[quote:3k3cdw8l]- Audio: I've basically figured out how to add music, but it doesn't play when I click "run". Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong? Also, is there a way to get music to play continuously through more than one event? I'm also wondering how to have BGM and also add SFX over it, and maybe add in voices.

-add the Xaudio2 object. put your music/sound in the .cap project files directory. create a new event in which Xaudio first loads "mysound.wav" then plays it on channel 1 (or any other channel)

[quote:3k3cdw8l]- Video: I'm planning on doing an opening and ending and such (animated on a different program, of course); is there some way to put a non-AVI video in as a "layout"?

-im not quite sure if the avi object can play other file types, check the wiki.

[quote:3k3cdw8l]- Images: Since it's a visual novel game, I'm not planning on using tiny sprites or tiled backgrounds. Is there a way I can expand the "sprite" size to use a full character image (and have the picture actually work), and a way to use a full image for the background?

-sprites can be any size. just paste them into the image editor and press the button that looks like two arrows pointing diagonally left/down and right/up (resize canvas). backgrouds can be a sprite or tiled background object. hope this helps

Thanks! Sorry if I'm asking dumb questions, I just started using this program.

I'm working on a visual novel-type game

Just checking -- you do know about Ren'Py, right?

No, but I'm guessing it's more suited for making visual novels.

14.

...I feel young. 8D

I'd like to start out by admitting that I'm completely new to game making and this program, so sorry if I seem, well, newbish. ;P

I should also probably explain that I'm working on a visual novel-type game (if you don't know what that is, try typing in "Umineko" on YouTube; it's a popular visual novel series and doesn't really have any other adaptations yet, so it should be easy to find), so it's really mainly just a start screen, opening, stills of characters over backgrounds with the occasional animations, text, BGM and SFX, and an ending.

Anyway, I've managed to work out a few problems I've had starting out, but I still have a few questions:

• Audio: I've basically figured out how to add music, but it doesn't play when I click "run". Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong? Also, is there a way to get music to play continuously through more than one event? I'm also wondering how to have BGM and also add SFX over it, and maybe add in voices.
• Video: I'm planning on doing an opening and ending and such (animated on a different program, of course); is there some way to put a non-AVI video in as a "layout"?
• Images: Since it's a visual novel game, I'm not planning on using tiny sprites or tiled backgrounds. Is there a way I can expand the "sprite" size to use a full character image (and have the picture actually work), and a way to use a full image for the background?