thanks and sorry, i found a few of the scripts i need but the building and upgrading buildings thing can be done via events i just found out how to do that.
i'm not really looking for iso-metric sprites i'm just trying to make a game with 8 directional movement and battle so yeah i'll have to use The Gimp, found a resource bin for tilesets.
and also i'll give you scripts to make compatible, if you can, i'm currently going through code academy to learn ruby but i'm just now starting. thanks for any and all help you can provide.
thanks for the link i think i can just use those scripts but i'll see what i do and don't need. ^_^
oh and when i said lighting effects i ment on the objects like the dynamic lighting system i found on this site.