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Debug mode is a game mode that allows the player to take advantage of certain in-game exploits and change game settings. It is designed to aid authors in testing their worlds.
(This is a feature added into 2kki by the devs and not to be confused with the Debug mode featured in EasyRPGPlayer or the 'test play' feature in RPGMaker2000 or 2003 which is also often referred to as 'debug mode'.)
It can be accessed by running the game in RPG Maker 2000's testplay feature, which allows walking through unwalkable tiles by holding down the Ctrl key (Or ⌘ on a Mac (needs confirmation)), and from there by stepping on a special tile somewhere outside the walls of Urotsuki's Room in the real world. The position of the debug tile is often changed from version to version. As of version 0.127, it is one tile out from the bottom right corner of the room. Pressing interact while standing on the correct tile will play a short jingle and enable the debug mode.
The testplay feature can be accessed by running the game from within the RPG Maker 2000 editor. An alternate approach is creating a shortcut of RPG_RT.exe, then appending "TestPlay" to the target location.
Example: "<drive>:\<location containing Yume 2kki's files>\RPG_RT.exe" "TestPlay" "Window"
"Window" is appended to prevent the game from opening in full screen, and may be omitted.
Features of Debug Mode
When debug mode is activated, three buttons will appear on the lower-right area of Urotsuki's Room, and a counter for the number of days will appear on the right side of the screen. The first button from the top increments the number of days by 1, the second by 10, and the third by 100. By setting the number of days to a value greater than 365, a dummy Game Over event will be triggered, returning the player to the title screen.
Various areas will have speech bubbles and other elements that contain author commentary when interacted with. Some developers have even included super speed chasers and other anticheat fail-safes on maps that only activate through debug mode.
Debug mode provides an effect called ★Debug★, which contains the following options:
- Modify speed (Cancelling will set the speed to default)
- >>>>> Godspeed
- >>>> Fast
- >>>
- > Slow
- Toggle effects or change amount of money held
- Get all effects
- Remove all effects
- Change money value (set to 900000 to cancel)
- Disable debug mode
- Change map location
- Enter area based on Map ID
- Enter Debug Room
- Enter the Nexus
- Return to previously-visited map
- View system information
By going through the door, regardless of having the Key item, Urotsuki will enter the Debug Room.