Visual Novel Maker

Hello everyone,

The latest version 1.0.1086 is now available in the STABLE branch!

As always,

Please make a backup of your project

before migrating to the latest version!

We also offer help and support through our Discord Channel:

https://discordapp.com/invite/H23qB7G

Improvements

Add Hotspot command now supports On Drop and On Drop Receive events. That allows you to much easier detect when a draggable hotspot has been dropped and also when a hotspot has been dropped on a another hotspot. That makes Drag & Drop more convenient.

In case of game crash/freeze, a window with error information will now popup.

Bug Fixes

Fixed: Creating Plugin with the Plugin Wizard might crash if the file contains invalid characters.

Fixed: An Image-Map with a larger number/id is displayed below a picture with a smaller number/id

Fixed: Exporting CSV might crash VN Maker if one of the scenes contains invalid filename characters

Fixed: If an audio track with an unsupported codec is played in VN Maker's Audio Preview/Player, nothing will happen an no other audio tracks can be played anymore after.

Fixed: Skipping can causes wrong Live2D model positions as well as game freeze.

Fixed: Useless/Confusing error messages on the game's debug console

Fixed: Persistent Variables are overridden by loading a game.

Fixed: Show Animation can have flickering glitches depending on config

Fixed: Copy & Paste Database Record from one Project to another can make VN Maker crash.

Fixed: Sounds not preloaded if put into a Common Event called by an Add Choice command.

Fixed: Word-Wrapping not working after Load if Auto-Erase is OFF an a multi-part message is displayed (Multiple Show Messages)

Fixed: CSV Export Crash in some bigger projects

Fixed: Deleting folder in Database not working correctly

Fixed: Common Event related Issues

Fixed: Memory Leak Issues when loading a save game

Fixed: CSV Import Issue on Windows

Fixed: Ruby Text not working, Text cut-off

Fixed: Mask Picture with “Dynamic”, Value cannot be calculated by Variable

Hello everyone, we have some exciting news for you!

Free New Resources for Visual Novel Maker Developers!

Enjoy a plethora of new resources made only for Visual Novel Maker Developers! It involves 5 girls with alternate maid costume and secondary pose. It should be located on the DLC folder. We hope that you enjoy!

Official Discord Channel

The Official Visual Novel Maker Discord is live! Feel free to join us anytime!

https://discordapp.com/invite/H23qB7G

New Update!

The latest version 1.0.1084 is now available in the BETA branch! As always, please make a backup of your project! You cannot downgrade to a previous version if you open them with BETA/Newest Version.

Bug Fixes

Fixed: Creating Plugin with the Plugin Wizard might crash if the file contains invalid characters.

Fixed: An Image-Map with a larger number/id is displayed below a picture with a smaller number/id

Fixed: Exporting CSV might crash VN Maker if one of the scenes contains invalid filename characters

Fixed: If an audio track with an unsupported codec is played in VN Maker's Audio Preview/Player, nothing will happen an no other audio tracks can be played anymore after.

Fixed: Skipping can causes wrong Live2D model positions as well as game freeze.

Fixed: Useless/Confusing error messages on the game's debug console

Fixed: Persistent Variables are overridden by loading a game.

Fixed: Show Animation can have flickering glitches depending on config

Fixed: Copy & Paste Database Record from one Project to another can make VN Maker crash.

Fixed: Sounds not preloaded if put into a Common Event called by an Add Choice command.

Hello everyone,

The newest round of updates, v1.0.1079 of VN Maker, is here and now available in the BETA branch.

As always, Please make a backup of your project! You cannot downgrade to a previous version if you open them with BETA/Newest Version.

Official Discord Channel

The Official Visual Novel Maker Discord is live! Feel free to join us anytime!

https://discordapp.com/invite/H23qB7G

Bug Fixes

Issues with the Language Configuration have been fixed. A lot of under the hood improvements have been applied. From now on, you have to use the new context menu option "Refresh Texts" on the Language Profile before you can start with translation. Read the updated Help File for more info.

Fixed: Loading the game with visible Choices can cause some issues.

Improvements

Characters and Pictures can now be scaled and rotated using the mouse inside the graphical positioning editor.

