New Download Link for Pokemon Essentials + RC Resources: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_n2Tp1TIljLL1E-uBTzV6TTfDQzIxc58-8ZcvLI2LKM/edit#gid=233851590&range=A4 The Relic Castle website was taken down due to a DMCA claim on 3/21/24, and the community has been working on a backup for download links to Pokemon Essentials as well as the many great resources and plugins! Please use the link I've provided above in the meantime until further notice! Also please consider joining the following fangame discord servers for fangame community updates: Relic Castle Discord: discord.gg/reliccastle Thundaga Discord: discord.gg/BHm8vfTeTQ
Thank you so much for using the "why don't you explain this to me like I'm 5" approach. You've done a terrific job. My 6-year-old son and I are building a game together and he is able to follow along thanks to how simple and precise you have made this process. Great tutorial
From the bottom of my heart you seem like one of the best RUclips tutorial makers out of there. Simple, to the point, no unnecessary dragging of time, even tho it’s a long vid/series. Just pure class
These videos are not only informative, they're very relaxing to have on in the background and listen to whilst working on something else. Thank you for making them!
@@ronnieketchum1241 Not much, it's informative if you're listening with focus, and it's relaxing if you're playing it in the background. That is basically what I meant with the original comment.
I like this kind of style more because although the videos are more condensed it means he'll be able to cover everything in relatively fewer videos as opposed to having dozens of episodes. It's more convenient for viewers to watch a shorter series than to watch tutorials in the style of the last series.
Imagine my surprise when I try to find a tutorial for making a Pokemon game using RPG maker XP and I stumble upon a 6 year old outdated series... but then I find that the same creator is making a new series which happens to have started a week before I started looking for it. I am incredibly hyped for this series. :)
YOOO NO WAY! This is gonna be huge! Thank you Thundaga for being a huge help. I've gotten help from people on relic castle plenty of times but I'm more of a visual/audio learner as well and when you can speak, you can cover a lot more ground in a given time.
These tutorials are so awesome. What an amazing resource. I'm not an RPG maker dev but any easy to follow tutorial to get people into game dev is so appreciated.
Glad to see you're keeping up with refreshing the tutorial series. I'll be waiting for when you get to the more advanced topics since v20.1 has changed a lot from when your 17.2 series was made.
Hey Thundaga! So happy that you're bringing this series back again! Your last one was amazing. I have a question for those here as well as our amazing content creator. So, I've got my sprite for a new Pokémon in the correct position in the game I'm making but whenever it is attacked or it attacks, the moves look like they are coming from or hitting something in the sky above the enemy nameplate... any ideas as to why?
I know. It’s crazy to think that when the original series started off and I started watching it, I was in middle school. Now I’m graduating this year. Time can fly lol, even six years.
I remember doing this years ago and quit after realizing that you literally have to fix all the trees lmao
2 года назад
Very nice to see you update this tutorial for the newest pokemon essentials version. I wanted to get into creating a small pokemon game to start off after watching your old tutorials but I'll wait a bit to see what QoL changes were made in v20 to work a bit more efficiently.
oh lord, i just went to reddit to get help because encounters wont work, and i got the most bs convoluted response possible that didnt even work, i cant wait for the episode on that
With map connections how do you know how many to have linked? Like the entire outside part of the region is not one giant map connection…right? Or would it end up being one giant connection at the end
Thats up to you. When I set up new routes, I use the "transfer player" option similar to episode 1 of entering a house rather than map connections. Usually not all maps are connected. Such as caves, forest, or npc houses
I don't know what it is about gen 3 tilesets but it feels very cozy, it's like looking at a different version of firered and ruby with each of these games.
@Thundaga, i know its been years and some things are bound to have changed but your old guides are still pretty safe to use as long as I exercise caution, right? I do comparisons with what I see in V20 and it doesn't look too foreign. Been anxious to give Essentials a shot but I know its going to be awhile before you'll be able make revised videos that cover the range of your old series.
Absolutely, those tutorials aren't obsolete, just in some instances things wont always match up word for word, you may need to hit up the relic page from time to time for help with commands. have a good day :)
I'm so mad I've been watching the old how to tutorial from 7 YEARS AGO I've been having to figure out how to get to options on the new version of pokemon essential
You can go to the map properties and increase the width and height. You can move the entire map around by using the "Select tool" and holding "CTRL + A" to move the whole kap around with your mouse. As for two different maps, I don't know if this possible
Question, im watching these for their intended purpose. As it seems youre redoing the list from 7 years ago, would I need to start somewhere in that list once i finish these tutorials? Also outside of learning the program how far if at all would or should I plan out my "world" before putting anything into creation.
