IM NEW TO THIS

hello everyone... im the newest noobie to join rpg maker xp =] anyway can someone tell me how im supposed to use this program... i know some basics but thats it....
umm making a quest i need help with
and also is there a way to start the game without all the characters? every time i try to start one all 4 characters are already there with me....
and lastly is there a way to change the attacks that each person has? like can i give someone a diffrent attack and such?
thanks for any help  that anyone can give me =]

This tutorial is great for new people:

http://rmrk.net/index.php/topic,762.0.html

to answer your specific questions:

In the system tab of the database (accessed by F9 or by clicking the icon), you can set starting party in the top right corner.

Attacks are based on the weapons they have equipped. You can set an animation on any weapon (in the weapons tab of the database) and all you need to do is equip the weapon.

A lot of your questions can be answered through the tutorial I linked to. The help file is also a good source, and you can always right click on stuff and click "What's this?" and get a short description of the thing.

Thnx for the help =] glad i joined this community...coz by the looks of it very friendly indeed =]

Oh. That tutorial is the bomb. That's the first tutorial I ever looked at for RMXP and it pretty much got me to where I am today. Also, this community is friendly, but mostly in this section of the forums where the frequent RMXP/RM2k3 stay.

Hell yeah, I read it once and the next second...I was like.....woooooooosh......1 hour gameplay completed.

Also www.yamisiterawr/variables.php.
Learn variables while you still can.

Yeah. Learn the concept of switches, self-switches, and variables as fast as possible. Learn as much of them as you can to begin with and you'll do much better with eventing. They are also used a looooot.

Don't forget to read the story making tuts on the tutorial database section.

Never make a game without a story, It won't happen.
and if it did, won't be pretty, matey.....
You'll swab the deck of your mind for months without advancing in your project !

http://rmrk.net/index.php/topic,18723.0.html

Its friendly, yeah. Umm, Ive got some lip on it before. haha okay. I would recomend also searching youtube for some tutorials. I watched about every vid on there 2 to 3 times and Im already underway on a game.

I'm friendly

The tutorials here are very good!    and I'm friendly too!

(Leventhan, seems your making a pirate-theme game, eh? Arrrr....eye wish yer luck with it!  )

(Leventhan, seems your making a pirate-theme game, eh? Arrrr....eye wish yer luck with it!  )

Yer ryght, matey.
Ye Cap'n 'ere be makin me own pirate game !
Wish me treasure !

Its friendly, yeah. Umm, Ive got some lip on it before. haha okay. I would recomend also searching youtube for some tutorials. I watched about every vid on there 2 to 3 times and Im already underway on a game.

There's video on youtube? Daaang... I should take a look at some if they're good enough...