke Free Camera, and Galv's Cam Control.
Thanks for the suggestion, but Galv's Cam wasn't working great for me, and I was using DragonSmoothCam for awhile, but I really wanted to be able to put in the specific frames I wanted the camera to take and the WaitForCamera commands without trying to figure out the weird easing speed to set Dragon on and specific frames I needed to set a separate wait command too.

I wasn't aware of Keke Free Camera though!
Jrrkein

#416 Oct 8, 2022, 05:48 AM Source

Erm.. Everyone notice that link is down
Tonedawg181

#417 Oct 8, 2022, 05:21 PM Source

I'm just getting back into rpg maker and this plugin seemed very helpful to re-create some aspects of my old game. Unfortunately it appears the download link is broken.
KoriCongo

#418 Oct 8, 2022, 06:18 PM Source

Jrrkein said:
Erm.. Everyone notice that link is down

Tonedawg181 said:
I'm just getting back into rpg maker and this plugin seemed very helpful to re-create some aspects of my old game. Unfortunately it appears the download link is broken.
As stated, Restart appears to have disappeared and his Github is down.
Someone was kind enough to fork it, though, so you still can use FOSSIL.
Project FOSSIL (v1.0): Use MV plugins in MZ! 300+ plugins Fossilized!
Dayday1410

#419 Oct 24, 2022, 09:59 AM Source

When I click on the link to install Fossil, the pag doesnt exist anymore. was the project deleted?
Roninator2

#420 Oct 24, 2022, 02:07 PM Source

Dayday1410 said:
When I click on the link to install Fossil, the pag doesnt exist anymore. was the project deleted?
It has been asked and answered a few times. Check the post above yours.
mobiusclimber

#421 Oct 24, 2022, 11:59 PM Source

Vuono87 said:
does anyone know how to or if ve materia will work with vs core engine?View attachment 240753
I'm getting this same error.
KoriCongo

#423 Oct 28, 2022, 03:44 AM Source

Would anyone know the correct means to input YEP_RowFormations into VisuStella_MainMenuCore? With the new subcategories update to it, I would prefer a means to use that in conjunction with the Row Formations plugin, as the auto-add menu command feature would force it into all menus, including the Subcategory feature.

EDIT: I figured it out. Simply put SceneManager.push(Scene_Row) in JS: Run Code when you make your new category.
Benku

#424 Nov 7, 2022, 10:19 PM Source

It seems the links are dead.
Roninator2

#425 Nov 7, 2022, 11:55 PM Source

Benku said:
It seems the links are dead.
Project FOSSIL (v1.0): Use MV plugins in MZ! 300+ plugins Fossilized!