I cant open the edit map connections debug menu. It just gives me this error message: [Pokémon Essentials version 19.1] [v19.1 Hotfixes 1.0.7] Exception: NoMethodError Message: undefined method `mouse_in_window' for System:Module Backtrace: Input:30:in `getMousePos' EditorScreens_MapConnections:483:in `update' EditorScreens_MapConnections:562:in `block in pbMapScreenLoop' EditorScreens_MapConnections:559:in `loop' EditorScreens_MapConnections:559:in `pbMapScreenLoop' EditorScreens_MapConnections:585:in `block in pbConnectionsEditor' Errors:70:in `pbCriticalCode' EditorScreens_MapConnections:580:in `pbConnectionsEditor' Debug_MenuCommands:893:in `block (2 levels) in ' MessageConfig:566:in `pbFadeOutIn' Does anyone understand and know how to fix this?
Hello ! First thx for your vids ! It's so clear ! I have a question : when I want to connect 2 maps like you did, I may press A and it doesn't do anything. Can you help me please ?
I have a question: When I make a new map and connect it to the others, I notice that I now have invisible routes. Is there a way to update the town map that doesn't involve opening up a photo editing tool or...?
I was trying to make an One Piece and a Star Wars hackrom, but damn, it's too hard to make graphics for them... in the end, I gave up... but who knows in the future
in theory yes? I dont think it's as simple as just smashing maps into the game and trying to connect them though, you'll need to remake everything with the tilesets from each game
If I were to want to make a Gen 1 fan game, is there a way I could just drop a Kanto map file in the program? Or would I have to build it completely from scratch?
Hey there! I have just started and I´m quite noob at this, so I would appreciate anyone´s help haha I didn´t really understood how to avoid the lag when connecting maps. I´ve had a read at the wiki: "If you have a large map, you may want to divide that map up into "chunks" to help reduce lag by having less map/event data loaded at once. You can also take advantage of this possibility to have different wild encounters in different parts of the same location." Does that mean I need to let chunks between maps with events or somehow make a teleport or something to another map?
Hey I have a question before I will start getting into it deeper and buy rpg maker etc. is there a method to add new points to fly to. And is there a update to the map, with map I mean the in game map. Thanks for answer me
Quick question about map connections and events. If I have a parallel process event running in the background, then I leave the map that has the parallel process event using a connected map, I noticed that the parallel process event still runs, even though I'm not on that map anymore. Also, if I use an "Erase Event" command, leave the map using a connected map and then come back, the event doesn't respawn. Is there any way to fix that?
That is done when testing the game from RPG Maker within the debug menu. Ingame bring up the start menu or select the debug menu from the title screen. You'll want to find 'Edit Map Metadata' (depending on the version it's located in different sections of the menu). You can set it by editing location name and show location options.
I have a problem that I can't solve, I created an event for the main plot of my game, the race must challenge me, if I win everything goes as it should go, while if I lose I go back to mom's house but gary's script continues as if I had won, if I lose how do I restart the event without it disappearing?
Check the Faraday Island Map, I believe what they do with mew is something you can use. As in the outcome is stored in some variable and then you make whatever happens after the event (like rechallanging) depending on "is variable = x" on two seperate event pages. So variable = 1 = won, autorun victory talk, variable = 2 = loss = give option to repeat race/battle.
Hello, I don't have the "information editors" section. I only see the FIELD / BATTLE / POKEMON / ITEM / PLAYER PBS / OTHER / FILES. I checked on every and I can't see a map editor there. Is it done on pbs files only ? I have RPGXP 1.05a and essentials 21.1
I did not design my example world 1:1 as Thundaga's so one thing I noticed is that when I connected my maps there was this huge blank space simply because I had to lower route one in order to get my roads to match up.
I don't really drag as my hand isn't really steady I guess. Also there seems to be some overlap in my trees and some of it is easily fixable at 30x30 on route one I'm experiencing some overlap of the trees.
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New Download Link for Pokemon Essentials + RC Resources: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_n2Tp1TIljLL1E-uBTzV6TTfDQzIxc58-8ZcvLI2LKM/edit#gid=233851590&range=A4
The Relic Castle website was taken down due to a DMCA claim on 3/21/24, and the community has been working on a backup for download links to Pokemon Essentials as well as the many great resources and plugins! Please use the link I've provided above in the meantime until further notice!
Also please consider joining the following fangame discord servers for fangame community updates:
Relic Castle Discord: discord.gg/reliccastle
Thundaga Discord: discord.gg/BHm8vfTeTQ
Even if these videos don’t get as many views as you might hope, I want you to know they mean a lot to those that do see them.
