RPG Maker XP Video Mapping Tutorial - Grassland Part 4

[diego98512]

Are you a girl? It says on your channel that you're a gentleman but you sound like a woman o.O

[XdjdaleyX]

Noooo Arshes was traaaped, i personally use the grass shadow as different shades of grass and put it all over the map to make it not look all the same.

[laitto84]

KISIERA PREGUNTARTE ALGO SE PUEDE CREAR PAISAJES Y PERSONAJES PARA PODER INTRODUCIRLO AL PROGRAMA

[Corey897]

lol gralssland.

[xCrystaria]

you could have used Re-edited autotiles (for example Round Water, just google Ccoa Round Water) and some Lightning (Or in this one Shadow) effects, together with clouds or Fog.

BUT for a Tutorial, to show how the Tile itself should be used, this is a good video.

[NovaShadowBlade]

I am looking for an experienced mapper for my game who will be able to provide stellar maps. if you are interested, message me!

Good tutorial, btw :)

[RegishaV3]

yeah, im making my own games

and this tutorial was helpfull =D

[2Pacelipse]

boxxy..babe, with two e's?

[tiago7430]

????

[Yaszar]

Does somebody know how to make cloud's shadows effects? I don't remember...

[sageeagle]

Everyone. As of Nov. 29 2009. Willowsidhe has Discontinued her Tutorials for Rpg Maker Xp. But she has left her Videos here for us to use.

She will be missed, but we Must be Thankful that she has helped everyone, and we Thank her for her Efforts.

[Excusen]

If this i a boy it sounds like a girl xD!

[PenguSan]

Your voice is annoying but one can't deny a nice tutorial :< Good job

[Joshdrawings]

Grassland maps almost never are too bigger, because there's almost no tiles to draw a creative map. But you done one good map. You're an excellent porjector.

[TeamReptileStudios]

I don't make much grasslands, but they always turn out as forests :P

[reillo9]

mine too, im not good with other stuff and i dont like empty maps so i have a tendency to fill it with trees

[ArcanaM00n]

Looks amazing!

i just starting with RMXP and i never had done a map is kinda annoyin to me do a map because the multiple layer, but i see the result is awesome!

i`ll try harder and stay tunned for your incoming tutorials, thks and luck :)

[mrgrim5000]

Yeah i found a key gen for it lol it works well just look on youtube theres quite a few vids on it

[BmxAddict08]

Is there a way to save a game like in a flash player or smth like that and then send to friends ? becouse , the only way to play is to get the RPG maker

[reillo9]

your best bet to do that is through scripting

[Caldaron]

nice bumbling around kid

[haydenap]

The map looks great btw, but umm if you player wants to go inside or the tent what map to you think would be best? Because since it is a tent you can't have walls and I couldnt seem to find anything fitting. If you can help me out that would be great. Thank you

[reillo9]

i just set and out door map and use the color tone to add some shade, since tents dont normally have floors

[manat31790]

I'm very bad at making field and world maps. Would you please give me advices?

[TheNasiPanas]

LOL, u mess the map, remember not to put any tile on starting point (S tile), but great tut vid though, all ur vid easy to understand

[Darkdanex]

No you got to pay like $60

[taxmannDK]

is the program free?

[Darkdanex]

No it $60

but go on youtube and try find it for free >: (

[TheNasiPanas]

try search in google and youtube for the free one

i`ve found 1 and now busy using and learning it

[TheChipster91]

You can download it for free. Look around on google.

[kris199700]

you can get the Demo for free but its only for like 30 days

[silvermoonkingdom]

Can I ask, how I can switch maps? I mean, I know that when you saw on special spot you appear in other map? How should I do that ?

[RMXPMapper]

Make a new event and click on the teleport event.

[silvermoonkingdom]

Mmmm, thanks. And, maybe you could help me with my other question : I want that my EVENT walk through doors and disappear. Help????

[RMXPMapper]

I have absolutely no clue what you are asking. Please speak proper english, then I will help you.

[silvermoonkingdom]

OK, I'll try, but don't be very angry, cause I really can't talk very well. So, my character, I mean, Player talks with a boy, and, at the end of the cutscene, that boy (not Player) has walk through doors, understood? If yes, then I want to ask, how I could make that boy(not PLAYER, again) walk through doors. If not, then please answer, and I'll try to explain everything again. Thank you!

