RPG Maker MV Tutorial: Parallax Mapping (BindPicturesToMap Plugin)

[@soronexle2681]

This is a good tutorial. I'm using this 6 years later and it has really allowed me to spice up my maps. Especially with Ibis Paint. So, thanks.

[@lyricerable]

For anyone wondering about the gridlines in photoshop, its actually 24x24 pixels for RPG MV after I checked. I am not quite sure where exactly 48 is used. Just go into photoshop, press CTRL+K got to grid settings and set grid per pixel to 24. That worked for me. I hope it helps.

[@coureurdesbois6754]

so I could use my mad photoshop skills to make awesome looking maps only restricted by my drawing skills and imagination.. damn...

[@alphawookiee2006]

I know. It hit me like a brick when I found out too... So much wasted time ;-;

[@DivinityInTheHouse]

you can use parallax tiles

[@SylkaChan]

That's just like FF7.

[@tpkyterooluebeck9224]

@@shebov3617 What you do is get the plug in, and then, design the map in GIMP2 to the best of your abilities, using layers. And say "I can do this even though it doesn't look as good as that!" This is exactly what I will be doing. This gets around the foolish tile limits that I keep running into. BTW, I am rubbish at art and perspective. What I can do though, is use GIMP > Colors> Hue-Saturation to recolour an image. I can also copy and paste. What I can't do, is get perspective quite right, draw freehand or follow layer instructions as layed out in this video without going through it several times to understand what is really being done. It may take me longer, but its worth it. Best wishes!

[@tpkyterooluebeck9224]

@@shebov3617 The more you work with it and try different things, the better. Sometimes it just takes working with the material. Different paralax tutorials will also help you. Just watch them a few times, rewind, play and it will start making sense.

[@dakotabarrett8]

Probably the best tutorial voice over I've heard in the last few years. Really pleasant to listen to and not too fast that it's super hard to follow. However you may want to include links to the plugins you mention. Granted people will eventually find them on their own but it's better if you include a link. Good work overall and I hope to see more from you

[@Echo607]

+Dakota Barrett I didn't think about putting in links at the time, but I've since been doing that for the tutorials:3 Thanks for watching^_^

[@TMP2004]

I simply can NOT understand how to use this plugin

[@_CryBaby_Oficiall_]

It’s hard for me too 😅

[@TheNin-Jedi]

You wicked god of RPG making... I praise thee.

[@PyroOfZen]

Beautiful. Quickest and best parallax mapping tutorial I've ever seen. And it didn't just teach me how to use a plugin.

[@Echo607]

+PyroOfZen Thankies very much!

[@samromans3184]

You should honestly be recruited by a game developer. It seems you've learned this mostly by your self. Incredibly impressive. I realize MV is more simple than straight up coding, but holy shit, you know what you're doing.

[@DriftyG]

This is amazing, well done Echo!!

[@chaerulhakim361]

Oh hey There Driftwood Gaming

[@cam2307]

@@chaerulhakim361 What I said, word for word

[@lewiskarma797]

DRIFTWOOD GAMING??? YOU ARE THE EXPERT OF RPGMV!

[@Onest52]

I know you’re on a break right now but you’re my favorite. Thank you for everything you’ve done.

[@thebigheartyradish]

I love her enthusiasm

[@erwinmurry9602]

Your tutorial brightened my life up

[@LINK1V4N]

I'm programming a rpg game in AS3 and this was usefull to understand how to use a map with a background instead of tiles.

[@haladoon2]

Echo, you could easily do your own character voices. xD So animated! Great work hun!

[@Echo607]

+Sabah Waifu Thankies^_^

[@Woter_X]

+Echo607 you have a waifu voice!!! marry me!!!!! hahaha all jokes aside this was a very good video that i needed. im very new at this. it it possible to do this with gimp or ps is the best way to go.

