July 2025 Recap (Patreon)

Hi all, below you can see all of the updates Casper Gaming released in July 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] Preloader - Preload audio, images, and fonts so you do not have a slight loading delay when using them for the first time. Normally this loading delay is not very noticeable, however it can be very invasive when you need something to be instant such as an animation or if you are timing something to the music. This plugin can reduce any delay when using an asset by loading it before it needs to be used. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cgmz-preloader-135435657

[CGMZ] Quality of Life - This plugin adds numerous quality of life features that can make your game more enjoyable or less frustrating to the player. This includes things like fully restoring when an actor levels up to things like being able to luckily survive a hit that would have otherwise killed an actor and instead leave them at low hp. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cgmz-quality-of-134899674

[CGMZ] Select Object - An improvement over the default select item event command ui, as well as additional functionality. This plugin allows you to select more objects such as armor and weapons too. It also provides a help window where you can show more information than just the item name to aid the player in finding the best item to select for the situation. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cgmz-select-133939137

[BGM] Magmatic Heat - This theme will be perfect for a volcano, underground fire area, or anything else that is similar. It could fit for either a dungeon or a town depending on the type of inhabitants. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bgm-magmatic-133289807

[CGMZ] Dice - This plugin received a new graphics pack for dice images and templates for common dice such as D4, D6, D8, D10, D12, and D20. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cgmz-dice-112402426

Alpha Plugin Updates

[CGMZ] Patch - This plugin was updated to add plugin commands for getting and setting the patch version for a save file. This can help you debug your patches since you can keep downgrading the patch version so it can run again while you create your patches. Previously this was more of a manual process. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cgmz-patch-123817287

[CGMZ] Skill Levels - This plugin received a bit of an overhaul with setting skills up so you no longer need to set up your skills with initial levels before using them for the first time. Many integrations and customization options for the skill level scene were also added. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cgmz-skill-105274648

[CGMZ] Swimming - You can now have water footsteps when swimming! This includes variation in pitch, volume, and pan so the footstep does not always sound the same. You can also use a sound from [CGMZ] Sound IDs. This plugin was made easier to use by converting flags for swim access and swim dash access to switches from plugin commands. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cgmz-swimming-93367028

[CGMZ] Pixi Filters - A new filter, the Bulge Pinch filter, was added. This filter allows you to either bulge the screen out or pinch it into a single point at a location on screen. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43753620

[CGMZ] File Types - This plugin now handles video file types and you are no longer forced to use webm, instead being able to use mp4 video files now. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cgmz-file-types-119057121

[CGMZ] Multiple Inventories - A new scene was added, the collection scene. This scene allows you to collect items from an inventory into your current inventory. This can allow you to create treasure chest inventories which the player can pick and choose what items to loot now and come back for the rest later. Along with this, you can also now create preset inventories that exist at game start. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/96331320

[CGMZ] Text To Speech - This update separated TTS for gameplay and for accessibility. Players who do not need TTS for accessibility may want to turn it off which is available through the options menu or via a game switch, but the game developer may still want to use a TTS voice for gameplay reasons which can now ignore if TTS is on/off for accessibility reasons. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cgmz-text-to-126475124

[CGMZ] Quest System - This plugin was updated to add an option in the options menu that can allow your players to choose if they want to show/hide the on map quest tracker. There is also now automatic tracking for switch objectives. The objective descriptions were changed from a json parameter to a normal string parameter, which will make them easier to use but will mean you need to reset your objective text after updating. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/52804166

[CGMZ] Player Movement - This plugin was made easier to use as you no longer need to set up the Reverse Movement parameter to not have reversed movement. Some new features were added such as the ability to turn ON/OFF region movement restrictions for the player with a switch and the ability to freeze all player movement. Movement abilities can no longer be used at inappropriate times, such as jumping while in a vehicle. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cgmz-player-104204561

[CGMZ] Conditional Drops - More conditions were added this month, including for actors that have to be participating in a battle instead of just in the party and for actors to have weapons or armors equipped instead of just in the inventory. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/70695498

[CGMZ] Hooks - More hooks were added. You can now easily run custom JavaScript when the following actions occur: Battle Escape Fail and Self Switch Change. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/79987888

[CGMZ] Message System - Automatic coloring of words was added. If you always want the text Oak Logs to be colored brown in your game, for example, you can now set that up. This can help keep colored words consistent throughout your game, rather than needing to remember to use the correct color text codes each time. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/86064608

