The Mugen Fighters Guild
M.U.G.E.N Central => Projects => Topic started by: Mgbenz on January 30, 2009, 01:42:01 am
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I was bored out of my mind and so I started playing around with one of my screenpacks and ended up with this.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kof_temp.png)
It's not final as I have way too many things to do to it first starting with each character's font portraits (yah, they're custom as you can see) and that scrolling background I stole straight from KOFE(don't worry I'm going to change it with something I think looks better). The goal of this screenpack is to look like a KOF full game of sorts. No it isn't a leecher's screenpack but I might make a normal version if I can.
I might release this sometime soon. I haven't made anything in a long while anyway so it's nice to give something back to the community again.
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How is that gonna work with the character name display and portrait? O_o
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looks alright but i don't like the resolution difference between portraits
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How is that gonna work with the character name display and portrait? O_o
Fonts aren't just limited to characters since they are actually just pictures assigned to letters/numbers/symbols.
looks alright but i don't like the resolution difference between portraits
Actually the portraits were ripped straight out of their games and weren't resized. So it's more on the quality of the portraits instead of the resolution.
Hmm, maybe I shouldn't use those KOF2k portraits for the names.
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no i know that
(http://i43.tinypic.com/10onus5.gif)
one portrait has a better resolution than the other. it doesn't look good. and now that i think about it having two portraits for a character in the same screen is kinda overkill
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I wish you the best of luck, Mr. Scruffy Detective.
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no i know that
(http://i43.tinypic.com/10onus5.gif)
one portrait has a better resolution than the other. it doesn't look good. and now that i think about it having two portraits for a character in the same screen is kinda overkill
Yah, now that you mention it, they're way too big. I managed to make them much smaller but I still can't get over the fact that you can't change the spacing between the names when selecting characters in team play.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kof_temp2.png)
There goes my idea. Maybe some Mugen clone will give that feature in the future. For now I'm stuck with fonts. Ugh...
I wish you the best of luck, Mr. Scruffy Detective.
Thanks man. :)
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I've put on hold working on the screenpack to work on the lifebars and I'm liking how it's turning out.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kof_temp3.png)
Ignore the powerbar fonts, combo counter and win icons. I'm still working on those. As you can see it's heavily based on the KOF2K1 lifebars. It is my favorite in the series so it's the one I picked.
Btw, is 9000,15 already used by some other screenpack's lifebars? I'm currently using it for mine.
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I don't think having the lifebars over the portraits is a good idea.
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Agreed.
I'd also prefer seeing real transparency than the false one used in old games, but it's up to you, these are your lifebars.
Also, try to make them look a little more high-res please. :)
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I don't really know how to make them look more hi-res. Let's see what I can do.
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Well, on the powerbars, there's a part in diagonal which we can clearly see is low-res. You can easily work on that.
Afterwards, all the lines which were previously one pixel large (and are now 2 pixel large due to being in HR) could be turned into 1 pixel large again or have a gradient applied on them. For example, the white border surrounding the powerbars could be one pixel large.
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Ah, that thing I did not think about. Working on it now.
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Why would you want the portraits over the lifebars...?
That'd be blocking like a couple pixels of the life.
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Who you say wants the portraits over the lifebars ? ???
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Lol, he should have quoted Garuda so it won't be confusing. Anyway, changed a couple of things.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kof_temp4.png)
I'm keeping the lifebar background non-transparent so it'll cover the parts below it. Also, I went cheap on that powerbar there. That diagonal line was getting on my nerves. :P
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Lol, he should have quoted Garuda so it won't be confusing. Anyway, changed a couple of things.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kof_temp4.png)
I'm keeping the lifebar background non-transparent so it'll cover the parts below it. Also, I went cheap on that powerbar there. That diagonal line was getting on my nerves. :P
If you ask me, it looks more accurate with the diagonal lines.
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I liked the diagonal lines. :'(
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But I hated those diagonal lines!!! >_<
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The portraits and the bars edge don't look even/match together.
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Only for the teammate bg sprite. I need to work on that.
I'm still right in the middle of class. Hold on for a hew hours!
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Updates!
Select screen
- change small portrait to 30x30 to give more space and slots
- changed the cell cursors, the old ones were a bitch to resize
- rearranged everything, the big portraits now appear on the left (ala KOF2K2)
- picture names removed, now uses regular fonts :(
- background still not final, just had to put something in there to temporarily fill the void
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kof_temp5.png)
Versus Screen
- unsure if final, still needs a couple of tweakings
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kof_temp6.png)
Lifebars
- added names
- small portraits now don't overlap(or is that underlap?) the lifebars
- still need to work on the combo counter and powerbar fonts...and round anim, KO anim and win icons, blargh!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kof_temp7.png)
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Looking good, but why did you fit in Eiji with the Kyokugenryu team? He's with the anti-kyokugenryu.
