If I draw the maps by hand, would XP>VX still?

[Saigokarasu]

Greetings.

I feel I am capable enough to draw the backgrounds and the ingame maps. Would XP still be considered superior to VX with this in mind? Is so, why?

 

[shadowmimiiru]

I'm still trying to figure out what you mean by drawing the ingame maps. do you mean making your own tileset, or basically doing a video game version of a DnD map?

As for the backgrounds ... from what I've heard, VX has higher resolution (although I've really not noticed) so that may or may not be a good thing for your backgrounds.

Not much help, I know, but I am confused about what you mean with the maps.

 

[JoshieBoy]

XP by default is indeed superior to VX in the mapping department by default, but with enough determination and the right resources, VX can match XP if not surpass it. I think that drawing the in game maps is an interesting idea, but I think it might cause some problems like passability issues and it might clash with the charsets if you do not do it a certain way. I would love to see a screenshot of a map using this method so that I might make a more accurate assessment, because I don't have a lot to go on right now.

 

[Ellie]

VX > XP if you are drawing the maps yourself, purely because you can view panoramas in the map editor, making it a lot easier to work out passabilities.

 

[Caine]

I've only been using VX for a few days, but I'm having BIG problems with how the tilesets work. I'm using the Multiple Tilesets script to allow me to use as many as I need, but it's not working very well, and I hate it, because it's stopping me from making my game.

I'm thinking about switching to XP - but then I can't use the great VX scripts I've found...but I guess there are other scripts for XP that I could use.