First, if you see this, friendly reminder to backup your project today :)

As the deadline draws near, I have something for EVERYONE to hear!! (No rhyme intended, I promise.)

1: As a general rule of thumb, try to prevent naming files in your project folder with special characters. Don’t even use underscores or dashes. Some computers can’t read these and sometimes it will cause deployment issues. Also sometimes even if it does deploy, it can cause issues for computers running different versions of Windows.  I recommend this NamingConvention.

2: Do not, please DO NOT under any circumstances, deploy INTO your project folder! Doing so will corrupt your project's data and makes it  incredibly difficult to fix.

3: Please be sure to backup often. Don't lose your hard earned work. If you haven't already done so and you are reading this, make a backup.

I'll add one to your points WyldFire:

•  For RPGMaker projects don't use that Enigma Virtual Box, from my experience it skyrockets the FPS

Just backup up mine, thanks!

Good tip as well: Sometimes files used by plugins aren't considered "used" by the engine, in which case, you can't select "exclude files" during deployment. In that event, you may need to clean out some rtp assets to make the file not unbearable large. Good rule of thumb:

1. Don't delete the vehicles

2. Double check the sideview images aren't used.

3. I, personally, don't touch SEs, BGMS, and animation assets, it's usually just used in mysterious places and a word of caution.

4. Usually tilesets, characters, pictures, and battlebacks are safe to delete. Also usually bgs unless you're using them/have a weather affect plugin.

Good luck and remember to do all final testing on a deployed project! Weird things pop up there that don't on the in engine testor.