[@LittleGameDev]

+Echo607 Hello, how do I get the plug in. When I went to download it I got this raw.githubusercontent.com/TorD/TDDP-Repo/master/TDDP_BindPicturesToMap.js How do I add it in. I have never worked with plugins before. Can you do a tutorial on how to add in plugins that are in this format it would be vary helpful :D. Thank you in advanced Sincerely, animeloversakura101

[@Echo607]

Copy all the text into a notepad file, save as "TDDP_BindPicturesToMap.js", put file into your game's folder/js/plugins :3

[@LittleGameDev]

Echo607 Ok, :D, I will try that now. thanks ^_^

[@Chapter.]

tutorial is still perfect to this day and gets right to the point. worked perfectly for my map ;-; tysm

[@shadow9458]

Because of this, I am not able to actually make Maps how I want them to look instead having to beg for title sets that are generic or having to spend money on packs. This is Amazing Thank you.

[@kadzaitactual8986]

Absolutely everything in this video is gold, especially the "Name the Parallax with a !" Thank you!

[@Dragnfly_mynamewastaken]

I also throw on a B set with all the different directional ones, etc. Star and Bushes get handled by the overlay but there are some special cases you can want directional for.

[@ajithachandran2794]

I love that she say "Hey game makers"in all videos

[@gutozardy]

Until now, the best tutorial about parallax!

[@Toremneon]

And, NOW!!! we can go to MV. I love these outbursts out of nowhere.^^ Nice video by the way, too.

[@CuhStuh]

Nice work, you explained everything thoroughly. This helped me out a lot thanks.!

[@AlexJamesGTV]

you've got great personality with your videos as well as being very informative please keep up the amazing work!!

[@daniellclary]

This was a good tutorial. But I been trying to find the sky reflections tutorial, and I can't find it in your playlists. And search yielded no results. Where is it?

[@KalavinkaK]

God, you're so helpful. These tutorial vids are great. I love your voice, too! It's so 'engaging', somehow.

[@razielvalentine4076]

Plugin "Orange Mapshot" by Hudell is a great addition to your tutorial ^^ Thank you very much for it btw.

[@smogtown6901]

I love your tutorials. Very helpful and you make it fun!

[@activemotionpictures]

Excellent! Thank you for showing this! So very inspiring!

[@Dreamsenshi]

Hello! Somewhere in here you mentioned a video with tips on how to create reflections, and I have scoured your videos and cannot find it, cannot Google it... Does it still exist? XD I know there are plugins and such, but they seem... not quite right for what I'm going for and I think I will need to program it myself, probably. I'm sure with time I can figure it out, but if you can point me in the right direction, that would also be awesome! Thanks for what you do! You've given me lots of great tips and things to ponder for my own creations with all of your videos.

[@JBrander]

0:24 Where to get "I R'z RPG Maker GAme L0LZ! Play Me I'm Great?"

[@kenkrath]

Yep. Love parallax mapping. This is my first watching an MV one.

[@MRJTD99]

This is old, but you really should've added a prefix to when you changed the parallax. The Parallax background MUST BE SET TO NONE in the event (or changed, like Echo did in the video) or else it will repeat. This is a very vital thing in parallax mapping that you neglected to properly mention.

[@martincout]

Wow, I'm still using this tutorial but now for my Unity game. Thanks echo! You're awesome!

[@GThompsonMusic]

Hi, first off thanks a lot for your videos they’ve been really useful but I’m having a problem with parallaxing that I can’t seem to solve. When I bind pictures to map they seem to bind to every other map and won’t let me change it. I’ve followed through this video and that all works well but then when I event a transfer the arrival map has the same parallax despite being given different pngs. Any chance you’ve encountered this? As I’ve not found it online

[@Chapter.]

i know this comment was five years ago but just in case anyone still needs the answer today: my fix was to, in the event where the player is transferred, simply add a line that erases the picture(s), which is the bottom left option on page 2 of event commands. you may also need to use "unbind from map" plugin command, but i did not need to. good luck everyone

[@missusruin]

@@Chapter.thank you SO MUCH for this reply. I was having the same problem and couldn't find the solution anywhere

[@gambitben6184]

Amazing tutorial and amazing channel! I will check all your videos for sure

[@abbinormal407]

off-topic, but echo has such a perfect voice-acting voice

[@Enseraku]

How was the X and O tileset thing not showing up on your game when testing? The tiles that were stating whether you could walk on a space or not. They didn't look transparent?

