For those that don’t already have it, you can get MMORPG Maker XB at:

http://www.mmorpgmakerxb.com

1. Start by creating a new panel. You can list available player sprites and animations however you want, but in this tutorial, we’ll use the “Sprite Object” plugin.

2. Insert the “Sprite Object” plugin into your panel for every sprite you want to make available for the player to select.

3. In the Events Editor, create a new condition. Select “On Mouse Clicks Object” from the default Keyboard/Mouse Object. A dialog should appear asking you which object you want to check was clicked on so select the Sprite Object you want to change the player’s sprite to.

4. Use the “System” object to set a global variable. You can name the global variable whatever you want, but in this tutorial, we’ll name it “PlayerSprite.”

When the user clicks the first player sprite, set the variable to “1″
When the user clicks the second player sprite, set the variable to “2″
And so on…

Alternatively, you can set the variable to something more memorizable. For example, if the player clicks a knight sprite, set it to “knight.” If the player selects a priest sprite, set it to “priest.”

5. Add another action below the global variable action we just finished and choose the System Object’s “Go to Panel.” Select the “Game” panel that takes you to the actual game and levels.

6. Spice up the character selection screen with text, images, etc. Click the “Compile” button at the top and then click “Save.”

7. Go to your “Game” panel and go to the Events Editor. Create a new condition that occurs on panel load. Add another condition to the same event and use the System Object’s “Custom Expression.” In the Custom Expression, check the “PlayerSprite” variable to see if it equals “1″, “2″, etc.

8. Add a new action. From the Player Object, select “Set Sprite.” If the “PlayerSprite” variable equals “1,” set it to the “Knight” sprite (or any sprite of your choosing that corresponds to the sprite you had setup in the character selection screen). If it equals “2,” set it to the “Priest” sprite, and so on…

9. Click the “Compile” button and then save the updated “Game” panel.

10. Load your character selection panel back up and click “Play.”

11. Select a sprite in the character selection screen. Once you’ve selected a sprite, you should be immediately taken to your game, and your player character will be whichever sprite you just chose!

If you want to create your own online MMORPGs and games (without needing to program) or if you want more information about MMORPG Maker XB, go to:

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Here’s how:

1. In the top menu bar, you should see a button labeled “Import.” Click on it.

2. In the dialog that appears, select the drop-down menu. Select “Tilesets” so we can upload to the tilesets folder.

3. Click the “Browse” button to search your computer hard drive for game tilesets.

4. Click the “Import” button when you’re finished.

5. On the left sidebar, open the “Tilesets” folder.

6. Double-click your imported tileset.

7. You can now start using your own custom tileset!

Hint: Hold your mouse button down and drag to select multiple tiles at once.

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If you dream of creating your own MMORPG online game, read on…

The program we’ll be using to make an MMORPG without programming is MMORPG Maker XB. You can get MMORPG Maker XB at:

http://www.mmorpgmakerxb.com

1. First, to make an MMORPG, we’ll need to register and login to MMORPG Maker XB and create a new project.

2. On the left of the editor, you’ll see two panels. The top is a file and folder structure which we’ll call the “Project Pane,” and the bottom half is the “Tiles Pane.”

3. In your Project Pane, open the “Maps” folder and double-click on the “Sample” map. The “Sample” level should now load.

4. The sample map should now be open so open the “Tilesets” folder in the Project Pane and choose an outdoor tileset. Once you’ve selected the tileset, choose a tile and paste it to the “Sample” map. We recommend using a ground tile for now. We decided to paste a dirt tile in front of the house door; here’s a screenshot:

5. Maybe we should spice up the house a bit. Let’s try adding an inn sign to the right side of the house. Click the “Layers” button at the top, and choose the top layer (Layer 3). Select the inn tile (you’ll need to click and drag to select the multiple tiles that make up the inn sign tile), and paste it to the right side of the house as seen below:

6. Click the “Play” button and you should see all the tiles you added and any changes you made to the map in live gameplay! Here’s a screenshot of what it looks like for us (notice the dirt tile and inn sign):

7. Click the “Save” button to save your updated map.

8. Click the “Import” button at the top to use your own custom tilesets, sprites and animations, or graphics.

9. Now for something a little more advanced. Let’s start creating a custom interface for our game.

10. Start by clicking the “Import” button at the top. Create an image for a chat bar and a message box. Import your custom-made graphics into MMORPG Maker XB. Make sure you import into the “Images” folder!

