It was hoped by many that doing this will encourage Enterbrain to continue making English language releases. This by extension makes his version of the application illegal due to using unlicensed assets.īecause of the controversy and legality issues, many sites dedicated to RPG Maker have ceased offering downloads of the program. The RTP package in Don Miguel's version of RPG Maker 2000 uses ripped assets from SNES games such as Star Ocean and Tales of Phantasia, which are protected by copyright and thus illegal to use without a license. However it strikes many as being extremely hypocritical to build a site around providing resources for RPG Maker, tutorials to teach people to use it, and a support community only to 'frown upon' people who actually put the site content to work by using the program! But this is false, as the program has not been legally downloadable until 2015, far since Enterbrain obtained the rights to the series. However, some in the opposing camp says that the program became illegal once Enterbrain received the rights to it. There was a myth that stated ASCII (now Enterbrain) gave permission or licensing rights to a Russian computer programmer named Don Miguel to create an English version for free distribution, which is incorrect and false. Many, perhaps most within the RPG Maker community feel that RPG Maker 20 are legal, falling under the same category as anime fansubs. The controversy is largely based on whether or not the distribution is legal or not.

The Steam version of the application has more features such as the ability to fully customize the phrases used in battle for actions such as attack.Īlthough it sounds paradoxical, the downloading and distribution of English language RPG Maker programs has in itself been a source of controversy within the community. RPG Maker 2000 introduces the concept of the ' Runtime Package', which is used to allow game downloads to be reduced in size by omitting the default assets in the game download and allowing users to download and install the default assets separately from the game. RPG Maker 2000 is the first program in the series to be able to play MP3 files for music and sound effects.Īll image resources must be indexed 256 color images for it to be recognized by RPG Maker 2000. RPG Maker 2000 is the first in the series to have number variables for use in eventing, allowing for easier construction of arenas, for example, and the ability to add a secondary currency. Unlike RPG Maker 95 which has its games in a 640x480 resolution, the resolution of RPG Maker 2000 games is 320x240, and its map tiles are 16x16 instead of 32x32 as in RPG Maker 95.

2.1 Definitely Legal RPG Maker Programs.

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