[@KillaPuppet801]

Awesome tutorial! Also i love your commentary :D

[@SukhbirCheema]

Hey there! I tried the method you used by saving the map and then touching it up on photoshop. The problem is, instead of loading one full 408 x 312 image in the map, it shows four! Please help :(

[@silversteampunk]

You have so many helpful tutorials! Thank you so much for making these!

[@wesleyjrz]

Amazing! This will improve my project by 200%

[@cuervoso9506]

Oh, god, your voice is so cute. By the way, Do you have some shading tutorial? Your video is so quick that I can't even realise what is happening D: Hey, I gonna thank you in the credits of my project for teach me how to do this technique. I was thinking about learn it for 6 years lol

[@nanopotatogames1216]

My hero. Thanks so very much for all your tutorials! :)

[@jamiegothard785]

Thanks for posting this, it helped me fix a big bug on my game :)

[@lyandriastale5638]

I really loved the tutorial dont stop making RMMV tutorials :3 You thinking of updating your old ones? Lightning effects etc, cool things that add atmosphere to the game :DD You got yourself a new sub :333

[@nicolasgaly7493]

Great tutorial, thank you very much !

[@fezudu]

loved the tutorial and you energy! you got a new sub :D i will try this later \o/

[@Echo607]

+Fefo Glad you liked it, and thankies! =^_^=

[@marciaota5696]

Thank you so much, you are now the Goddess of miracles.

[@SkeruRibbon]

Omg thank you so much echo! You rock and I really love your videos!

[@Shadowfiend1300]

I might have to do something like this in the future, thanks for the awesome tutorial! :D

[@synthoelectro]

Remember, there will be a pop quiz at the end of this tutorial, so pay attention. :D

[@candycrows262]

THANK YOU SO MUCH GREAT TUTORIAL AND IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM

[@Reige17]

Can you please do a video on how to make character pics when they're doing dialogue exchange? Like how visual novels do it? I really want know how to do that, please and thank you.

[@muchamadrizkiantajaya3935]

am i the only one here who still confusing even thought i've watched it like 10 times... oh God... am i the only one here? LOL

[@3000drenge]

i got a problem :/ when i go in a house, or to a new area my overlay image wont go away... plz need some help ^^

[@Echo607]

Erase the picture on the Transfer event, or have a parallel event run on the new map set to Erase the picture, and then Erase Event for good measure.

[@3000drenge]

AAHHHH thanks!!!! :D!

[@audraatronach9957]

I LOVE YOU OMG I literally need to go redo all the maps I've done so far I wish I saw this first

[@xMaanmediax]

yes~ but how to friggin unbind!? I have been struggeling with this plugin for hours to make it switch between rooms and it just refuses to deactivate itself.

[@shaynemc7533]

Echo this is very helpful. Making me start over as I was designing tile sets. Got sick of trying to make it look unique. But it’s like block art almost. It’s horrible. Can I just freehand draw everything ?. So the only tiles I rely upon are the X O and * setting tiles.

[@BeliasLP]

i have a question regarding the plugin - what is the max height and width a parallax map could be? because i tried this with a really big map, 100 x 100 RPGMV tiles and i got an error that its too big. i'm new to parallax mapping, so sry xD

[@Echo607]

+Belias It's cool - I find around 43x43 was where it would cap out on me and stop working, but it improved a bit with the most recent plugin version(or at least seemed too) I imagine it will be able to do bigger maps at some point or another as new updates are released.

[@Echo607]

^_^ Here's Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioLLm2R3jrqgfKc

[@Kahoobb]

+Echo607 Thanks!

[@DrJones20]

Help! I can't download the BindPicturestoMap plugin! When I click on the download link, a bunch of text appear in a new window but no download! Maybe the link is broken? Can you try it?

[@waplo5]

Excuse me! You can also add subtitles in English?

[@elmachtige]

i got the same issue :/ annoying.

[@kewsound]

Will you ever make like tutorials for how to make your own tilesets? Like for example your trees looks really good! And that building looks awesome too! I'm making a game and I think it will turn out really good! I want to make it stand out visually, and therefore I want to make my custom tiles etc. But the problem is, I'm really bad at pixel art. That's why it would be greate if you maybe did a video series on that :) And I mean like guidelines, tips and tricks, shading etc. Keep being awesome!

