Class question

Im a newb at this and have 2 quick questions.

What are the different layers ( what are they and what do they do) ?
and
At the beginning of my rpg I want a box to appear showing the story line, then close when they close it and another box opening to ask what class and gender they want to be, then it choses the character and outs them on the map.

there are 4 layers, the first 3 are graphic layers
the 1st one is the base of the map, 2nd will show as if it was builded on the 1st and 3rd will show builded on the 2nd.

(in other words 1st for ground, 2nd for say a house and 3rd for a flower on the house)

the 4th is event layer, you make events there by double clicking anywhere.

when your game begins to make a box that say stuff make a new event (event layer+ double clicking ) set it to autostart use a message event and write in whateva.
then for choosing in the same event use the "show choices (or something)" button and do what you want for each choice you put.
(say you put a fighter choice then if the player choose it change the hero's job to fighter)

hope it helps...

you should start on a black map that you'll never use for that event and finish the event by teleporting to the first map.

Which maker are you using?

Also, the difference between the layers is basically just how things appear... think...I'm still kinda a newb. Things in the first layer are the basic "floor", things in the second layer appear over the second layer, and things in the third layer appear over everything. Then, there's the event layer, which is where you place events. If I'm wrong, would and expert quickly correct me?

Im using the newest one, 2003 somthin. I got the message thing, but how do I make it autostart and close when they want it to close?

I have my first 2 maps done, and my characters, and my message done. Whet I want now is when you clcik the yes option when you talk to a character to teliport you to my second mp, and also my game wont start when I preview it.
Could I send it to someone?

yeah check out my tut on interactive npcs.

this should help

http://www.crankeye.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4276

edit:it probably won't let you start it up because you haven't set a player starting postion.

Thank you a lot, your tut helped me uite a bit, but could I send my game to you? When they teliport to the second map the character is not right.

What do you mean? Maybe i can help

I have it set up so where you answer yes to one of the characters questions you are supossed to change to that character and teliport to the next map. The teliport works but the change of character does not.

your useing rpg xp right if not swich before your game gets to in depth.  rpg xp is way easier to use and it has better grafics

Im using rpg xp 2003 somthing, but I still have that problem, and I put a song on and it worked, but it wont let me do anything til its done, can I make it play to where everything else still comes? like my opening message and moving the guy? And how do I change the pics that are on the left? I want like a house and stuff, not the defult wood things.

Let me get this straight, you want to be able to talk to someone then you automatticly go to a diffrent area ?

Yes I got that done, when I hit the option "no" nothing happens and when I hit "yes" I teliport to map 2, but when I hit yes option I want it to change the character class.

ok i don't want to be a bother but switch over to rpg xp you can download the legal version on www.downloads.com(just type rpg xp in search box)

or the illigal one here at www.crankeye.com on the downloads page.  

trust me alot easier.  plus you can get alot more help on it and make a game with better grafics. :^^:

Ohh .. i know what you mean. You want to play as diffrent people through out the game?
Sorry i dunno how to do that, you have to ask others. i only know how to make the whole yes no thing then teliport and maybe a few other things with that.

Thats not what a realy mean, can I send you my game so you can see?

Sure, email it to me or what ever .. and i'll fix it up for you

Typo!

If you want to send it to someone, here's how to do it...

1. Go to http://www.zupload.com
2. Find and convert into a .zip file the following file: C(or whatever):/Program Files/ASCII/RPG2003/<Your Project Name>/<Your game name>
3. Click "Browse" on the site and find the abpve .zip file.
4. Click upload.
5. Copy the link given and paste it here.

Someone can then download it and fix/look at it for you. If I need to e more clear, let me know. Oh, and I agree with wolf, XP is much easier, which is why I'm using it.

http://z18.zupload.com/download.php?file=getfile&filepath=18531

That's the game ?
I'll download it in a few and check it out, i'll see what you need in it and what to edit on

The problems are

1: Music needs to play in background(music event is above start point)
2: When you click yes to a character you need to change into that character.

Well I've only worked with RPG XP for a short while now so I can only tell you what I understand about the different layers. First there are three layers of graphic design and one layer of events. The graphics from each layer from the bottom to the top stack upon one anothers. If you try to place an object upon the floor or another object without moving up a layer then you will get some nasty whitespace. This is how I usually make use of my layers.

Lower Layer: I use this for the floor, and walls.
Middle Layer: Lay Larger Details suchs as tables, lamps, and carpet.
Upper Layer: Fine details, cups on top of tables, shop items around the shopkeeper, maybe some odd lighting.
Event Layer: Triggers, actions, characters. In here goes what really makes a game a game.

Welp, this is all I could help with considering I have a very limited knowledge of RPG XP. Good luck.

This is 2003, right? If it is, then I can't open it, I'm using XP. Frack. This reinforces my point about using XP...kinda.

So xp and xp 2003 are different?

Yes very ... 2003, has bad graphics. and XP has great 2-D graphics