Saving a game without the full RTP

So I found a FAQ on another forum on how to compress a game without burdening it with the whole RTP, only with the stuff from the RTP that you need... I asked a question on there but the entire forum appears to be gone now. Essentially, I understand how to disable the RTP (in the Game.ini) but I don't understand how I am supposed to re-import resources from the RTP into the game through the Resource Manager. Can anyone clarify that? I understand how to import resources, but I don't know where these RTP resources are.

I answered your question in the other thread, but I've also had troubles accessing that forum this afternoon.

Basically, while the RTP is still intact, you go into the Resource Manager in the game editor and Export all the resources you actually use. Put them into the correct folders. Then when you remove the RTP, those resources are still there in the game's folders (just like the custom resources you added). When you compress the game, they will be included.

There's probably a lot of trial and error. If you haven't kept strict track of everything you use as you used it, you'll probably find the game will crash sometimes when it tries to access a resource that you've forgotten. But I think it'll give you an error telling you what it was unable to find.

Oh, I see. You export them to the correct directory and the game will automatically see them? Very clever. Now I get it.

Thank you for answering my question twice! :lol:

Okay, so... I followed this process, and started a playtest. Now I get this error message:

Unable to find VL Gothic font.

I didn't see any font category in the resource manager... What is this about?

It's in the RTP folder's Fonts folder.

I did not find any RTP folder or Fonts folder. However, in my Program Files/Enterbrain/RPGVXAce, I found a directory called VLGothic. I guess this is what I need. But where do I put it? Do I create a Fonts directory in my game resources?

Program Files/Common Files/Enterbrain/RGSS3 is actually where the rtp is stored for future reference (or thereabouts. I'm not somewhere where I can verify that currently.) And yes, it should work if you copy the ttf file into a Fonts folder in your project.

That worked. Thanks!