[@Echo607]

+Kev B :3 I do things in a very unusual way. My stuff is a lot less pixel art and a lot more "pretty things I can do in photoshop." And most of that was just trial and error:P I might give a tutorial a try in the future though. Making your own custom stuff is a lot of work and iinnccrreeddiibblllyyy time consuming lol. In most cases, it's way easier to just go online and find resources.

[@kewsound]

+Echo607 Oh cool! I think that would make a very good video series! And yeah I might go with resources online. Too bad many of them costs so much money to use(if you want to make a game that you want to make money of) :)

[@Nova7o9]

+Kev B CrackedRabbitGaming has an amazing guide on creating auto tiles. It was originally intended for VXAce but you'd just need to change the size of the tiles. It's called How to Create Autotiles - Color Coded Anatomy. He even has downloadable content to help as you create your own. After mastering that creating regular tiles is pretty simple. :D There are dozens of 8Bit art tutorials, it just depends on your software. My favorite method is to draw things large using simple colors then to shrink them down being sure to reserve sharp edges. I'm lazy that way.

[@kewsound]

+Nova7o9 whow! Thanks so much for the tip! I be sure to visit that channel :)

[@kavya1638]

Hey Echo, have you tried the ocram layers plugin yet? Wondering what the equivalent plugin commands would be. I used these with TDDP: BindPictureToMap 1 below_characters BindPictureToMap 2 above_characters Sadly there's no tutorial out there for how to accomplish the same thing with Ocram Layers

[@Danatoth_]

Yeah same. That plugin seems much better but I have no idea how to use it.

[@raingir988]

OMG thank you so much!!!!1

[@pauldigman6893]

Hey Echo thanks for the video. I'm new to the rpg maker mv world. I was just wondering if you had a step by step typed out or on pdf format so I could print it out while I'm working in photoshop. Thank you.

[@TheMixedPlateFrequency]

YAY, now I know how to do these types of maps lol. I kept trying to make my own before and I always kept messing something up, when I would fix one problem, another problem would emerge.. and I never figured it out after that lol.

[@Echo607]

+zero11322 Good for you:3 They're a pain to get the hang of, but pretty easy afterwards^_^

[@TheMixedPlateFrequency]

Echo607 One thing I always liked about computers and stuff like this. Once you get the hang of it, it becomes a routine. Everything after that is just learning how to do things more faster and faster each time. Like when I make map for rpg maker, it takes me hours for 1 lol. It seems like without fast forward you could do it really fast.

[@Echo607]

It depends on how detailed the map needs to be:3 But it's like you said, you learn how to do things better the more you do it, so it makes it way easier and much less time consuming^_^

[@74potions]

BOOM! You've earned a sub, thanks for the easy tutorial, you're so easy to listen to! That and i'm now hyped to build >,

[@thegreatkobayashi9036]

First off, *THE* Best tutorial on KZbin yet. 2nd of all. You would make a killer voice actress! I mean, holy hell! Just your regular talking sounds better then most Anime Dubbing! O.o... Hmmmm... Have you ever thought of voice acting before?

[@Echo607]

+TheGreat Kobayashi Well, I voice act for my own animations, and occasionally RM games/cutscenes. It'd be amazing to dub anime or something, but given my location that's pretty much impossible:( Also, thankies very much for enjoying^_^

[@thegreatkobayashi9036]

Echo607 Aaaaaactually! Nothing is impossible. You can always record your voice and send them as files through DropBox.Com There is even a website called VoiceActingalliance.com where you can live stream your voice acting with anime/Film projects. Sorry if it sounds like I am pressuring you. But you have a Awesome voice. And would do amazing as a Voice Actress. I'll have to check out your animations. Plus I am making a RPG Maker Game called, (*Calamity Trigger*) that I will also make into an Anime OVA, I already have scoring music engineers, I do all the artwork and story scripting team as well as advance script programmers, I might place the OVA here on KZbin as well. In the future I'll see if you're up to voice acting a character from the Game/OVA. Your tutorial has helped me with making my mapping look much better! Thank you very much for taking your time and doing this for us! And you're welcome. I am going to subscribe to your channel! keep up the good work! :3

[@Echo607]

+TheGreat Kobayashi Wow, thanks for all the input. I'll definitely check that out. Haha, I don't actually have any of my animations up on youtube yet - they were all made before I started doing this and I haven't done any recently. Sounds like Calamity Trigger is going to be a massive project! I'd be happy to voice act for it, so feel free to send me a message when you're at that point:) And thank you very much for all of the encouragement^_^ I'm looking forward to seeing what Calamity Trigger ends up being like!

