GameMaker can make basically any 2D game with the right scripts, and 3D games are possible (though they lag and don't usually work very well). RPG Maker XP just isn't built for that kind of thing. It could probably be done, but it wouldn't be worth the effort and (most probably) money that it would take. GameMaker is the better program to use for the kind of thing you're looking for (RTS games), not to mention the fact that it's free, and buying it for advanced features is 1/6 of the cost of RMXP.

I played a game like the one you intending to make for gamemaker, I'll go of on an adventure to find it now for you, post the link up later..I think all gamemaker games are backwards compatable, so that the downloader can see what the creator did via scripts and such..if not, I guess you still get to play the game and see the possiblities.

Edit:Well that Didn't take long...Heres the Download Link?If this is simalar to your intentions, XP is not suited for you

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I saw and played the game you linked and it wasn't what i was envisioning for my project the best example i could give is age of empires. It won't be 3D just sprites on a background. Clicking on a button then placing a building, creating units from those buildings. Really it would have to be a top down view. I don't mind scripting if it were possible and reasonable i have written in visual basic and tinkered in flash. But I don't know if either gamemaker or rpg maker are capable of it that why i was asking. Which one could do it, and which one could do it more efficiently.

That's what I thought. A game like Age of Empires or Majesty (my favorite computer game of all time, but it gave me a virus ) would be next to impossible to make in RMXP, I think. With Game Maker, it could probably be done much more easily. Ask around for some tips for learning GMSS (Game Maker Scripting System), or ask for some help in making it.

Its GML

Eh... Yes, GML. I haven't used GameMaker since a camp last summer, and we didn't use GML at all. I visited the forums once or twice, but never really did anything. I'm allowed to get confused, right?

Holy wizzle, I remember these names! Lizzo and etc, I read some of their older posts.


lol, Hey guys, ironically, It turns out me and Screaminggingin have been mates for a long long time, he started out when he was 4gingin and I was...something like Blob boy or something, anyways the year after that I moved down into victoria and I became mates with screaming, in the end we talked about xp and some random shit hapopened and we said "I know you!" . I was talking to him about Xp, he didn't have it but I did, anyways we became friends and then he moved to a different high school and we still keep in touch, and now we've met up again.

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That's what I thought. A game like Age of Empires or Majesty (my favorite computer game of all time, but it gave me a virus ) would be next to impossible to make in RMXP, I think. With Game Maker, it could probably be done much more easily. Ask around for some tips for learning GMSS (Game Maker Scripting System), or ask for some help in making it.

Actually through eventing it wouldn't be that difficult really. You would just need a series of events that you could turn into anything you want from say aboat to a building and make sure particular events cannot be placed on particular terrain tags and never on impassible tags.
Admitadely it would take a bloody long time. (remembers how long chess took... *shudders*)


Hiya flip. How many accounts you got then?

So far as I can tell, two. Flipperdy_blop_blop and Screamingingin.

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So far as I can tell, two. Flipperdy_blop_blop and Screamingingin.

Can't you tell by looking at IP addresses? ^^

Anways, welcome to the forum Screa... I mean, Flip

Exactly. I did. Same IP. Still, Flip said that scream moved to a different high school. If they live near each other still, it sometimes messes up for some reason.

Or if it is a computer on the same network, the IP would be the same.

Not unless Screaminging wants a new mate... lol, jkjkjk.

But that name does sound like a Screaming name

What's up guys? I just recently got into game making, and have went through a few programs (Game Maker, FPS creator) and I'm making a game in Game Creator, but it's put on a hiatus because I'm checking out RPG Maker XP.

Hi there Kave. Hope you end up trying the program; it works really well! Welcome to the forum!