If you remember, last week we big a big welcome to RMXP.org members. During that time, we received a number of members and worked hard to archive the threads for safekeeping. At the same time, discussion continued as to the closure of RMXP.Org and the malicious hack that forced its closure.

As a special note, transfer of all threads from RMXP.Org have been completed and can be found within its new RMXP.Org forum at the bottom of the site. Many thanks to the dilligence and hard work of PK8 and Guardian who pulled long stretches to complete the task. The RMXP.Org forum (like our Universe Archives forum) has been locked to prevent accidental additions to these threads.

If you are the owner of a thread in either Archive forum and wish to continue it, please let management know via a PM. It can then be moved out so you may continue your topic.

It has been a couple weeks since PK8 asked how to Bring back the "relaxed" atmosphere and most of the dialog has wound down. The last week discussed not to try and model RMVXP on any one forum as we are our own entity. But one member mentioned that while our forum is stable and calm, the more we grow the more we can expect the necessity of guidelines for our members. And during that week, nearly everyone who chimed in said 'the forum is cool.'

In an effort to prevent PK8's 'Relaxed Atmosphere' to be only about rules, DerVVulfman posted a section of that discussion regarding a possible replacement to the Main Forum Rules. During the 'relaxed' thread, Guardian proposed a set of condensed rules in which DerVVulfman modified to fill in what he believed were some gaps. These are not set in stone rules, but are a set being proposed. They are apparently open for debate as he asked if anyone has suggestions. It looks like he doesn't want any of the rules dropped, but if anyone can phrase a rule better or condense it. Heck, if someone knows a way to rewirte them to be even friendlier, someone may take notice.

First off, Roph registered to RMVXP because he saw Trickster was here.

Then a new member named RyanC showed up. This RMXP-er is a Canadian resident, and a member of PhanXgames, in search of a large interior tileset to replace RMXP's inferior RTP set.

Gothxtreme found his way through the RMXP.org site and is hoping that we're as good (if not better ) than RMXP.Org.

And while she says that drawing is the only thing there is about herself, there is more about aolist than she first let on. She is not new to the whole RPGMaker world (though new to us) as she's been familiar with the RPGMaker line for seven to eight years now. She has not (as yet) finished an RPGMaker project and is thinking to use a less specialized engine, but still managed to find our RPGMaker site throught "the grave of RMXP.org."

Returning from a long absense is samusk. Some time ago when HBGames.Org was RMXP.Org, this member was working on a project to simulate the Nintendo DS for RPGMaker XP. Now he's returned and hoping to rekindle that drive of his.

And lyla2284 is a first time poster here at RMVXP, though she's been RPGMaker XP for the over a year. Still, she considers herself fairly new to the program. She's a huge Phantasy Star fan, and just posted a fan game in our Upcoming Projects section this week.

Finally, let's say hello to SwiftDeathSK who's been using the RPGMaker series of products for six to seven years. He's taken yet another extended vacation from RPGMaker XP, but is back and getting the hang of RMXP all over again. Make no mistake, he's been with RPGMaker since he found it for the PlayStation, and dabbled with RPGMaker 2003 and even the Postality Knights edition of RMXP... but dropped it once he found it was illegal and grabbed the official version the moment it came out. He tried RPGMaker VX, but as a mapper and eventer, prefers to stick with RPGMaker XP because of the mapping system.

Finally, we bid Happy Birthday (or happy burfday :3 ) greetings to Chickendips, Lunarea 'and' ShockWave who celebrated theirs this week.

As one topic falls, another rises. And Captain Wow returns to bring up more thought on Global Warming. His second venture considers how scientists who came up with global warming have lost funding over accusations of surpressing information and manipulating data. He wants to ask our members how they feel if it turns out to be one of the biggest hoaxes ever.

Cocoa brings up the notion of a Really stupid Facebook fan page as he plans to make a fanpage of his own entitled "Cocoa Will Devour Your Souls and Destroy Hell". Stay tuned... he may very well do that.

Curious as we are, we're nosy enough to find out What's Your Phobia. And, of course, we wanna know What's on your mind

It is that time of the year, and the Academy Awards is about to start. That being said, Khaosn95 asks Who do you think is going to win Best Picture? The selection ranges from the popular features such as the highly favored Avatar to the artistic ventures such as The Hurt Locker.

And have you heard any good tunes recently? If so, we are always interest in the Music you're listening to.

It doesn't take a genius to know we're into games, that's what we're all about. So it's no surprise that Yo mama and Count to a million are doing well.

Baknik posted a thread to advertise RPG Architect which he heralded as the first RPG creation tool of its kind. But other than giving us any details like anyone else, he posted a link to go to HIS forum.

But Trickster updated his Tilemap Editor up to version 0.9.0, giving it new features like being able to dim the lower layers and set the grid size in tiles. He's also fixed feautres such as bugs with the Undo/Redo system.

And Wyatt retooled H4XX0R RPG by replacing all the images with parodic counterparts. But the in-game texts haven't been changed. Now while he's still learning php, Wyatt also set the system so all the passwords are non-case-sensitive. Having to worry about capitalizing your password isn't an issue any more.