So true!! This is making my childhood dream of making a pokemon game real. Something that many of us probably thought of as impossible
Yep I'm going to start now
They truly do, well said.
Have a good one :)
can confirm
Amen to that
Thank you so much for using the "why don't you explain this to me like I'm 5" approach. You've done a terrific job. My 6-year-old son and I are building a game together and he is able to follow along thanks to how simple and precise you have made this process. Great tutorial
be bopping blue bearry
YAYYYY this series is why I started making a game a few years ago. Happy to see it being updated.
What was it about?
It’s just updated from the original.
The original was for Essentials v.19, they're on 20 now, so new tutorials
@@domm8120 I’m pretty sure the original is on v.17 or something, it’s very old.
Edit: just checked, it’s v.16 something
From the bottom of my heart you seem like one of the best RUclips tutorial makers out of there. Simple, to the point, no unnecessary dragging of time, even tho it’s a long vid/series. Just pure class
These videos are not only informative, they're very relaxing to have on in the background and listen to whilst working on something else.
Thank you for making them!
What are you learning if you're listening to them in the background?
@@ronnieketchum1241 Not much, it's informative if you're listening with focus, and it's relaxing if you're playing it in the background. That is basically what I meant with the original comment.
Covering so much in 1 video! Can't wait for part 3! I'm worried that this series may be to short because you're covering so much!
I like this kind of style more because although the videos are more condensed it means he'll be able to cover everything in relatively fewer videos as opposed to having dozens of episodes. It's more convenient for viewers to watch a shorter series than to watch tutorials in the style of the last series.
The last series was 84 episodes, half that would be much more helpful when im looking for something specific
Imagine my surprise when I try to find a tutorial for making a Pokemon game using RPG maker XP and I stumble upon a 6 year old outdated series... but then I find that the same creator is making a new series which happens to have started a week before I started looking for it. I am incredibly hyped for this series. :)
Thanks for creating this series! I have wanted to develop a game for so long and had many ideas but didn't know how to execute them.
Thanks for bringing this series again!
YOOO NO WAY! This is gonna be huge! Thank you Thundaga for being a huge help. I've gotten help from people on relic castle plenty of times but I'm more of a visual/audio learner as well and when you can speak, you can cover a lot more ground in a given time.
I'm the same way, this is the closest I can get to just chatting with someone and asking questions on the fly, that's how I learn.
Have a good one :)
another video where 20 minutes of my life will be worth its time
i just discovered this series and man does it make me want to create a fan game ! this is easy to understand a very very very helpful thank you
These tutorials are so awesome. What an amazing resource. I'm not an RPG maker dev but any easy to follow tutorial to get people into game dev is so appreciated.
This isn't in the new playlist.
Thanks for doing this AGAIN!
It means so much, you're a gentleman and a scholar!!
Glad to see you're keeping up with refreshing the tutorial series. I'll be waiting for when you get to the more advanced topics since v20.1 has changed a lot from when your 17.2 series was made.
This is excellent I was rewatching so I guess I'll just watch this.
you are not getting payed enough. Such a good teacher.
Hey Thundaga! So happy that you're bringing this series back again! Your last one was amazing. I have a question for those here as well as our amazing content creator. So, I've got my sprite for a new Pokémon in the correct position in the game I'm making but whenever it is attacked or it attacks, the moves look like they are coming from or hitting something in the sky above the enemy nameplate... any ideas as to why?
Im so glad your starting this agen with the update it motavated me to get back in the game
I am so happy you updated the series i started creating my pokemon game but due to some updates couldn't do it the way i like thanks for updating
I just dropped a video of the PkMo game I've been creating. You've def helped,thank you.
God there is something about it that just... strikes nostalgia. Very well done my man! :D
I know. It’s crazy to think that when the original series started off and I started watching it, I was in middle school. Now I’m graduating this year. Time can fly lol, even six years.
@@fullmetalaltergeist6152 Same here! I started in 2018, was in middle school, now I'm in the final year of it!
@@retekcorp 4years in middle school?
I remember doing this years ago and quit after realizing that you literally have to fix all the trees lmao
Very nice to see you update this tutorial for the newest pokemon essentials version. I wanted to get into creating a small pokemon game to start off after watching your old tutorials but I'll wait a bit to see what QoL changes were made in v20 to work a bit more efficiently.
I’ve watched all of the other tutorials now I’m so happy to see more
These videos are very well made. Well done.