Beta Plugin Updates

[CGMZ] Autosave Enhancement - The option to autosave when an actor levels up was added, and existing features such as turning autosave types on/off were updated for this new autosave type. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/77783060

[CGMZ] Controls Window - This plugin now uses [CGMZ] Window Settings to customize the controls window windowskin, tone, style, and other common window settings. This should make it easier to use since you can set re-usable setting presets rather than needing to enter the same consistent window settings for each scene or integration. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cgmz-controls-92963192

[CGMZ] Battle Command Window - This plugin was updated with a new feature that will be expanding to my other Command Window plugins in August: the option to show different icon, name, and background image when a command is selected vs when it is not currently selected. This is available for both party and actor commands. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/72041274

[CGMZ] New Game Plus - This plugin can now automatically reset more data when a New Game Plus is started. This includes many [CGMZ] plugins' data such as Quest System, Treasure Maps, and Hidden Objects. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/72041274

Free Plugin Updates

[CGMZ] Core - The monthly Core update was a small one that fixed a bug when trying to use both \n and \n[x] in some text drawing functions. Link: https://www.caspergaming.com/plugins/cgmz/core/

[CGMZ] Difficulty - This plugin was updated to add integrations for [CGMZ] Window Settings and [CGMZ] Window Backgrounds. Link: https://www.caspergaming.com/plugins/cgmz/difficulty/

[CGMZ] Skill Shop - This plugin was updated to add integrations for [CGMZ] Window Settings and [CGMZ] Window Backgrounds. Link: https://www.caspergaming.com/plugins/cgmz/skillshop/

[CGMZ] Fast Travel - This plugin was updated to allow you to prevent canceling out of the Fast Travel Scene, forcing the player to select a fast travel location. This could be useful for cutscenes or tutorials. This update also added integrations for [CGMZ] Window Settings and [CGMZ] Window Backgrounds. Link: https://www.caspergaming.com/plugins/cgmz/fasttravel/

[CGMZ] Professions - A bug was fixed when calling the profession scene with only one actor and no party-wide professions. This update also added integrations for [CGMZ] Window Settings and [CGMZ] Window Backgrounds. Link: https://www.caspergaming.com/plugins/cgmz/professions/

[CGMZ] Extra Stats - This update also added an integration for [CGMZ] Window Settings which is how you can change the statistic scene's windows windowskins, tones, styles, and more. Link: https://www.caspergaming.com/plugins/cgmz/extrastats/

[CGMZ] Crafting - Many parameters were overhauled in this update to make them easier to use, but updating will be a bit more time consuming than normal as a result. The Learn / Unlearn on craft parameters are no longer separate array lists for each recipe name and chance, the picture now supports any folder, and descriptions no longer need to be JSON formatted. Integrations for [CGMZ] Window Settings and [CGMZ] Window Backgrounds were also added for each crafting window. Link: https://www.caspergaming.com/plugins/cgmz/crafting/

[CGMZ] Achievements - This plugin was updated to add integrations for [CGMZ] Window Settings and [CGMZ] Window Backgrounds. Link: https://www.caspergaming.com/plugins/cgmz/achievements/

[CGMZ] Encyclopedia - This plugin was updated to add integrations for [CGMZ] Window Settings and [CGMZ] Window Backgrounds. Link: https://www.caspergaming.com/plugins/cgmz/encyclopedia/

Other

Discord - Discord has started to put some features behind server boosts, and Casper Gaming could use a few more server boosts to unlock these features. An example of what we can unlock is the Server Tag [CGMZ] you can now rock next to your Discord name in all servers, which was added in June. However, I don't like asking for boosts for nothing in return so I have decided to offer rewards if you boost the Casper Gaming Discord Server. These are:

Server Booster rank and access to Server Boosters channel in Discord (you get this automatically when boosting the server)

Your name in the Discord Server Boosters section on my Thanks page

Your own character in the RMMZ Academy basement

Gifted access to the $1 tier on patreon (allows voting in all polls, early access to some BGMs, friend rank in Discord, name in Patreon Friends part of Thanks page). Note that if you already subscribe to a higher tier of the patreon you will not be eligible for this due to how patreon gifting works. Since this is a manual process for me, you must keep claiming this every month that you want it.

In case you did not know, if you are a Discord Nitro subscriber you have access to 2 free server boosts. If you are not already in the discord, you can join at the following link: https://discord.gg/Gbx7JXP

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