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What does RTP stand for?

• Thread starter 48Tentacles
• Start date Apr 1, 2021

48Tentacles

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Joined May 1, 2020 Messages 157 Reaction score 449 First Language Spanish Primarily Uses RMMV I saw many threads and messages mentioning "RTP this", "RTP that"... I didn't bother to ask before because it wasn't my business to begin with. But then when I started to look for tutorials in Youtube for mapping tips, streams... I saw more mentions of RTP, and I thought "Okay, why is everyone talking about this? What is this RTP thing that I should care for future references?" I thought RTP stood for a certain theme, more like website hosting, but it seems that it's something different in the RPG Maker Multiverse. Could anyone please explain? PS: I use MV. Does that matter?

Shaz

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Joined Mar 2, 2012 Messages 46,148 Reaction score 17,083 First Language English Primarily Uses RMMV *shudders* I have the strangest feeling of deja vu.

I see "RTP" everywhere... What is RTP?

People on the board are using RTP in ways that I don't understand the meaning of and I finally have to ask the question. forums.rpgmakerweb.com

woeterman_94

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Joined May 6, 2013 Messages 19 Reaction score 3 First Language Dutch Primarily Uses RMMV For those of you Googling from a mobile (and not seeing the title of the link in the post above) RTP stands for Run Time Package.

fizzly

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Joined Mar 23, 2012 Messages 2,273 Reaction score 1,895 First Language Polish Primarily Uses RMMZ RTP is default presets/graphics that comes with RPG Maker

Moerder

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Joined Mar 27, 2021 Messages 22 Reaction score 20 First Language F'thaghn Primarily Uses RMMV back when it was still RPG maker 95 it actually had a folder within the install path called RTP that then contained all the default files like tileset (was this not chipset at the time?), characters, animations and so on. it seems that somewhere along the line this was changed and since then people have been wondering what it stands for...but as mentioned above, it is and always has been Run Time Package

Puffer

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Joined May 2, 2016 Messages 318 Reaction score 1,120 First Language Vietnamese Primarily Uses N/A everyone asking what is RTP but never ask how is RTP smh

ScorchedGround

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Joined Apr 12, 2020 Messages 833 Reaction score 1,324 First Language German Primarily Uses RMMV @Puffer Considering how many people use atleast *some* RTP assets, I'd say its not doing too bad.

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Joined Mar 18, 2012 Messages 16,820 Reaction score 9,347 First Language English Primarily Uses RMMV

Moerder said: back when it was still RPG maker 95 it actually had a folder within the install path called RTP that then contained all the default files like tileset (was this not chipset at the time?), characters, animations and so on. it seems that somewhere along the line this was changed and since then people have been wondering what it stands for...but as mentioned above, it is and always has been Run Time Package Click to expand...

It was actually like this through Ace and changed with MV.

Moerder

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Joined Mar 27, 2021 Messages 22 Reaction score 20 First Language F'thaghn Primarily Uses RMMV ah I see. well here's me skipping over pretty much everything since 95 and finding my way back after all this time ^^

48Tentacles

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Joined May 1, 2020 Messages 157 Reaction score 449 First Language Spanish Primarily Uses RMMV Got it. Thank you everyone, specially @Shaz for providing a link for this explanation. The only time I was involved in RTPs was when I had to download a specific RTP in order to play one or two games (made probably in XP or VX, but I might be wrong) because I got that message that everyone knows already. Now I got a few other questions. It's more related to MV. -Is there any possibility that the deployment of my game makes the "You need X RTP file" message error come up without any warning? -Do custom/DLC tilesets need a RTP for the creator and for the player?

Shaz

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Joined Mar 2, 2012 Messages 46,148 Reaction score 17,083 First Language English Primarily Uses RMMV So the whole idea of an RTP was that all the graphics came bundled in a package, so you didn't have to manually add them to your game. When you were developing, it was using the package, and when people downloaded your game, they also had to download that package. It was a way to keep your game's file size small as those resources weren't included in your game download. People who played a lot of games using the RTP could download all the smaller game files, but they only had to download the RTP once. The difference with MV/MZ is that the RTP is no longer a separate package. When you create a new project, you will see that all of the resources, including graphics, are placed into your project folder. When you add custom/DLC tilesets, you do the same thing and placed them into your project. So it's not an RTP any longer, but the term is still used to refer to the 'default' resources that are there when you start a new project. By default, this results in a much bigger file size, because it includes everything, even if you haven't used it. When you deploy, there is an option to Exclude Unused Resources. If you check that, it will go through your database and all your maps, and only include the resources that were actually used. This keeps the file size smaller. However, it doesn't detect what resources are used by plugins. So if you have images that are used by plugins but not in any database entries or events, they will be excluded. This will result in someone downloading your game getting a "file not found" error. If you have any plugins that use graphics that aren't used anywhere else, you have to figure out a way to get them included when you deploy with 'exclude unused resources'. Personally, when I start a new project, the first thing I do is go through all of the audio and img files and delete everything (except System). And I'll set all the audios in the System tab to None. Then I will gradually add resources as I'm developing. This way, I know that ALL of the resources in the folders are actually used in the game, either in the database, in events, or in plugins. So when I deploy, I don't need to worry about the Exclude Unused Files option, because they're ALL used. That's not as easy to do if you're half way through development when you think of it. You must log in or register to reply here. Share: Facebook X (Twitter) Reddit Pinterest Tumblr WhatsApp Email Share Link

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