Some Basic Questions

As some may have noticed, there's a lot about this whole RPG Maker that I'm not clear on, and I thought I'd put any basic questions I have into one topic instead of infesting the board with a bunch of little topics.

I'm sure I'll think of others later (I think I already did and forgot what they were), but first off...

Is it possible to play RPG Maker games that have been made using a system I don't own? For example, can I play someone's XP game even though I only own Ace on this computer? If yes, are there any extra steps to downloading/installing a game made with a system I don't own?

No, please keep separate questions in separate threads, so we know whether they've been answered or not, and to make it easier for people who want to know the same thing to search for them.


Yes, you can play games made in an engine you don't have. How else would we be able to distribute our games to the general public?


The developer just needs to ensure all the resources they've used are available. They will do this by either packing the resources into the project (which makes for a larger download, but you only have to download one thing), or if they've used the RTP they can give you a game without resources (which makes for a smaller download) but then you have to download the RTP itself and install it on your machine. If you have 10 games that all use the same RTP (for the same version of the engine), you only need to download and install it once, and all 10 games will be able to use it.

Got it.

I just wasn't sure how much downloading was involved. Thanks for answering.