Hello everyone,

The newest update v1.0.1076 of VN Maker is here and now available in the BETA branch! Steam should automatically download the update unless the setting was changed.

As always, Please make a backup of your project! You cannot downgrade to a previous version if you open them with BETA/Newest Version.

1080p Action-based UI

With v1.0.1076 we added a 1080p version of the action-based UI which you can select if you create a new project. It is only available in BETA right now and we are happy to hear your feedback about it.

Bug Fixes

Fixed: Image-Maps(ui.ImageMap) in Script/JSON UI freeze if a hotspot with an action associated gets clicked.

Fixed: {P} sometimes doesn't work and is displayed as is.

Fixed: Blend Animation Issues (Pictures not erased sometimes with Erase Picture, etc.)

Fixed: Script-UI Choices + Action-UI doesn't work and make the game freeze

Fixed: Save/Load Issues with Choices

Fixed: Set Object Data > Message Area > Opacity/Visible has no effect

Fixed: CSV export still crashes sometimes

Improvements

Backlog now automatically scrolls to the end.

Visual Novel Maker Free Weekend and Version 1.0.1074 Update!

Hello everyone,

We're very excited to announce the beginning of the RPG Maker Free weekend! You can try RPG Maker MV or Visual Novel Maker for free over the next 3 days. For more details and to take advantage of this fantastic offer, please visit this link: https://buff.ly/2Iuq5m6

And finally, the newest round of updates, v1.0.1074 of VN Maker, is here and now available in the BETA and STABLE branch.

If the migration didn't work as intended and your game remains at a black screen, please do the following:

Open your Project

Menu Bar -> Game -> Open Game Folder

Delete globalData.vndata file.

And as always,

Please make a backup of your project! You cannot downgrade to a previous version if you open them with BETA/Newest Version.

Bug Fixes

Message Batching freezes the game if the user clicks too fast.

Web Games no longer work if they are loaded inside an iframe on game posters such as RPG Atsumaru, Plicy, etc.

Fixed: Auto / Skip Button state sometimes incorrect in Action-based UI Template

Fixed: Auto / Skip uncontrollable state after load

Fixed: Unreachable Scene "CG Gallery Image" in Action-based UI is shown in Scene Selection dialog box but not visible in Scene Editor. 

Fixed: Game freezes if Prepare Save Game has no snapshot set.

Fixed: "Beginner's Guide" link in Menu Bar doesn't show Beginner's Guide in Help File but the main page instead.

Fixed: CSV export crashes

Background Layer doesn't affect the Z-Index of a Background

BGM not looped anymore after loading a game

Image-Map Issues after load in special cases

SLK text code not working correctly

VN Maker crashes immediately on start up on certain PC configurations

The Script Editor doesn't work with Korean characters. (We updated now to 1.2.9 ACE).

VN Maker or Live Preview crashes if you try to detach Live Preview on a Chapter

Renaming a Chapter and then clicking to other chapters and scene can cause a rename of other chapters.

Live Preview sometimes disappears until restart if you select a chapter and then a scene directly after startup.

Project can't be opened anymore if one of the JSON files contains BOM (Byte Order Mark).

Sometimes same texts are added multiple times to Language Configuration View.

VN Maker Crashes if you type into a text input field in scene editor sometimes.

VN Maker Game crashes with persistent variables in some cases

32 Bit Windows Export can crash in certain cases

Wait for Input not working in parallel with Common Event Wait for Input

Audio Memory Issues

Improvements:

"Tutorials" button has been added to the Home Screen to make sure no one will miss the Beginner's Guide anymore.

Join List now allows you to specify a separator.

Play Sound command has a Loop setting now to control if the sound should be looped or not.

Play Music command has a Loop setting now to control if the music should be looped or not.

Show Movie command has a Loop setting now to control if the movie should be looped or not.

Play Sound & Play Music commands now support "Wait for Completion" setting.

New Easings: Elastic, Bounce and Back

The LK and SLK text codes can jump to label now too. Just pass the label name.

The {E:<expression>} text code to change character expressions now supports the expression name too in addition to the UID.

The {A:<animation>} text code to display animated icons in message text now supports the animation name too in addition to the UID.