[serge282]

Uhm, I'm not sure, never tried that :P.

You could try to make him move with the event option move and move him untill he stands for the door. Add the: Wait for move to be complete Make another move and select the door. Select "Change Graphic" and change it to the second door picture, wait a few frame, third picture and so on. Add another wait for move to be completed. IF there is a destroy function, use that. Otherwise make a switch turn on, and make the boys second page with that switch on...

[serge282]

and select no picture and make him through. Change the door to close again by the move function. I don't know if it works, I just try to figure it out with my mind. Try it, otherwise, PM me. I'll help you.

[silvermoonkingdom]

thank you very much. if I will have any questions, I will PM you. OK?

[AimoTheAsian]

hi im new at this and im wondering if you can use 2 or more different tilesets on the same map, if you can, please tell me how Lol

[Virtunx]

you cant, unless you make your own tileset which is a mix of the two

[courtroompsi]

Wonderful! The best thing to do is master these little rooms, because these are perfect for surprise bosses/cutscenes in big fields!

Bravo, this taught me a lot!

[xthexkingxofxheartsx]

Also, the tile that's grass with the dirt outline is more properly intended to be used to break up the monotony of paths as it can be placed overtop the dirt auto-tile :3

Good video for beginners, though.

[Eskuppe]

i gotta say, before this video i thought the map didn't look all that good, but yeh now it looks great..it helped me with my map making, thx for da post

[AngelicPokemon]

Great, but im having trouble with connecting maps (Like when your character goes to a certain place,house,door) I dont get how to connect to it (Once entered or interacted with door or whatever, it takes u to another scenery)

[DeisakufangurlX]

use the command transfer player.

[demzmetal]

go to the event page and there you will see an event list then double-click it and then you will see a pop-up go to the one where it says transfer player and then click that once and choose where to go

[toutoua94]

how can i get more tiles and if you have time to answer how do i remove the white parts in the tile

[helloimlilg10]

lol i shortend the vid by skipping to end and copied it!

[kai988]

is there a way to get parts from another map on it... like lets say i want a forest peice in my tower or something. is there a way to put them both on the same map.

[willowsidhe]

Yep, you'd have to combine the tilesets in a image editing program and then upload it to your project. It's not too hard. You could do it in paint if you had to. I think I'll do a tutorial on this soon. It's a frequently asked question. :)

[darkbeetlebot]

@willowsidhe when I was making a pokemon game with this, pressing f9 would bring a menu where you could select an option called visual editor and you could merge maps into one or overlap them. can you do something like that in this? if so, how?

[otakuofanime]

wow, your maps are amazing! i just ordered rpg maker from amazon for £4, and all my current maps with rpg maker 2003 are barren wastelands. something that would pake your maps even more awesome (if thats possible) is if you could add some events to make your ap really interactive (though you probably allready did that later

[Bub7000]

whats the thumping in the background? oh btw, you kinda over did it with the textures... and you patternized the depressed and raised areas, along with the trees. if you had used this in game, i would recommend taking the plants from under the bridge away if there was a path and a tent there, the plant would probably be walked on enough to have been ripped or torn from the ground.... just some suggestions and criticism

[willowsidhe]

The thumping in the background was the screen recorder I was using at the time. Also, suggestions are always welcome. Thanks for your input but I continue to stand by my mapping skills. ;)

I'd also like to point out once again that this is a tutorial for NEW mappers who want to learn how to use all of the tiles. This isn't meant to be the only way to map a grassland, simply a tutorial on how the individual tiles should be used. Thanks again!

[typiarzix1]

dont worry, wait for voice mutation

[MapleHielo]

what is better RPG MAKER XV OR XP?

[nathan6911]

i would like too know too iv got both but i dono witch is better XD

[Josephkohh]

XP :D!!

[Bub7000]

i like xp more

[gordeszkakerek]

Gyökééér:D a végén arra se figyelt,hogy belerakja a karaktert a hidba:D aztán hogy terelt már:D Tipikus amerikai...

