February 2025 Recap (Patreon)

Hi all, below you can see all of the updates Casper Gaming released in February 2025, in case you missed any of them. You can also get notifications when an update occurs in the Casper Gaming Discord or by following me on various social media.

New Releases

[CGMZ] Event Clone - Create an event on a source map, then clone that event anywhere with a simple note tag. You can think of it like creating your own "Quick Events" that you can edit. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cgmz-event-clone-123040520

[CGMZ] Button Mash - A simple minigame that makes the player mash a button to fill a bar up faster than it depletes. You can use it for anything in your events, as the result of how much the bar was filled is provided to you via variable. Lots of customization options available. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cgmz-button-mash-122159122

[CGMZ] Options - An overhaul of the default options scene, allowing you to create categories for options (such as Audio, Video, etc). You can have unlimited options in each category, with a lot of customization for the options and scene itself. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cgmz-options-121613771

[BGM] Operation Under The Wire - This tense looping BGM is perfect for an escape sequence or other timed event in your game where the player may be under a lot of pressure to get things done quickly. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bgm-operation-121531806

[Map Pack] Cave Pack 1 - A pack of 5 premade cave dungeon maps for your game. It includes a dirt cave, stone cave, ice cave, lava cave, and poison cave. Some premade puzzles come in the maps, though you are encouraged to make the maps your own. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/map-pack-cave-1-121763809

[Graphics] Letter Pack - A letter pack made up of 74 assorted mail graphics was released for free. Though it is mostly meant to make picking up [CGMZ] Mailbox easier, you can use these mail images anywhere you think they would fit in your game. Link: https://casper-gaming.itch.io/letter-pack

Alpha Plugin Updates

[CGMZ] Map Upgrade - This plugin can now set the tile size used by the map on a per-map basis. By default, the database only allows one tile size per game instead of per map. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cgmz-map-upgrade-119956007

[CGMZ] Press Start - This plugin was updated for a [CGMZ] Global Data integration so your press start screen can now change after the player has beaten the game (for example). Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/91190583

[CGMZ] Mailbox - This plugin was updated to allow you to reverse the sort order of the letters in the mailbox, and it also fixed an issue with the existing sort order of the letters in the mailbox. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/82726198

[CGMZ] Battle BGM Control - This plugin was updated to add weights to each theme, so you can now make certain themes more common or rare. The plugin functionality is now controlled by a game switch, which should be overall easier to use. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/73309682

[CGMZ] Pixi Filters - This plugin received a major re-write. It now allows you to target the entire scene (including windows) and you can target more than just the map or battle scene as well. Some missing options were added to filters, and some new filters were added including: Noise filter (animated), Blur filter. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43753620

[CGMZ] Animated Battle Backs - This update added animated scrolling parallax backgrounds for the battle scene. You can also show a static image in front of the scrolling background. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/87940414

[CGMZ] Fallback - This plugin was updated to support sound file fallbacks, with a different fallback per audio type (se/me/bgs/bgm). Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cgmz-fallback-120235679

[CGMZ] Hooks - You can now run custom JS whenever the player changes their equipment. A hook was also added for [CGMZ] Quest discover, start, complete, fail, pin, and unpin. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/79987888

Beta Plugin Updates

[CGMZ] Reputations - This plugin was updated to add a [CGMZ] Window Backgrounds integration as well as more window customization options. It also fixed a bug that did not properly clear the complete image when swapping to an undiscovered reputation. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/48997915

[CGMZ] Autosave Enhancement - This update adds integrations with other [CGMZ] Plugins. Your autosave window can now have a [CGMZ] Window Background. You can also automatically autosave after a [CGMZ] Profession level up or a [CGMZ] Quest System quest completion/failure. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/77783060

[CGMZ] Controls Window - This plugin was moved to Beta from Alpha this month. It is already very customizable but an additional customization was added to allow you to set a [CGMZ] Window Background image for your controls window. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cgmz-controls-92963192

Free Plugin Updates

[CGMZ] Core - The monthly update added defaults to scrolling windows, which may be used in case other scrolling options are not provided in the plugin parameters for a specific plugin. Link: https://www.caspergaming.com/plugins/cgmz/core/

[CGMZ] Crafting - This plugin received a major update with the main feature being you no longer have to wait for a craft to finish before exiting the scene or crafting something else. You can also have multiple different crafting stations going at once, and animate them based on if they are currently crafting things. Some minor bugs were fixed, and a lot of integrations with other [CGMZ] plugins were added as well. Link: https://casper-gaming.itch.io/cgmz-crafting

[CGMZ] System Settings - This plugin now supports the new Message Skip option in the database. https://casper-gaming.itch.io/cgmz-system-settings

[CGMZ] Itch IO Buy Link - This plugin had some integrations added with [CGMZ] Scene Backgrounds and [CGMZ] Controls Window, as well as some more customization options for the windows in the scene. Link: https://casper-gaming.itch.io/cgmz-itch-io-buy-link

[CGMZ] Encyclopedia - This plugin was updated to add trait display as an option to the bestiary category, as well as fixing a bug with the actor name not updating in the actor category. Link: https://casper-gaming.itch.io/cgmz-encyclopedia

[CGMZ] Toast manager - This plugin was updated to provide plugin commands that allow you to pause display of toasts or pause creation of toasts temporarily. Link: https://casper-gaming.itch.io/cgmz-toast-manager

[CGMZ] Splash Screen - The splash screens made with this plugin can now be marked as unskippable, preventing the player from fast forwarding through them with input. Link: https://casper-gaming.itch.io/cgmz-splash-screen

[CGMZ] Sound IDs - This plugin received a small update to the error messages it can provide. Link: https://casper-gaming.itch.io/cgmz-sound-ids

[CGMZ] Game Over - This plugin now supports subfolders for images/audio, and audio had volume/pitch/pan settings added. Link: https://casper-gaming.itch.io/cgmz-game-over

[CGMZ] Item Conditions - This plugin now uses the new MZ 1.9.0 map select ui in plugin parameters. Link: https://casper-gaming.itch.io/cgmz-item-conditions

Other

Documentation - RPG Maker MZ updated to version 1.9.0 with some code changes, and Casper Gaming's unofficial documentation was also updated for the new 1.9.0 changes. You can see the documentation here: https://www.caspergaming.com/documentation/mz/

Polls - The poll for the next small plugin has ended. The small plugin will be [CGMZ] Timer - A plugin focused on improving the built in timer. You would be able to do things like add or subtract seconds, change the timer color, run common events when the timer ends, add a label to the timer, have multiple active timers, and more.

The poll for the next map pack has also ended. The next map pack will be World Map Pack - A pack of world maps, with various designs such as an island, many islands, etc.

The poll for the next [BGM] ends tonight. You can vote at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/poll-next-bgm-122557510

The poll for the next plugin improvements ends later in March. You can vote at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/poll-next-plugin-122585931

Thanks for being a part of the Casper Gaming community 😁 Happy RPG Making!