The Jump to Label command now allows a Target setting. That allows you to jump to a label in a scene from a common event.

The Jump to Label command allows you now to calculate the label to jump to by variable.

Show Picture > Visual Type > Frame/Quad/Three-Part-Image size can now be calculated by variable.

Set Game Data > Message Speed now allows decimal values like 1.5 for more accuracy.

Scripted-UI: Chapters which have no CGs associated are no longer listed in the CG Gallery

It is now possible to collect missing texts of a scene in Language Configuration with Right Click > Collect Missing Texts action.

"NOW LOADING" message will now be displayed for Web games.

The First Part of Dr. Yami and Archeia’s Scripted UI Series is out! We highly recommend giving it a read as it is a step by step guide to get used to VNMaker's JSON format. http://bit.ly/2AbZHJr  

The Pirate’s Fate is a visual novel featuring piracy, romance, transformation themes, and over three hundred choices within its branching plot lines. You can check it out over here too! http://store.steampowered.com/app/553480/The_Pirates_Fate/

Hello everyone, The latest update v1.0.1034 for VN Maker is now available in the BETA branch! More updates will come soon! For now here are our updates:

Online Help File and Beginner’s Guide is now available at: https://asset.visualnovelmaker.com/help/index.htm

Unstable/BETA Branch

We also want to announce that the Unstable/BETA branch for Visual Novel Maker is now available so that we can improve VN Maker together.

The Unstable/BETA branch will contain latest fixes and improvements for testing before they get into the stable build. So that branch is unstable and for use at own risk.

To use it, do a right click on Visual Novel Maker in Steam, select Properties from the popup-menu, switch to BETAS tab and select "beta - Use at own Risk" from the dropdown menu and thats it.

Read more about VN Maker's development cycle here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/495480/discussions/5/3183345176717085330/

Please post bugs for this branch in the Unstable/BETA Branch Sub-Forum. (The sub-forum is only visible for people who own a copy of VN Maker)

If you have any questions, just let us know!

Migration

VN Maker has an automatic migration system which migrates your project data to the latest version if necessary. We mentioned this in the Help File but we mention it again here to avoid issues:

If you do scripting in Script Editor or Extension Editor, make sure that you never edit already existing scripts directly. Always create a copy of the original script and change the behavior through inheritance or patching. That is because the migration process might replace built-in scripts with their latest version and that means, if you did direct edits, there is a chance that you lose that changes. If you have any questions about that, just let us know.

CHANGELOG

Change Expression command now supports Wait/Continue setting.

Import of Assets through Resource Manager which are located in the project folder itself works now.

Re-Import of already imported assets will now correctly move the assets to the selected group/folder.

Persistent Variables are now saved & loaded correctly

Live Preview skips Idle, Wait for Input and Image-Map now for better preview results. It will now longer get stuck at "Input Text" common event in Action-based UI template for example.

Unlock CG command's default value is now correct

CG Gallery issues fixed with Action-based UI template

Message Settings command works now even if other font has been selected.

Live Preview: Music Stops now if you click on a command which is above the Play Music command

Live Preview: All Audio stops now if you do a real game test

Good day everyone! We hope that you are having a fun time with Visual Novel Maker! We have some cool stuff submitted by people now too!

Tutorials:

1. Archeia made a guide on how to get started on Live2D! If you have no experience or idea how to create Live2D Model for VNM, try reading this one out! https://t.co/PnqJKXZi0R

Extensions:

1. Yami's Moe Engine provides more functionality to VNM's default functions such as Camera Depth! https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/moe-engine-2017-11-17.87309/

2. SumRndmDde Super Message Editor allows you to use a handy and very useful WYSIWYG Editor for Show Messages if you want a Rich Text style approach to creating them! Here's a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1h_Y1ONcdE and Get it here! https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/super-message-editor-sumrndmdde.87368/

Art Assets:

1. Sharm just submitted custom assets for you to use! https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/visual-novel-maker-assets-edits.87343/

2. Archeia created a bunch of edits so you can have more options with our StAR assets! https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/visual-novel-maker-assets-edits.87343/

Steam Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/495480 

Website: http://visualnovelmaker.com 

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