Uploading Maps

[Darthseth]

Hey, im new here. I came to this forum to look for help of more experienced people.
I hope you can help me    (and, if i can, ill help you too, even tho im just a n00b at rpg maker)

Well, here it goes:
I'm makin a game with my girl, and we decided that she would do the maps. In her comp, at her house.
However, i cant find a way to upload the maps she made to "my" game, on my comp, at my house.
Is there a way to do it?

Thanks in advance 

[DeathLock~]

You can copy the tileset database and maps through a copy of the project. Of course with any tilesets and autotile graphics with them. And there you go.

[Grafikal]

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All she needs to do is upload the maps from her project's data folder. She could compress them to .rar or .zip and then upload the file using some uploading website. Then you just download them and open the file and place those map files into your data folder.

VX contains all the maps in one file, but XP makes a new file for each map, which is easier to import certain maps. If you have any more trouble or questions, let us know.

Also, instead of uploading the files, especially if she's RIGHT THERE, just grab a flash drive/jump drive and put the files on that, then just move it to your computer.

[Darthseth]

i dont mean the tilesets... its like, we have the same tilesets and stuff. but she made a few scenarios, with the tilesets, and i cant use them in my game.

is it possible to use a place/map/town/whatever from another game/project in mine's if i have the tilesets used for its creation?

[DeathLock~]

Yes, you just simply copy the map from one project and paste it into another. That's what we've posted.

[Grafikal]

If she's using a custom tileset and you do not have that same one, then you'll get a really funky looking map if you use a different tileset. If you don't have the same tileset, get it, then import into the resource editor and set the maps that USE that tileset with that tileset. You can set what maps use what tilesets by right clicking on the map, clicking on map properties, then selecting the tileset from the drop down menu in there. Also, custom tilesets require some setting up with passability and priority.

Though as I said before, you just need to import or copy/paste the Maps from her data folder into your data folder.

[Darthseth]

i've tried the copy/paste thing, but when i copy a map from her folder and paste it in my folder, and when i open the RMXP, the map is not in the list.... i wonder if im doin something wrong.... :S


[EDIT] We have the same tilesets, thats not the prob. :/ its the map itself, i wont show up in the map selection screen

[Grafikal]

Make sure you don't have any maps that share the same name.

Also, I'm not positive, but you may need to include the 'MapInfos' file from her data folder as well, though I think that just includes the information for the events occurring in those maps. Even so, you may want that file anyway, however, it'll over write the one in your folder since there is only one.

[Darthseth]

ye, i tried that. like, my last map name was map38
i named her map map39
and with matching map ID numbers.. its strange. have you tried uploading a map made my some1 else?


[EDIT] if i overwrite map info, ill lose events on other maps created by me... :l

[Grafikal]

Attach the file in a post of one of your maps, or upload it someplace and supply me the link. I'll try to get it to work. If there's a problem I'll let you know. If not, I'll tell you what I did.

[Darthseth]

Ok. i'll do that. what site do i use to upload it anyway?
Thanks by the way

[Grafikal]

Check one of my top posts in here, I linked a couple places you can use for free to upload files.

[modern algebra]

One idea is for both of you to get a dropbox account. That way, you can each mess around with it on your own computers, save it, and the changes are saved for both of you. However, you will need to work out a system so that you're not both working on it at the same time, as I do not know what would happen then.

[Rippa44]

you could always just send the whole project.. it might take a little longer or take a bit more space.. but it should work.