RPGMaker VX ACE - Script Programing

Hi all, i am new to RPGMaker.

i was wanting to know if any one knows of some good books on getting started with Ruby programing, specificly with RGSS3 in mind.

also does any one know what libaries RGSS3 is based off of? is it based off the Ruby Toolbox game libaries, or something like Gosu, or is it completely something different.

also something that i was wondering about, in RPGMaker, in the scripting window, i shows all the scripts that are assocated with teh game... what i was wondering, is if i was to copy each of the scritps out, individualy and compile them on an ubuntu system would i be able to get my game running nativly under linux? if not what else would be needed? i don need the RPGMaker app to run under linux, i just need my game. what libraries would i need to install that would help in this process?

any coments would be greatly appreciated.

thanks :)

- Luke Galutia

RGSS# are variants of Ruby, they have some commands added and others removed to create a specialized language that is used only in RPG Makers.


To my knowledge, there are no special books to learn RGSS, you start by learning Ruby and then continue to work with RGSS - the game will tell you which libraries had been removed if you try to use a command that does not exist in RGSS.


Because of those differences and due to the fact that the graphic library is not inside the script editor, you can't simply take those scripts and compile them in a differnt ruby compiler, you need the interpreter that is the game.exe, and that one needs the windows graphic libraries to work.


And you can't replace those, so you will not be able to get RM running natively under Linux.

I'm almost done learning ruby myself, and am now going to reach the point where I ask "ok, now where do I learn how/why RGSS is more convenient than straight up ruby, where do I learn the RGSS features? any tutorials?"... None of the sticky posts answer this question, any advice?

If you want your scripts to be compatible with others you will likely have to use RGSS.


I've heard someone told RM to use their own script engine, but I don't know any details.

I was stuck in such a situation a year ago. I'll use some websites instead of books, i like rubymonk.com.

Once you learn it's primer, for me, it was tough, but i figured it out somehow... i guess by overwriting the title-command using my script or something...

So you have to learn ruby. Then you can start with some topics on the forum like working with game system etc and you'll slowly figure all out.