[xadiefa]

It looks crowded or funky lol

[MIDNAq1LINK]

awesome tutorial! ive goten a lot better at mapping!

[UncleChesty]

amanda bynes?

[Fragglezed]

Although it looks quite good I feel that the undulation doesn't look natural. Yes, it gives a certain aura of depth, but random mounds don't tend to appear like that. It's useful when you're making cliff maps, however. (I'm not saying don't use it, I'm just saying it sticks out too much. The mapper here did a good job of hiding it, though.)

[RXM9600]

she sound so sexy XD

[SokioPhalanx]

It took her so long to make this, if you're making a game it'd take ages if you made every small grassland area pristine.

[CarlosIsDown]

I like what you said SokioPhalanx, but I don't understand why you put it as a reply to RXM9600's 'sexy' remark.

[smartypan227]

yeah but its going to look a hell of a lot nicer and more realistic

[megamariohead]

weirdo

[Dadevster2]

sorry, bud it's not very good. okay, but not great.

[wii0101]

omg thank you so much my maps look sooo much better now

[o11ymarshall]

fourth of a tree lol, its a quarter! great tut tho!

[Yoshi1x8]

excellent mapping but the hypercam or what ever u were using screwed it up when you tested played

[DvinityGuardianX]

Why do you think it's called Mapping?

[crystalman101]

Because it is. What do you call it?

[sausg]

This isn't a very good tutorial. I mean it's okay but it's stating the obvious. The end result isn't appealing and doesn't look very professional. There's way too much going on for example, it's like a sampling of every tile.

[deadman661]

your julis you cant be that good

yes im a sucky speller

[willowsidhe]

Well, good. Because that's what it was supposed to be. I continue to be amazed by people who think this map is crowded. Goodness, do you all not put anything on your maps at all? I will stop playing a game immediately if I'm put into a giant, boring, open space. Thanks for your input, though. Suggestions are always welcome. :)

[asphyXxXia]

the tutorial in general was ok,

would help if you could tell us how to place the player down the bottom (or in general anywhere)

[newtoomanga]

Holy fuck, youre good

[Maltebyte]

can anyone give me the serial number please thanks alot

[asphyXxXia]

I downloaded a serial generator from piratebay, its a little difficult to figure out, but there are instructions with it

[zigzack54]

i know how to get it free!!! i will leave a vid response or check my profile

[Dadevster2]

its called ILLEGAL bud

[chikachika90]

please please please tell me how i can swich the tilesets ive been trying to do it for ages now

XD

[fredburma]

Forgive me because I haven't used it in a while, but you right click on the map where it appears in the bottom left-hand corner and select one of the options there. Again, I haven't used it in a while so I don't know which one it is exactly.

[diepretty555]

if you put the trees all on the 3rd layer you cant make the trees bunched e.g a square or something, i do it and it looks pretty good, also you wont be able to but small things in front of the tree, like mushrooms or small flowers, it really adds to the effect, but this is still a good tutorial

[DragonDancer778]

Your tutorials have helped my mapping ability out alot! i was having blocked effects and just gras with a few trees, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! 5/5 XOXOXOXOX ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[ParanoidPie]

Your maps are preety good, I can tell you that. But, I can make better. No offense, my brother says that I go overload on my maps... You can never have too much eye candy!

[willowsidhe]

Well, we're all our own biggest fans. But I would disagree. You can definitely have too much eye candy and that's what makes many maps look awful. "Too much" is subjective unfortunately. :)

[AnimeSnave]

I'm with you! I love my maps full of foliage and not simply a barren wasteland (GOD I hate playing games like that!) Anyways, good job on the map although I don't even use XP anymore!

[harfunkal]

No offence but your voice in kinda annoying... Haha, and I think your chewing gum. But you make good maps lol.

[jaden89]

when i play test my grassland i go near the water and then somehow i walk on the water how can i fix that?

[Dewoor]

database - tileset, change the attributes of water tiles. or put water to another level.

[mikemastah]

maybe u putted some tree's shadow on the water then you can walk on the shadow

[AkinariNakasone]

Go to the database, tilesets tab, and then click an X onto the water tile.

