Read this before asking about how to script RGSS

[Zeriab]

*Notice* Look in the RMXP help! *Notice*

Here's some links to pages you might want to read before start scripting RGSS.

Tutorials for learning RGSS:
Dubealex's RGSS Script Tutorials:
RGSS & Ruby Lesson - Chapter 1
RGSS & Ruby Lesson - Chapter 2
RGSS & Ruby Lesson - Chapter 3

Astro's RGSS Script Tutorials: (mirror) (currently broken)
Lesson 1: Comments, Classes, and Variable Syntax
Lesson 2: Variable scope, attributes, constants, return, and super
Lesson 3: Advanced Methods and If
Lesson 4: Case, Loops, and Iterators
Lesson 5: Numbers
Lesson 6: Strings

RPG's RGSS tutorials
Tutorial 1 : The Basics
Tutorial 2 : Variable
Tutorial 3 : Control Flow - Part A
Tutorial 3 : Control Flow - Part B
Tutorial 3 : Control Flow - Part C
Tutorial 4 : Containers & Methods - Arrays and Hashes (Part 1)
Tutorial 4 : Containers & Methods - Blocks and Methods (Part 2)

Simple Scripting Tutorials - Rune
Regular Expressions in RGSS (Regexp)- Zeriab

RGSS Syntax:
Near Fantastica RGSS Syntax List
RGSS References at Dubealex.com

Other useful stuff:
Misc. Ruby Stuff by Aoshiwik

If you want to learn ruby (not connected to RGSS) go to Rubycentral.com
Go here for a list of the built-in Ruby classes and modules
RadRails.com <-- An excellent Ruby SDK (Software Developer Kit). Based on Eclipse.

If you have anything to add, please say so.

[Lord Dante]

doesn't the help file in rmxp contain something about scripting?

[Zeriab]

You're quite right.
Added

[Lord Cloud]

you should also note that it is in the legal english version only which means we only get a months peace before we get stormed by idiot noobs again.

[Lord Dante]

i wouldnt talk if i were you...

anyways, they can (if they evolve out of noobishness) copy the text to word and then post it. Thatd be nice...

[Lord Cloud]

i wouldnt talk if i were you...

oh, im so offended[/sarcasm] keep in mind i wasnt referring to anyone specifically. im just saying there's a lot of noobs out there. im done my, er... rant.

[Zeriab]

Meh, you can download the help file from CrankEye.com, yes that's here.  :roll:

[ahref]

shouldnt this be stickied

[haloOfTheSun]

shouldnt this be stickied

Fine.... if you insist.  :roll:

[Zeriab]

Requesting resticking. (I can't report my own posts )

[Arrow]

I'll report you then!

[thingy]

lol that sounds like a threat

[Arrow]

Nay, t'was a friendly favor!

[Zeriab]

Yay. It got stickied 
Thanks

[Winged]

Nice 

What would you all suggest for me to read if I were to script a CMS?

~Winged

[Blizzard]

First read the code of the basic Scene_Menu. Then go over to more complex codes, learn how they work, what they do and how they do it. No real tutes are actually needed here.

[Winged]

Thanks, I'll read them tomorrow when I'm awake...

Good night everyone 

~Winged

[Zeriab]

Dubealex's tutorials seems to involve window management, so you could also read them.

[Winged]

Thanks Zeriab (This took a long time, I didn't check up when I woke up, sorry) I'll edit this post to see if I got any of this scripting

~Winged

[Zeriab]

No problems.
If you still have problems I suggest you make a topic in either Scripts or Troubleshooting depending on the problem you have. (Possible also Tutorials)

[Snailer]

I'm gonna give it a go at scripting  in rgss ruby ^^  Any tips i need to know ?

[Zeriab]

I don't really know any tips you need to know before reading the tutorials.
If you have problems I suggest you make a topic in either Scripts or Troubleshooting depending on the problem you have. (Possible also Tutorials)

[.:Pyroken Serafoculus:.]

I read through the tutorials and part of the default script, but there are a few things I don't understand. what are the functions of the attr_ codes, and what does self. mean?

I'm getting anoying, but I'd like to know what the @ in code means as well. Like in this method from Game_Variables:

  def initialize
    @pdata = []
  end

[Blizzard]

1. An @ before the variable's name means it's a class variable. An example would be an actor's name. The Game_Actor class represents the actor and the class variable @name is a string with his name.

2. attr_reader, attr_writer and attr_accessor are just what they are saying.
- attr_reader lets you read a class variable from "outside"
- attr_writer lets you write (that means change) a variable from "oustide"
- attr_accessor does like the two above together: read and write

3. the self. is actually accessing the class from "within" like it would be from the "outside". If you try self.name within the Game_Actor class, but there is no defined attr_reader :name or attr_accessor :name, it will give you the "Undefined method 'name' for class 'Game_Actor'"

Hope that helps.

EDIT:

BTW, the attr_reader is often used instead of an attr_accessor like for example he actor's HP. Then something called "encapsulation" is done instead and instead of just "writing" the actor's HP the given value for the actor's new current HP is first processed little bit, so the HP won't exceed the max HP and won't go lower than 0. Check out def hp=(hp) in the Game_Actor class to see what I mean.

[.:Pyroken Serafoculus:.]

That makes sense. Thanks!