Whoaaa an update! Definitely gonna add this to my list~
This is SO MUCH easier than building a Game from scratch. 😮
oh lord, i just went to reddit to get help because encounters wont work, and i got the most bs convoluted response possible that didnt even work, i cant wait for the episode on that
Even if i just startedi think this tutorial is the best i could ask for! Thank you very much!!
If I connect enough maps, maybe it'll create a path for my dad to come back
So pumped to see the v20 version of this series. Count me in.
i always love watching tutorials
With map connections how do you know how many to have linked?
Like the entire outside part of the region is not one giant map connection…right? Or would it end up being one giant connection at the end
Thats up to you. When I set up new routes, I use the "transfer player" option similar to episode 1 of entering a house rather than map connections. Usually not all maps are connected. Such as caves, forest, or npc houses
I don't know what it is about gen 3 tilesets but it feels very cozy, it's like looking at a different version of firered and ruby with each of these games.
I knew id never see a Pokemon Rom with what I want in a game, so here i am. Sometimes if you want it you gotta do it yourself
@Thundaga, i know its been years and some things are bound to have changed but your old guides are still pretty safe to use as long as I exercise caution, right? I do comparisons with what I see in V20 and it doesn't look too foreign. Been anxious to give Essentials a shot but I know its going to be awhile before you'll be able make revised videos that cover the range of your old series.
Absolutely, those tutorials aren't obsolete, just in some instances things wont always match up word for word, you may need to hit up the relic page from time to time for help with commands.
have a good day :)
Thank you so much for the knowledge you are sharing! Loved your content.
Greetings from Mexico!
thx big brother for providing the v20 pokemon essentials
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How do you remove white corners from the houses? Very helpful tutorial, thanks!
just paste the houses and trees into layer 3 and the white edges will be seethrough
Hello, love your videos and they helped me a ton already. Can you please show how to make custom attacks and abilities next
Thank you for this tutorial! I'm looking forward to building a Pokémon game. ^_^
Greate video man, I just started making my own game!
Best tutorial in youtube! Keep it up!
Another great video. I learned a thing or two, even though I watched the original video :)
Return of the king
These videos are VERY well made and informative, thanks a million! Will we ever have a p5?
these videos are fire thanks for making me happy, I've had the dream to do my own pokemon game since I was a child, and having so much fun with this
I'm so mad I've been watching the old how to tutorial from 7 YEARS AGO I've been having to figure out how to get to options on the new version of pokemon essential
The goat himself did a COMEBACK
love this series
I’m having so much fun making my own fan game thank you so much for making your videos 🫵😎👍
Is there going to be a tutorial on generating images of you maps? That would be incredibly useful.
Never would have figured this out on the wiki.
hey man, I really want to learn about exp scaling and setting level caps for my game
can you make a video on how to do it?
ruclips.net/video/kYG3vxxzv4I/видео.html
The best way to do that would be to just play through the game yourself and see what level you end up at when you get to the point you're working on.
Back at it again I see.
Finally 🎉❤
GOAT thats what you are. thank you
Why is this Pokémon tutorial tagged under Connections? Also great tutorial!
How would you make your map bigger once you’ve already started on it?
You can go to the map properties and increase the width and height. You can move the entire map around by using the "Select tool" and holding "CTRL + A" to move the whole kap around with your mouse. As for two different maps, I don't know if this possible
@@alpal7677 Thank you!
Question, im watching these for their intended purpose. As it seems youre redoing the list from 7 years ago, would I need to start somewhere in that list once i finish these tutorials? Also outside of learning the program how far if at all would or should I plan out my "world" before putting anything into creation.
4:03 Timestamp for Map "Buffer" (number of tiles at the borders)
thanks agaain!
Do you not have to edit the map meta data every time? Whenever I make a new map I error out cuz no meta data
What buttons did you press to get rid of the trees
Love the series but I'm not getting any fumctions other then back or escape in the Map Connections. I can't seem to view any maps or add anything.
GAMERS!!!! let's go.
I cant open the edit map connections debug menu. It just gives me this error message:
[Pokémon Essentials version 19.1]
[v19.1 Hotfixes 1.0.7]
Exception: NoMethodError
Message: undefined method `mouse_in_window' for System:Module
Backtrace:
Input:30:in `getMousePos'
EditorScreens_MapConnections:483:in `update'
EditorScreens_MapConnections:562:in `block in pbMapScreenLoop'
EditorScreens_MapConnections:559:in `loop'
EditorScreens_MapConnections:559:in `pbMapScreenLoop'
EditorScreens_MapConnections:585:in `block in pbConnectionsEditor'
Errors:70:in `pbCriticalCode'
EditorScreens_MapConnections:580:in `pbConnectionsEditor'
Debug_MenuCommands:893:in `block (2 levels) in '
MessageConfig:566:in `pbFadeOutIn'
Does anyone understand and know how to fix this?