[themanofsonic]

go to the database tilesets and click on the grasslands and then click on the bits u dont wannt walk on :P

[dancera]

nice 1 star becouse it helped me 2 stars becouse your voice sounds good and another 2 stars becouse its cool so i give you 5 starso and my demo for rpgmaker xp expierd no wher i can git the free ful version

[vtp1965]

search rpg maker positality knights edition it doesn't do every thing that rpg maker xp does but it's free.

[lighttsuki]

thanks this helped me a lot

[olracdude]

Its Cool! Thanks for your tutotrial!

[susaetern]

Come on everyone. every one's complaining about how messy the map is, but you're losing the point. It's meant as an example, and, to teach you the basics of each sprite.

[MGOPwns]

Crowded and funky ^^ lol

Nice vid, my grasslands consist of 4 trees and an unnatural river :(

[UltimaEXE]

Hey willowsidhe I love your tutorials please keep up

[ZaOutsider]

You should've done a couple frogs =)

[alexross8]

I map good in rm2k3 , but i might try xp.

i like your map

[Prinnybombdood]

this is better then mine were you get it

[olifreyr]

finally someone that can record their voice so that it sounds ok xD

[ChaoticWerewolf]

Lovely voice too... That alone gives you 4 stars!

[ChaoticWerewolf]

Wee! Nice! A girl that likes RPG Making. :-P

Scripting is the hard part though.. :-/

[Showkaizer]

I'm usually not a fan of RTP. I prefer original tiles .But it's mostly because people don't know how to use it. You're definately one of the exceptions . I like your tutorials and hopefully new RMXP'ers are paying close attention.

BTW I was curious, what do you use to record this? I make a lot of custom graphics myself and I want to do a series of tutorials on the subject , but the video keeps looking so blurry and stuff...

[Boepp123]

its looks pretty good girl u do better then the guys this map was like a real forest it was just to great thanks for ur tutorial

[KitKatWoo]

This is the first tutorial of yours I've seen, and it's awesome! I just got RPG Maker XP yesterday! THANK YOU!!

[scorch41]

I think your map looks great, I'm not exactly new to RPG maker xp, but maps was one thing I coould never fully get, your tutorial was great, thanks.

[willowsidhe]

no problem. Thanks for watching. :)

[xpistolwhipx]

Are you a guy or girl?!?!

[willowsidhe]

I'm a girl. lol. :)

[BenMiddleton14]

i think its a very good map, the river isnt crazy, its natural and has had an effect to the land, its wats you call erosion guys, (besides willowsidhe) and i dont think its over crowded at all, look out your window right now, go on, and then look at the picture, they're many scrubs and trees (hopefully) and this shows that it isnt over crowded, PHEW finally all done, and btw great vid :D

[willowsidhe]

thanks! someone appreciates my wisdom here. lol.

[pinklomane]

k, it is a good tutorial for beginners, but nothing special. i'd be surprised if a newbie couldn't do this alone. but still: nice idea.

and yes, it looks crowded.

@willowsidhe: do you have a good script for heroes, so that they follow you like the monsters in dragon quest? or some rmxp-style tilesets?

[willowsidhe]

Wow, i'm really surprised to hear that people think this looks crowded. To me, it's on the verge of being too dull. I'd hate to see how empty your maps look. :( Empty space = Boring. And surprisingly enough, there are MANY noobs who have no idea how to use these tilesets.

[willowsidhe]

And to answer your question, i have scripts a-plenty but you'd be better off searching for exactly what you want on one of the various RMXP websites such as CreationAsylum. For tilesets, I recommend phanxgames. They have the largest collection I've seen.

[pinklomane]

k, I knew these sources. But with "crowded" I didn't think at not uses space. It looks just, as if you would have tried to use as much tiles as possible. Looks a bit like random.

But maybe our styles are just different.

[willowsidhe]

Nature is random. :)

[pinklomane]

Your river looks a bit... crazy ó.O

[willowsidhe]

how does a sane river look? lol

[Darkloud93]

i dont mean to be messed up or anything but i just dont like the map theres like to much stuff going on and it looks crowded

[daSenfgurke]

ur map is so boring! it looks terrible. search for another hobby, girl!

[willowsidhe]

terrible? i'd hate to see what you think a good map looks like...

[willowsidhe]

oh, and you did watch the entire video, right?

