i'm amazed at how much you learn by simply sitting down and reading every single line of the rgss help file and every single script in the script editor. truthfully, that would be my advice to any user who is just starting out with their scripting endeavors. read, read, read, because i had an epiphany, and it worked for me. are you ready for this? "how can i possibly hope to edit something if i don't first understand it in its entirety?" that question was the drive to persevere and understand as much as i could about the default scripts and the ruby language in general. i feel like it's only a matter of time before i really get rolling now.
not many users at chaos project use rmvxace, or even rmvx for that matter, as their default editor, but the chaos project is home to me. the fact that it has very little resources for the newer editors (which i know many are loyal to XP, but i think the newer editors are growing to be better than XP) makes me a little sad. chaos project is where i want to be for everything game-related, but i feel almost like i'm on an island by myself in that i'm one of the few users who are using the newest editor; which is why i want to strive to become a reputable scripter for rmvxace amongst my other talents here at chaos project.
thank you very much for your support foreverZer0!