Hello ! First thx for your vids ! It's so clear ! I have a question : when I want to connect 2 maps like you did, I may press A and it doesn't do anything. Can you help me please ?
I have a question: When I make a new map and connect it to the others, I notice that I now have invisible routes.
Is there a way to update the town map that doesn't involve opening up a photo editing tool or...?
I was trying to make an One Piece and a Star Wars hackrom, but damn, it's too hard to make graphics for them... in the end, I gave up... but who knows in the future
THE ONE PIECE IS REAL
Crazy question. Can we use maps from all gens and connect all the regions into 1 game?
in theory yes? I dont think it's as simple as just smashing maps into the game and trying to connect them though, you'll need to remake everything with the tilesets from each game
Soo cool
If I were to want to make a Gen 1 fan game, is there a way I could just drop a Kanto map file in the program? Or would I have to build it completely from scratch?
Hey there! I have just started and I´m quite noob at this, so I would appreciate anyone´s help haha I didn´t really understood how to avoid the lag when connecting maps. I´ve had a read at the wiki: "If you have a large map, you may want to divide that map up into "chunks" to help reduce lag by having less map/event data loaded at once. You can also take advantage of this possibility to have different wild encounters in different parts of the same location." Does that mean I need to let chunks between maps with events or somehow make a teleport or something to another map?
Much pog
Hey I have a question before I will start getting into it deeper and buy rpg maker etc. is there a method to add new points to fly to. And is there a update to the map, with map I mean the in game map. Thanks for answer me
i know this is from a year ago but my dubug mode doesnt have an info editor? any help would be appreciated
Quick question about map connections and events. If I have a parallel process event running in the background, then I leave the map that has the parallel process event using a connected map, I noticed that the parallel process event still runs, even though I'm not on that map anymore. Also, if I use an "Erase Event" command, leave the map using a connected map and then come back, the event doesn't respawn. Is there any way to fix that?
Quick question, how do I put all my maps from the v18 version of essentials to the v20.1?
does linking indoor rooms work the same?
How do i make the map headers when i switch maps? Like when you go into a new zone, it tells you where you are
That is done when testing the game from RPG Maker within the debug menu. Ingame bring up the start menu or select the debug menu from the title screen. You'll want to find 'Edit Map Metadata' (depending on the version it's located in different sections of the menu). You can set it by editing location name and show location options.
Pt3?
I can't get the map connections to work
I have a problem that I can't solve, I created an event for the main plot of my game, the race must challenge me, if I win everything goes as it should go, while if I lose I go back to mom's house but gary's script continues as if I had won, if I lose how do I restart the event without it disappearing?
Check the Faraday Island Map, I believe what they do with mew is something you can use. As in the outcome is stored in some variable and then you make whatever happens after the event (like rechallanging) depending on "is variable = x" on two seperate event pages. So variable = 1 = won, autorun victory talk, variable = 2 = loss = give option to repeat race/battle.
i dont know why but when i press a nothing append in map connection. Did you have a solution
bada boom
Hello, I don't have the "information editors" section.
I only see the FIELD / BATTLE / POKEMON / ITEM / PLAYER PBS / OTHER / FILES.
I checked on every and I can't see a map editor there. Is it done on pbs files only ? I have RPGXP 1.05a and essentials 21.1
Nevermind if I choose "edit map connection.txt" it brings the editor like in the video
POG GERS
hey, can you help me with this? the "Information Editors" won't show up in my debug menu.
I figured that doing PBS file editors > edit map_connections.txt brings me to the same screen as the tutorial, hope this helps 2 weeks late
whe I boot up the game, it does not react to any of my mouse or keyboard inputs. What am I missing?
are you using the arrow keys?
Treasy peasy lemon squeasy
First
second
@@mokyupilled third!
Im gonna be honest im lost
Just wait until he gets to events... it definitely took a few tries to get going...
I did not design my example world 1:1 as Thundaga's so one thing I noticed is that when I connected my maps there was this huge blank space simply because I had to lower route one in order to get my roads to match up.
Shifting the map around helps a lot just keep in mind the placement of your connecting roads/maps.
v21.1 Changes as I go...
1. Information Editors = "PBS file editors"
2. "Edit map_connections.txt"
Ty bro
I don't really drag as my hand isn't really steady I guess. Also there seems to be some overlap in my trees and some of it is easily fixable at 30x30 on route one I'm experiencing some overlap of the trees.
Dragging has fixed this issue as it cleanly moved everything down. Just gotta play with it. xD