e18.3 has been released for all OSes!

[andracass]

update: this is no longer a beta!

the e18.3 beta has been released! finally, mac and linux users can play the game without WINE.

get it here!

 

What's New:
we have a whole new engine! the sole purpose of e18.3 is to take this engine and give it to you.

for the sake of this post (and likely future posts):
RMXP is the old engine. this is what you've been running for every episode up to now. it is still included in the windows download as Game.exe.

MKXP is the new engine. this is what you're running if you use the mac and linux versions. it is Game-z.exe in the windows download.

both engines are included in the windows download for the sake of accessibility: MXKP has stricter hardware requirements than RMXP, so in the event that the new engine doesn't work on your computer you aren't locked out of playing the game.

 

(Known) Minimum Requirements:

Windows/Linux: OpenGL 3.3+
Mac: OSX 10.12+

 

Changes:
RMXP:

+ animations are now pre-loaded when you open the game. this effectively reduces the in-battle animation lag to 0.

- the R/S, FRLG, and D/P fonts have been removed.

plus some other minor changes.

 

MKXP:

+ exists!

 

What changes for MKXP:

• it is much faster in general.  this is its main advantage over RMXP. the difference will probably blow you away.
• the screen can be resized manually. you no longer are stuck with three particular screen sizes that can only be changed in options.
• it does not require you to install the fonts. 
• the F1 menu has been removed. in a later update, it will allow you to change the controls; right now it does nothing.

(this will be updated if i find out i missed something)

 

Known issues for MKXP:

• the f1 menu doesn't work

 

don't be scared off by the fact that this is still in beta- it's mostly in beta because it's still missing some features and is relatively untested, meaning some fatal errors might still be uncaught. if you get an error, there are reporting threads for windows, mac, and linux. bugs with the game itself (things that are not exclusive to MKXP) should still reported on the general bug reporting subforum.

 

hope you all enjoy the new engine!

[Magus543]

Why are the the R/S, FRLG, and D/P fonts removed?

[andracass]

Just now, Magus543 said:

Why are the the R/S, FRLG, and D/P fonts removed?

incompatibility issues with MKXP is the primary reason.

the secondary reason is that we keep running into line break errors in text and this should significantly reduce the extent to which this is an issue

[Slippery]

Do we know if the SWM Mod Pack is compatible with this update, or would we need to wait for a new re-release of it.  Its probably the latter, but I thought it would be worth asking at least.

[andracass]

3 minutes ago, Slippery said:

Do we know if the SWM Mod Pack is compatible with this update, or would we need to wait for a new re-release of it.  Its probably the latter, but I thought it would be worth asking at least.

i'm not actually sure. i would expect mods in general to not work, but it may still be worth trying.

[Slippery]

Just tested it out.  The SharedPC mod will crash the game upon loading, but the rest of the modpack (as well as the mining overhaul mod if you have that) WILL work with the 18.3 build.  Though, it seems that you cannot full-screen the game anymore (in the options at least), unless I am doing something wrong.  This is for both the modded and unmodded versions of 18.3.

 

EDIT: ALT+Enter still full screens the game, but needs to be done every time the game boots.

[ShogokiX]

Not sure if that is important somehow, but the sound for new Game-z.exe is a lot louder than for the old Game.exe.

 

I am usually running the sound volume settings of Reborn on a BGM Volume of 25 and a SE Volume of 40. This is still fine if i use the 18.3 Game.exe, however, if i use the new Game-z.exe i have to turn down the BGM Volume to 10 and SE Volume to 25 to be on a level similar to the Game.exe.

 

Alternatively i can just reduce Game-z.exe overall sound volume in the windows volume settings down to 30% to achive the same goal.

 

It really blew my ears out, since i'm playing with headset most of the time.....

[LilyX]

Okay, pls don't judge me for this question, I'm aware that it might sound dumb - I just seriously don't know much about this:

 

Is it possible to get this to play on a Wii console? I know it is possible with RPG Maker 2000/2003 games, but from what I've read, it's not possible with this. So I just wanted to make sure before I give up.

 

 

[andracass]

1 minute ago, LilyX said:

Okay, pls don't judge me for this question, I'm aware that it might sound dumb - I just seriously don't know much about this:

 

Is it possible to get this to play on a Wii console? I know it is possible with RPG Maker 2000/2003 games, but from what I've read, it's not possible with this. So I just wanted to make sure before I give up.

