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--- user:player:rtp [2014/01/08 14:13] – typo fdelapena
+++ user:player:rtp [2015/10/03 09:55] – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Runtime Package (RTP) ======
-The RTP contains graphics and sounds that are used by many games. The better games usually don't need any files from the RTP.
+RTP means "RunTime Package" and was intended to have an common asset library (graphics, music, sounds) shared between games to save some disk space in early distribution days (floppy disks, dial-up modems).
-EasyRPG does not provide a complete RTP yet, however you can use official RPG Maker 2000 and 2003 RTPs in the meanwhile.
+RTP installers are distributed by the RPG Maker vendors in their homepages and can be downloaded for free (but can't be redistributed in other places).
+The better games usually don't need any files from the RTP to make them independent of requiring additional installations.
+Because EasyRPG is free (as in freedom) wants to create it's own RTP replacement to be freely modified and distributed. However, EasyRPG does not have a complete RTP yet. Meanwhile you can use official RPG Maker 2000 and 2003 RTPs, but remember they are non-free and can't be redistributed or used for other projects different than RPG Maker.
 ===== Get the RPG Maker 2000 RTP and RPG Maker 2003 RTP from Tkool web =====
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 Just install the RTP using the official installer, the Player will automatically find it (by reading the Windows registry).
-IMPORTANT: Official installers are Japanese only and they are not Unicode. This means you will need to run them in a Windows Japanese environment or the installation won't work properly. You can do this with ease with LocaleEmulator: http://i.watashi.me/archives/locale-emulator.html
+IMPORTANT: Official installers are Japanese only and they are not Unicode. This means you will need to run them in a Windows Japanese environment or the installation won't work properly. <del>You can do this with ease with LocaleEmulator: http://i.watashi.me/archives/locale-emulator.html with Windows 7 or later.</del> For older Windows (XP/2003) you can use AppLocale: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13209 and still install AppLocale on Windows 7 by running the msi installer with legacy operating system emulation or by [[http://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-install-microsoft-applocale-in-windows-7/|following this guide]]
-==== Linux, Mac OS X and other systems ====
+==== GNU/Linux, OS X and other systems ====
 === Windows-like RTP setup with WINE ===
-If EasyRPG Player is compiled with ''HAVE_WINE'' defined, it will read RTPs from the WINE registry like RPG_RT does from the Windows registry.
+EasyRPG Player can read RTP paths from the WINE registry like RPG_RT does from the Windows registry.
-To make Player read RTP, just install them with WINE. Because RTP are Japanese shift JIS encoded and they are not Unicode, you will need to execute them with a different locale if your UNIX default locale is not Japanese. By following the instructions below you will be able to install them from any locale configuration:
+To make Player read 2000 and 2003 RTPs, just install them with WINE. Once RTPs are installed you can uninstall WINE, it is only needed for a legal installation.
+Because RTP are Japanese shift JIS encoded and they are not Unicode, you will need to execute them with a different locale if your UNIX default locale is not Japanese. You need to have the ja_JP.UTF-8 locale generated. Check your distribution locale configuration if you need to enable it (can vary between distributions). Once RTPs are installed you can disable this locale again.
+By following the instructions below you will be able to install them:
  From a terminal window, go to the working folder where RPG2000RTP.exe and RPG2003RTP.exe files have been unpacked, then run:
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   * For both cases, click the Next > buttons several times to finish the RTP installations.
 === Manual RTP setup (without WINE) ===