[@thegreatkobayashi9036]

Echo607 You're more then welcome! :) If you ever decide to upload your animations on KZbin.I'll be keeping an eye out for them. Yea, Calamity Trigger is massive, Just writing and organizing the story alone took me two and a half years. As time goes on, I will have a slideshow of concept art and the original OST for the Game/Anime OVA in the background uploaded here on KZbin. To get people familiar with the upcoming project. And thanksyou! Will do! I know the character you'd do awesome at voice acting in the series! I'll keep in contact with you as the development continues. As well as keeping a look out for anymore of your videos and tutorials. I guess for an example: If you like Final Fantasy, And Kingdom Hearts, You'll like Calamity Trigger. My fantasy work is inspired by Tetsuya Nomura. I might even go as far as making the series into a Manga as well. You're welcome for the encouragement, I think. No, I know you have an awesome talent! And I know you'd go very far! Keep your hopes up! and never give up on your dreams! :D

[@Echo607]

That sounds awesome:D A game, ova, AND MANGA? Talk about dedication! (Actually, my games have a christmas chibi-video-series I was doing for fun a few years back, as well as some oneshot spinoff manga I drew... and some short stories too now that I think about itO_o) "Keep your hopes up! and never give up on your dreams!" was such an anime thing to sayXD

[@IzludeTingel]

OH MY GOSH I LOVE YOU!!! I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU!!!! Sorry... omg! The "!" mark before the file name in the parallax worked!!!! The other dude's tutorial didn't mention this and it was driving me nuts! NUTS!!!!!! Thanks so much for this.... yeah, before, the parallax was off center and stationary while I walked. lol... oh man... edit: for a basic parallax, is a bottom picture bind not necessary? the parallax seems to be base enough, right? (unless i'm doing other effects that require it?)

[@Echo607]

+Izlude Tingel It used to not be in the first few versions of the plugin, but to use it with things like screen tinting it's required now:P

[@IzludeTingel]

Got'cha, thankum!

[@Old_Man_Jay]

I don't get the part where you placed x and o on the tileset. It looks like you made them transparent but you didn't give an explanation as to what was it you you did exactly. Can someone help a brotha out??

[@Weather-more]

It is so frustrating. The plugin is taken down and I have no clue what other plugin to use or what to do.

[@courtneyshaw1745]

I have done my first parralax map on one world, but when I try to do it on another my character won't move please help

[@vishwakat8743]

My character isn't moving when I apply the plugin commands to the parallax map. The character can look around but not move at all in the map. Help please.

[@toddgilmore118]

A very professional 7 year old. WTF!! I'm 46 and can't even talk or think like that.

[@0b0b0b_]

Ummm she's not 7...

[@finalfantasyfreakk]

Hiya echo! Where do you download your Photoshop brushes/which brushes would you recommend?

[@SammyBeaw]

can you do a video on how to install and properly make fog on your game? mine isn't working...

[@noova-art3876]

to be honest. this took me hours to figure out x3 im new to plugins x3 anyway, this tutorial showed me also how to make maps wieout making dozents of tiles and such. so thank you ^^

[@718Outdoors]

Dumbest question ever, but I cant figure out how to download the plugin (using MZ)

[@apolo4197]

ECHO, YOU ARE VERY VERY VERY NICE, I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL. CONTINUE WITH YOUR VIDEOS.

[@LiEnby]

Is there a updated parallax mapping plugin? I heard BindPictureaToMap has memory leaks also it has issues when zooming the map where all pictures *even those that aren't binded to the map* are moved off screen :-: I'm thinking of writing a program that just outputs a tileset and map data files but that just seems hacky

[@alphabrett5904]

Could you do a tutorial explaining how to make your own tile sets and sprites for mv?

