


Your project will not be adversely be affected by updates that require the scripts you use to be updated, for instance. I intend to migrate to Linux at some point, and I imagine that using MV would be a lot easier than Ace, bearing in mind that there is a Linux Steam version, and that MV is intended for multi-platform use.Īce deserves an honourable mention, because it is stable, and is extremely unlikely to need updates. A few of the event commands are a little bit better, such as 'Show Choices, but otherwise Ace has everything that MV has in that department. MV has larger and slightly nicer (in my opinion) graphics. I haven't had any recent problems with this, but it does still happen from time to time.Īs someone who is just a hobbyist, my thoughts are:

This has been mended alot since the release, but depending on what your trying to do (parallaxing mixed with alot of events for instance) your game can become laggy. I have a decent computer, and can run several small events at once. Lone is right though, MV still gets laggy - but this is mainly based on your own specs now. I think realistically though, since MV was released, attention seems to have diverted away from ACE ( development and resource wise, not usage), so I feel currently MV is more supported. I personally haven't encountered any within the past few months, and another recent market trend is the use of "tool plugins" - essentially buying an extension onto the program itself (currently one is SAKAN tileset builder for instance). I also understand JS better than Ruby most of the time, so depending on what you take to more, your preference may vary. I've now seen quite a few external plugins for MV (Yanfly's Doodads, SumRndmDde's HUD/Menu tools, ect.) that allow you to directly change you game from another extension window. However, Ruby was mainly used for just in game stuff. I found Ruby easy enough to edit and understand. At least not a full plugin/script anyway. MV is definitely my preferred software.įirstly, my writing skills are awful and I've never really been able to code myself. I've used both, but I haven't actually used ACE since MV's release to be honest.
