Scripting!!!

[Mapper2100]

I need someone to help me get the basics of RGSS2 scripting down... its something I really want to do, and would really appreciate it if someone out there could take some time out of their life to help me, like step by step to getting this...

im only looking to be able to write like a basic script, and know how to do like some basic editing with other scriptss...

thanks in advance people

Matt (Mapper2100)

P.S. I have some, (very little) scripting experience, but i am a very quick learner, and am willing to learn

[pacdiggity]

Learning RGSS2 is quite weird. There's no real way you can teach it or learn it, so the best way is studying other people's scripts. Have a look around and see if you can figure out what's going on in their scripts. Ryex is running a scripting school at chaos project, see if they'll let you in. Modern Algebra has a couple tutorials floating around these forums, so see what knowledge you can gather from them.
We should do that scripting school thing too.
Have fun exploring the wonders of Ruby.

[Nessiah]

Learning RGSS2 is quite weird. There's no real way you can teach it or learn it, so the best way is studying other people's scripts.

Universities and IT-related schools professors should be arrested then, since they're teaching the impossible *gasp* Programming.

If this is true then Bachelor of Science Computer Science and Information Technology professions wouldn't exist. RGSS basically uses Ruby which is an Object Oriented Programming Language. Aka, to learn RGSS you need to learn programing. So I suggest grabbing a Ruby-On-Rails book or something and study from their exercises. Or... C++ well most of them are the same in *a way*

well I guess for starters learn variables and data types (int, double, float, etc)

[pacdiggity]

What I meant was that learning RGSS/2 in the RM programs is difficult because we don't have those fancy university courses to help us when we're 15, which (coincidently) both Matt and I are.
And I doubt they teach Ruby scripting for VX in those courses too. -_-

[TDS]

What I meant was that learning RGSS/2 in the RM programs is difficult because we don't have those fancy university courses to help us when we're 15, which (coincidently) both Matt and I are.
And I doubt they teach Ruby scripting for VX in those courses too. -_-

I think what she meant was that you contradicted yourself by saying there is no real way to teach or learn a programming language since there are a lot of good programmers out there and classes to learn programming.

Also even if you are 10, 15 or 45 as long as you can read and write you should be more than capable of learning a programming language from a book without ever going to a "Fancy" school.

[Nessiah]

Before I went to university I started with eventing which is already similar to programming and my maestro taught me basic Ruby on MSN and reading RPG's RGSS Tutorials helped too (what matters is the logic) and then learned the language (C++) so I'm not sure how you can't learn programming by yourself.

A lot of indie game developers learned stuff by themselves, the creator of Cave story and the creator of Minecraft are good examples of this.

So what I meant to say is that you just need a book and if possible a mentor. done.
Documentation of a programming language...The Ruby Bible!