[daSenfgurke]

yes i watched the complete vid. but in the end i got asleep...

[willowsidhe]

lol. well, sorry i wasn't any help to you. sweet dreams. :)

[Coyotetraceur]

Umm...

Excuse me...

Can i subscribe to ur Videos?

Im using RPG Maker XP too, and i just started mapping.

I hope we can hel each other actually.

I await your repply.

Thanks!

[willowsidhe]

sure you can subscribe. :)

[Coyotetraceur]

Yay!

<3

[sebasse8]

i gave money to buy rm xp but they still did not give me the code!!

[tipsyisme]

i can get you a copy for free if u want

[sebasse8]

yeah i would like a free copy because they never send me the code for activation and i really love rpg maker xp (and i love the tutorials willowsidhe makes

[wholovescomedy]

u r a girl rite?

[willowsidhe]

yes you can import your own sprites as long as they are the correct size and everything and yes, i am a girl. :)

[wholovescomedy]

can u import ur own sprites 2 this? Post back on my channel

[VanguardBandits]

YOU ROCK! lol

[willowsidhe]

bring it on!! lol :)

[SharolaidDotCom]

Hahaha, I'mma post a vid response to this of a lil silly joke thinggy I did with RPG maker

[SharolaidDotCom]

Plus I'm the kind of person who really likes to make the map REALLY nice! So what I usually do is, I deal with a 20x15 square of map, decorate it real nice, then connect another 20x15 and make that nice, and by the time I'm done... I got a really fancy lookin' place!

[willowsidhe]

yes, you can definitely do that for some nice maps. i also like to combine tilesets. i downloaded one somewhere that has like all the rtp tilesets combined so that's really nice.

[SharolaidDotCom]

That's good! But ofcourse, you gotta make multiples since you can't have all the autotiles in one >_<;

[SharolaidDotCom]

I never like the chipsets they give you, I always have to take bits from other chip sets, and make my own. 'Cause I need my grass land to have mountains too! And houses! And fences as well. But that' just me.

[Thunderpike420]

This is great

Im looking forward to your next video

[curtisford14]

iv got the game but how do u get it for free cause im on a 30 day trial .. wat happens wen tht ends ?

[willowsidhe]

you have to purchase it. you can't get it for free unless it's illegally and i can't endorse that.

[shadowboy166]

Your subscribers have gone up by one!

[willowsidhe]

woohoo! now i just have to get some more vids up!

[slothboy77]

Very helpful, and yea, u remind me of bob ross too lol. Great vid, very imformative. Im gonna go watch the rest of em now lol.

[MURTAGH14616]

ur cool

[alucard1201]

this feels like that painting guy on tv a long time ago, bob ross, with the happy trees and watnot

[willowsidhe]

lol. i was thinking the same thing as i was watching it back before i posted it. but next time i'm gonna make sure and use the phrase "happy trees" in my tuts. :)

[ReuWil]

And throw in "It's that easy" a lot as you do it. :-)

[ReuWil]

LOL. Yes, you are right.

[MSJelin]

Looks like someone followed you're tutorial a bit TOO well:

youtube. com/watch?v=b49HrI5koMk

[willowsidhe]

ha! well, imitation is the greatest form of flattery. :)

[NumBeast]

Your tutorials are very helpful, thank you for putting the effort into making them. If you plan on making tutorials for every chipset I look forward to seeing the ones for towns, which is where I'm having the biggest problems. What program are you using to record you screen? Thanks again for your videos.

[willowsidhe]

Thanks! Yes, I'm going to do some very detailed tuts for the towns as soon as I can. I was using some piece of crap program called freeze or something. Now i'm using CamStudio which is way better and free!

[weirdalfreak]

Your tutorials are AWSOME! ^^ Please make more, PS: Your voice is G-R-E-A-T! I love that accent! =D! Keep at it bud!

[willowsidhe]

Thanks! I plan on making a tut for every chip set in the RTP, as soon as I find the time...

[MSJelin]

You know you can use control to walk through things right? Nice map btw

[willowsidhe]

control?  how so?

[willowsidhe]

Oh, you mean to move through tiles!  i didn't catch what you were saying. Thanks!