■ Two Ways to Modify and Expand RPG Maker Unite‘s Functionality!

Method 1．Using “Addons”

In the RPG Maker series, users person ever been capable to make and usage scripts known successful the assemblage arsenic “plugins” to grow motor functionalities not disposable by default. Due to this, galore users unpaid to make and generously stock plugins with the community, which is however the RPG Maker bid gave commencement to truthful galore marvelous titles, adjacent arsenic of now!

Similarly, successful RPG Maker Unite, users tin usage “Addons” to heighten and grow the engine. We changed the sanction owed to however the interior processing works otherwise from past RPG Maker titles, but the conception and usage is identical. However, delight bash enactment that similar always, we cannot supply authoritative enactment connected the improvement oregon usage of Addons. Up to this portion we concisely touched connected our announcement connected September 2, 2022.

—RPG Maker Unite’s Addon Manager UI. This diagnostic allows users to crook ON oregon OFF connected the Addons installed into the crippled astatine will.

Method 2．Rewriting the Source Code Through Unity Editor

The 2nd option—which we cannot supply authoritative enactment for either—is to edit RPG Maker Unite‘s root codification straight utilizing Unity Editor. In RPG Maker Unite, users tin telephone retired the Unity Editor UI immoderate clip arsenic needed. Through this, users tin corroborate and rewrite a portion of the root codification nevertheless they spot acceptable (Note: with the objection of immoderate DLL files). This is particularly utile for large-scale modification! Although the root codification is unfastened for viewing successful Unity Editor, delight bash adhere to the EULAs that we volition people aboriginal on!

—Users tin unfastened Unity Editor from the RPG Maker Unite UI anytime they request it.

—It is imaginable to person some editors broadside by side, making modifications portion confirming each different simultaneously.

■ Which Method to Choose?

Both Addons and nonstop editing done Unity uses C# programming language. However, depending connected the user’s cognition level oregon objectives, determination are wide reasons to similar 1 implicit the other.

The biggest quality is whether users privation to modify RPG Maker Unite‘s root codification straight oregon not.

Addons by quality bash not modify RPG Maker Unite‘s root code, and frankincense would not origin conflicts induced by Source Code changes. This is large for processing aggregate Addons simultaneously, independently. Merely utilizing other’s Addons is inactive arsenic casual arsenic ever and would not necessitate immoderate programming nor Unity Editor cognition either. Also, owed to not tinkering with the root code, whenever determination is an authoritative update to RPG Maker Unite, users tin use it safely too. (Note: Some Addons whitethorn request immoderate updates to beryllium compatible with latest updates.)

On the different hand, modification of the root codification straight done the Unity Editor would springiness users unprecedented amounts of freedom. Naturally, this would necessitate a reasonably precocious level of programming skills and heavy cognition towards however the Unity Editor and RPG Maker Unite works.

■ Dev Log #10 present disposable connected Steam

The Dev Log #10 this clip takes a deeper dive into Addon development! Next period we program to proceed connected it with much elaborate examples. If you are an RPG Maker plugin developer, you would beryllium funny successful speechmaking this!