 

 

okay.

so.

maybe,

you can install linux on a homebrewed wii.

and we have a linux build.

so there's theoretically a chance that it would work.

and i am really opening the floodgates on this one

but if it works on a wii

it'd be reasonable to say it'd work on most devices you can force linux on.

like a 3ds.

[MhicKy]

Wow that was indeed pretty recent!
Nice!! Now my partner can play Reborn too! (He uses a Mac and couldn't)
I hope Rejuvenation also gets ported to the new engine, good job you guys!

[Dreamy]

8 hours ago, andracass said:

okay.

so.

maybe,

you can install linux on a homebrewed wii.

and we have a linux build.

so there's theoretically a chance that it would work.

and i am really opening the floodgates on this one

but if it works on a wii

it'd be reasonable to say it'd work on most devices you can force linux on.

like a 3ds.

from what I could tell, a vanilla 3DS can't even load the Reborn website

so yeah it's probably possible with modding it.

[andracass]

53 minutes ago, Dreamblitz said:

from what I could tell, a vanilla 3DS can't even load the Reborn website

so yeah it's probably possible with modding it.

to be fair, the internet browser is just complete ass at everything

i'd personally place my bets on it being n3DS only if it even works in the first place

[ShogokiX]

I'll try with my old Nokia 3210^^

There's a good chance that i'll be able to finish the game before i need to recharge the battery XD

[ironchao]

are the save files stored in a different place on the new engine, because it doesn't load my pre-existing save.

I started a new game to see where the new save file would be stored, but I haven't been able to find it

[andracass]

58 minutes ago, ironchao said:

are the save files stored in a different place on the new engine, because it doesn't load my pre-existing save.

I started a new game to see where the new save file would be stored, but I haven't been able to find it

what os do you use?

[ironchao]

7 minutes ago, andracass said:

what os do you use?

Linux Fedora, so yea the new save probably isn't stored with all the WINE stuff

[andracass]

40 minutes ago, ironchao said:

Linux Fedora, so yea the new save probably isn't stored with all the WINE stuff

yeah, you'll have to pull your save from the wine folder if you still want to use it

[ShogokiX]

You might want to have a look at this:

Spoiler

While it seems this doesn't happen for all Pokémon, the new Game-z.exe swallows the outlines of a number of battle sprites. I have tested around for a bit and i can confirm that this only happens on the Game-z.exe, while Game.exe is not affected by this glitch.

[andracass]

5 minutes ago, ShogokiX said:

You might want to have a look at this:

  Reveal hidden contents

While it seems this doesn't happen for all Pokémon, the new Game-z.exe swallows the outlines of a number of battle sprites. I have tested around for a bit and i can confirm that this only happens on the Game-z.exe, while Game.exe is not affected by this glitch.

we had to fix a lot of sprites for that issue.

[ShogokiX]

So this means that we can't just copy the entire 18.2 Battlers folder into 18.3 because we are too lazy to copy all of our custom sprites manually.....

 

Good to know XD

Now i have to find out which one of my custom sprites i can still use or which ones i have to fix...

 

By the way, how DID you fix them? They do look the same visually.

[andracass]

you just have to change the transparent color to something else.

[ShogokiX]

Meh, i guess it's trial and error then? I just hope that not too many of my custom shinies are affected XD

[TheJournier]

^ is that D-gray man? @ShogokiX

 

Just wanted to say the new engine is awesome it doesn't lag like the other one, the gameplay feels crispier.

 

>>> just wish there were more fonts  (but that's not a biggy).

 

I've been using the Z version too.

 

[ShogokiX]

If you are referring to my profile pic, no it's not^^ That one is Shiroe XD

 

It seems i am in luck though. Most of my custom shinies seem to work fine as they are. Still, there are a few i will have to fix. Some of them i will redo from scratch....

 

Edit: Ok, it took me a solid hour or so, but i managed to find the cause of the glitch. While most of the battle sprites in 18.2 Reborn are saved as 32 bit sprites, some of them are just 8 bit sprites, like the Garbodor sprite from my screenshot earlier. The 18.3 sprites however are all 32 bit sprites. By converting all of my custom sprites that were based on 18.2 Reborn 8 bit sprites into 32 bit i can use all of them without the need to edit any of them. I will leave this piece of information here in case anyone else may notice problems with their custom sprites in 18.3.

[Flaffney64]

Does the Linux version work on all distributions?