11. In the Project Pane, click the “Panels” folder so the folder becomes highlighted.

12. Click the “New” button at the top-left corner to create a new panel. Panels can be used to create custom interfaces, custom login and registration screens, and more. You can do almost anything with panels and it’s what allows MMORPG Maker XB to allow you to make fully customizable games.

13. After you created a new panel, your screen will probably look like this:

14. What you have is an empty panel. Anything outside the borders and in the gray area is considered to be “outside” the panel.

15. In order to use our imported images in our new panel, we need to use plugins. Click the “Plugins” button in the top menu bar and select the “Image Object” from the plugins list:

16. Click anywhere in the panel to insert the Image Object. Once you paste the Image Object, a dialog should appear prompting you to select an image. Select the chat bar image and place it wherever you want. We’re placing our chat bar at the bottom.

17. Insert another Image Object, but, this time, select the message box graphic. Move your message box graphic wherever you want. We chose to put our message box above our chat bar:

18. Insert a “Text Object” plugin which will be used to display message box text, and fit the Text Object inside the message box graphic (make sure you adjust the layers so the Text Object appears over the message box graphic):

This concludes our beginner’s tutorial for now, but if you want to find out how to add events and functionality to your custom interface (e.g. click events, show/hide message box functions, etc.) and if you want to learn how to create your first full MMORPG game, go to the MMORPG Maker XB tutorials section on the official website at:

http://www.mmorpgmakerxb.com

You can get MMORPG Maker XB and get started on creating your own MMORPG game today at:

http://www.mmorpgmakerxb.com
 
 
 
 
 

If you dream of creating your own MMORPG online game, read on…

The software we will be using to make online games without programming is MMORPG Maker XB. You can get it at:

http://www.mmorpgmakerxb.com

1. In order to create an online game, we first need to register for MMORPG Maker XB. Once you’ve registered, create a new project. It doesn’t matter what you name your project at this point; it’s for your reference only.

2. Once you’ve created a new project, you should be taken to the editor screen with a full interface.

3. On the left hand side, you should see a files/folders list. This is the “Project Pane.” Below it, you will see the “Tileset Pane” or “Tiles Pane” where you can select tiles. You will also see some other tabs such as “Objects” and “Properties,” but we’ll worry about that later.

4. In the “Project Pane,” double-click the “Sample” map (in your “Maps” folder) to open it. Your screen will probably look like this:

5. In the “Tiles Pane,” select some ground tiles and paste it down on the map. I chose a dirt tile and pasted it in a few spots scattered throughout the map:

6. If you don’t want to limit yourself to ground or floor tiles, click the “Layers” button at the top menu. Select a higher layer to paste bushes, trees, signs, and so on.

7. Click “Play.” You have now begun making your first online RPG game using MMORPG Maker XB. Walk around, go inside the house (or even edit the house level), or do whatever you want!

8. Yes, it really was that easy to start making your own online game in MMORPG Maker XB. However, if you want to create vast worlds and customize your game more, you’ll need to put in some more time. MMORPG Maker XB has plenty of advanced features if you want to completely customize your game; the goal of MMORPG Maker XB is to make it easy for no two games to look or play the same!

9. You can create custom interfaces, import custom tilesets, create custom sprites and animations, setup custom events to bring your world to life, and more with MMORPG Maker XB. Check out the MMORPG Maker XB forums and tutorials for more help to create an online game.

Once again, you can visit MMORPG Maker XB at:

http://www.mmorpgmakerxb.com