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HOW TO INSTALL CHARACTERS & FAQ
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by Dark Pen


After you download the character, you make a folder in the char
folder in the mugen folder. for example, if the character was kirby
(usually go by what the zip file was titled like "george.zip"), you
make a folder titled kirby (right click and click on new, then new
folder).
Then you go to the data folder in your mugen folder and inside should
be the following objects (excluding folders):

common.snd
common1.cns
fight.def
fight.sff
fightfx.air
fightfx.sff
mugen.cfg
select.def
system.def
system.sff
system.snd

every file here except for sff and snd should be opened with notepad.

now, open the select.def and scroll down a bit until you see a line
says:

instert characters below

or something like that, and it'll say something like:

kfm, stages/kfm.def, order=1

or something like that. now, don't type it in like they did, instead 
type it like this:

kfm/kfm.def, stages/kfm.def, order=1

and what not. in this case, kfm (kung fu man) and his own def (definition)
file is named the same, therefore, typing it as "kfm, stages/kfm...."
worked. so whenever you download a character, it's wiser to see what the 
def file is titled. for all you know, the def file could be named kat, so
you'd have to type something in like:

kirby/kat.def, stages/something.def, order=1

and what not. but some characters that you download may not be updated,
so you go to the charcters's def file and see if it's in quotes:

; Character information
[Info]
name = "Megaman"
displayname = "Megaman"

but if it's like this:

; Character information
[Info]
name = Megaman
displayname = Megaman

the person who made this charcter either forgot to put quotes on the name
(rarely happens) or this creator didn't update this character. if you
don't have mhz's autofix.exe, i don't know how to help you. if you have
any more questions about how to install characters, email me at:

ash.2000@lycos.com
or
darkpenwriter@yahoo.com



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HOW TO INSTALL STAGES
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installing stages is much easier than installing characters. unzip it to
the stages folder and then go to your select.def file and find the line
that says something like:

;-----------------------
[ExtraStages]
 ;Put extra stages here. They will be available in VS and Watch modes.
 ;For example, you can insert "stages/mybg.def".

but if you didn't get a stage yet, fear not, for your mugen came with an
extra stage called training stage, or something. type in:

stages/stage0.def

under that so it'll look like:

;-----------------------
[ExtraStages]
 ;Put extra stages here. They will be available in VS and Watch modes.
 ;For example, you can insert "stages/mybg.def".
stages/stage0.def

but if your mugen says that it won't show, and says something about quotes,
go to the stages folder, and look at the definition file (def) and see that
it's in quotes:

[Info]
 ;Name of the stage.
name = "The Colleseum"

to assign a stage to a character, look at the instructions on how to
install characters above or at this. type in the character directory like
so:

folderthingy/characterdeffile.def

then make a comma, space, and then enter in the directory for the stage:

folder/char.def, stages/somestage.def

and presto! your done!


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HOW DO I GET MORE SPACE IN MY SELECT SCREEN?
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already built into your mugen is a motif. ever wonder what that "big"
folder is in your data folder? it's a motif which'll hold around 70
characters for your mugen. all you do is go to your mugen.cfg (which
should be opened with notepad) and scroll down until you see something
like:

; Not accessible in options screen
motif = data/system.def
;MP3Volume = 50 ;Not yet implemented

what you do is type in big in between data and system like so:

; Not accessible in options screen
motif = data/big/system.def
;MP3Volume = 50 ;Not yet implemented

and save and exit and presto! your mugen select screen has been expanded.
but if your looking for really big select screens, refur to kamek's 
screen pack at:

http://kkastle.cjb.net/

or to 

Http://www.netcolony.com/gaming/vxzero

for his motif which won't change your mugen completely, just give it like
200-300 times more space than before. kamek's screen pack has bunch of
features like music and an select screen able to hold around 140
characters or so. but if your going to get kamek's screen pack, follow the
instructions except for the part about to change the motif to kamek, what
he means is for you to type kamek between system and data like so:

; Not accessible in options screen
motif = data/kamek/system.def
;MP3Volume = 50 ;Not yet implemented

and as for the motif from the other site, don't read the instructions,
it'll just make it worse, just unzip the files to the data folder and if
it asks if you want to replace certain files (supposed to be the system.def
and the system.sff) files, say yes to all, or whatever your supposed to
say.


I hope this FAQ text file helped you in your mugen needs. thank you for
visiting Dark Pen's Fan Fiction.