[@idle_NPC]

i have a question can i extend the size of the map? i mean i want to create huge map too is that possible?

[@ZankokuNoYami]

Can I just recruit you to make my maps look this wonderful?

[@Fauziputra8976]

Where is the Plugin download link? -_-

[@nicholascollins4907]

So I was trying to paint in the passable tiles using the X and O png file. But when I try to paint it in I don't see the dark gray boxes or the white boxes in the video, however it does work because when I test the game the player can't pass but it would be helpful to see where I'm painting the passable and impassable tiles. Help please!

[@deadpenance]

Amo tus tutoriales *-*

[@Katharina_VT]

You are doing really amazing tutorial videos. That one will help me a lot on my project. :) I was asking myself allways: "How are they doing that complex overlay?" And you gave me the answer, thank you very much. :3 (\s/)

[@KSoftGames25]

I know this might sound like a question you get a lot, but is it possible to get these wonderful parallax instructions in a text file somewhere on your site?

[@allenanderson3044]

Echo´s sou do brasil e gosto muito de seus videos, aprendo muito com você e admiro muito seus videos. Mas fiquei em duvida de como configurar os quadros (grade) na parte que você diz 48 a 48. Tempo (01:08) Não fica ajustado muito bem não quando coloco, me ajuda nessa parte por favor, valeu.

[@wiktenalves3991]

vc tem que ir em: editar, preferencias, guias grades e fatias, escolher pixel e botar 48

[@wiktenalves3991]

espero ter ajudado :)

[@mparagames]

Eu não acho que ela saiba falar português... mas tudo bem.

[@HyLion]

What are you talking about? I can't understand you, guys! T R O L L E I

[@sophiajohnson5635]

*The Gaming Lion,* _Here I'll Throw What There Saying Into Google Translate For You:_ allen anderson30: "I'm from Brazil and I really like your videos, I learn a lot from you and I really admire your videos. But I was in doubt how to set up the frames in the part that you say 48 to 48. Weather (01:08) Does not get adjusted very well not when I put, help me in this part please, thanks." wikten alves: "You have to go in: Edit, preferences, tabs grids and slices, choose pixel and put" wikten alves: "I hope I helped :)" Nintendo gamer 222: "I don't think she knows how to speak Portuguese... but that's okay." *Your Welcome*

[@darkwaterentertianme]

My map is not showing up in rpg maker like i can load the picture in but when i look at the map in the main widow its still just default tiles please help

[@anxieteadraws3538]

So i've wondered is there a MZ version of this plugin? if not thats okay.(NEVERMIND SAW A REDDIT POST NOW)

[@かにざ-g8m]

波の表現参考になりますかおもじ 通行設定は別途リージョンプラグインで対応したほうがいいな。修正するときに透明だから全部変えないといけないし、設定漏れが分かりづらい。

[@internetcitizen4289]

omg this is amaaaazing. can i also use other pictures from other sources like inkarnate? because creating maps with inkarnate is sooo easy and looks soo good.

[@Vvix0]

My maps get super laggy when i'm using parallax mapping. Is there any way to fix this?

[@westingtyler1]

I'd like to know if this parallax method works if your map is bigger than the screen. like if it's 2x2 screens in size, like a really big room.

[@The_Scouts_Code]

so good. so technical though. im intimidated. and how can we do this for ultra huge world maps?

[@thisismychannel607]

Is there a way to rotate the xy axis by 45° to try toget that 2.5d view with rpg maker mv? I know you'd have to make a lot of your own wall tiles

[@namkha209]

Holy Christ on a moped, fantastic work! BTW, do you do commissions (for maps)? I'm working on a game and I rather not use the default MV tilesets.

[@mirooliveira6476]

When i used Tint Screen event, the pictures don´t fixed, the treetop image remains bright even though the screen is darkened by the Tint Event...

[@CupKyle]

What do you used in this video to edit the rpg maker sprites and everything ? ( sorry my english is not my native language)

[@SortrosPhoresia]

bro, I have genuinely used rpg maker for years and I just discovered NOW that you can save the map as a image !?!???????????????????????????