First up, Mirby updated his Relics of Nature's Fury with a flurry of screenshots and added a second demo.

Charlie Fleed has converted his Online Arena topic into a recruitment page. He's looking for artists who can provide animations for the first release of his game. While the game will use preliminary resources such as RMXP portraits, Disgaea battlers, and so forth, he wants to have some character classes and needs animations for weapons such as swords, guns, axes and so forth. In the meantime, he has already released a video and a tech demo of the system.

Also, dpoteat has bumped Shangri La by adding a new demo which has faster levels, an extended storyline and more balanced battles.

And lyla2284, just as she said in her introduction, posted her project Phantasy Star IV: Beneath a New Light. This is an ambitious fantame for her since it began development roughly a year ago. Made with RPGMaker XP, it is a parallel game to the original Phantasy Star 4 game released for the Sega Genesis. It is set in the Algo solar system which consists of three planets: Motavia, the desert planet, Dezolis, the ice planet, and Parma, a planet very similar to Earth

Like normal, both the Maps and screenshots and What's up topics are very popular and won't disappear any time soon.

Sphacks managed to get plenty of help on his Input event system which allows a character to jump up and hit event blocks (ala Mario). With assistance from both Jaberwocky and Zarox, he seems to have the problem solved.

While spikestreak got some help on both HUD and ABS systems, he managed to get a working HUD thanks to Jaberwocky's assistance. DerVVulfman suggested using Mr.Mo's ABS which he later provided a link.

virus2099 asked if it is possible to get 8 Way Movement for Mr. Mo's ABS. DerVVulfman pointed out that it was CyberSam's keyboard script that has the keyboard input defined, so it wasn't the ABS itself. But he also pointed out the ABS isn't designed to handle any diagonal attacks.

And Xathia Vastar asked How do you change the "Game.exe". Fortunately, he only meant changing the name of the .exe file which was easy. And DerVVulfman pointed out that it isn't just the .exe name that changes but the other files like Game.ini that needs to be changed to match as well.

Eldur asked for a Tutorial for RGSS. He hasn't much experience scripting and would later like to try and create a battlesystem. In the meantime, he was given some advise and a link to an online manual for RUBY.

Finally, baddog is having problems with Mode7 having no 3D objects. He knows it has something to do with the terrain tag system to make objects appear 3-Dimensional, but it has been giving him headaches. As such, he even included a demo if anyone was willing to help. And almost immediately, PK8 dropped off advice on how to define the terrain tags for the system.

What would the Gazette be without some input from Lunarea? Well, this week, she added more resources to her RTP Tileset Add-ons with a selection of patio tables with sun umbrellas. These would be perfect for for restaurants with an outside

Well first off, Bolt has another Graphics Artists as he can still use a few more pixel artists.

And fgsfds has need for an RTP-like Truck Sprite He is on the look out for a truck of van or something of that sort which he would like for DerVVulfman's vehicle script. He has been searching for hours but hasn't been able to find any worthwhile sprites.

Does anyone feel like cranking out some Default Battle System Character Art, because Xelrog T. Apocalypse is looking for an artist (be it pixel art or otherwise) to help him with some basic character art and provide battler images. He's looking for battlers of the same basic size as those in the RTP but prefers not to reveal the details publically. While he's flexible regarding the art style, he's looking for something a bit gruff or edgy. If necessary, he is willing to pay for the work (though he's practically broke right now), but may also be willing to trade his musical talents for the work. If you're interested, you can contact him through Private Messaging or via eMail.

It has been a while since an event system came into RMVXP, and a new one has just appeared courtesy of Kread-Ex. The Quest Board uses only s smal degree of scripting and allows you to select quests from a form of 'bulletin board'.

kyonides posted a script that can Change or Zoom Character Graphic that works for both RPGMaker XP and RPGMaker VX. It allows you to change any hero's graphic and keep it saved in a variable so he or she can go back to normal.

And Ramiro added a VX version of MAWS by Agckuu_Coceg. So it's been split off into MAWS VX and includes (in the post) a correction how to call the weather system from a script call.

Chronno posted the AcidBird Ultimate System which is a Work In Progress(slow progress to be honest) enviroment for RPG Maker VX that tries to replicate and make better some of the most known scripts. It includes a Time and Day/Night system, Dynamic Light and Shadows and Water/Mirror effects.

Ramiro posted a new Font & Bitmap Expansion which adds new features to the bitmap and font classes for both RPGMaker XP and RPGMaker VX.

And DerVVulfman bumped both his Animated Battlers VX and Minkoff's Animated Battlers - Enhanced after including enemies into the JUMPING system.

If you remember, RuneMan13 asked for some VX to XP script translations. Well, he managed to get 1/3rd of the requests filled as he can now use two-handed and sword/shield styles in RPGMaker XP. Now he still needs work on BattleMacros and Parallax Maps.

And Eldur is keen on a Full Motion Linear battlesystem similar to the one for the psp game, Star Ocean: First Departure. Now he thinks the system looks pretty damn complicated, but if there is a system similar to that, he'd be pretty grateful.