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IMO lifebars should overlap the big portraits some.
I think it looked better that way. It looks so squeezed up now.
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Looking good, but why did you fit in Eiji with the Kyokugenryu team? He's with the anti-kyokugenryu.
Art of Fighting team! I had to put him somewhere. Yuri goes to the Women's team while Blue Mary goes back to her old team. Also, Malin will go with the Bishoujo Team. But enough about that, it's just my ideas. Put them wherever you want. :P
IMO lifebars should overlap the big portraits some.
I think it looked better that way. It looks so squeezed up now.
I guess so. 3-4 pixels should be enough.
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Looking good, but why did you fit in Eiji with the Kyokugenryu team? He's with the anti-kyokugenryu.
Art of Fighting team! I had to put him somewhere. Yuri goes to the Women's team while Blue Mary goes back to her old team. Also, Malin will go with the Bishoujo Team. But enough about that, it's just my ideas. Put them wherever you want. :P
Bishoujo Team?
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Pretty/Young Girls Team. What, Malin's not young? ::)
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Pretty/Young Girls Team. What, Malin's not young? ::)
Is that what "Bishoujo" means?
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Yes, on the other hand Bishonen means "pretty boys".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishoujo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishonen
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Back to the subject at hand: Is the character selection going to be up to us, or will it be already decided who is going to be in what slot?
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It's up to you of course, why wouldn't it? ??? But I will provide fight and big portraits for all the KOF characters I can think of and some others(for the lazy people:P).
Making the portraits are easy. The big portraits are still 120x140 so you don't even need to change them. For the small portraits, it's up to you. If you want to follow how I made them it's as easy as extracting a character's sprite and getting a 30x30 pic out of it. Same for the fight portrait, just get an 80x80 pic.
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I like the new look of the select screen, but I am really not a fan 2k1's lifebars, they are a bit too boxy for my tastes nor do they have the old school charm of older KOF lifebars.
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The old KOF lifebars never really aged well.
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kof_temp8.png)
Change again. Now I'm working on everybody's big and fight portraits. That includes every single version of Athena (ugh....).
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haha i like it but in all honesty i preferred the select screen like this:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kof_temp5.png)
something about the world BG an dthe layout that caught my attention i think it really fits together.
and one question that i dnt think was covered: hi res or lo res??
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haha i like it but in all honesty i preferred the select screen like this:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kof_temp5.png)
something about the world BG an dthe layout that caught my attention i think it really fits together.
and one question that i dnt think was covered: hi res or lo res??
...amd while we're at it, have you decided on the name for this King of Fighters screenpack?
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Haha, I have no idea. I was going to ask you people. I suck at making names and the only thing I could come up with was KOF: Remix.
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KOF : Unlimited.
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If you wanna make it sound like a slogan SNK came up with (slightly engrish)
you could try:
KOF : ACR
The King of Fighters : All Cast Re-bout
;P
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Wonderful Screenpack: nice colors, cool ergonomic.
As the title,simply call it as you think. :)
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KOF : Unlimited.
Nah, feels quite uninspired not with the release of Unlimited Match coming soon.
If you wanna make it sound like a slogan SNK came up with (slightly engrish)
you could try:
KOF : ACR
The King of Fighters : All Cast Re-bout
;P
I'm actually trying to find something with that idea in mind just not what you suggested though. :P
Wonderful Screenpack: nice colors, cool ergonomic.
As the title,simply call it as you think. :)
Thanks but do you really want me to name it remix? ::)
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If you wish so, why not? ;)
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Real Bout KOF
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Sorry for the long week of no updates. I've been busy with a lot of stuff for the past few weeks (there's our pre-finals and playing Persona 4 and 2k2UM plus other personal stuff).
Anyway, I finally managed to finalize the menu screen.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kof_temp10.png)
You can't notice bec. it's just a picture but the red menu cursor is actually animated using a trick I learned from a screenpack from one of my personal fav. screenpack makers. That Geese pic isn't just him as well, it fades in and out into different characters (mostly KOF98UM to keep it consistent).
Btw, I completely suck at making logos, seriously. The best I could come up is this...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kofim_logo.png)
Behold my awesome Photoshop powers!
Yes I'm going to name it Infinite Match from now on. If anyone can make something better (and I'm sure someone will) then be my guest!
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The Menu screen is really very very nice. Can't wait to see that animated. :)
As for the logo, the flames need work, as they don't contrast enough with the name IMO, but apart from that it's not so bad.
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I never said I was going to use the logo. I just showed the best thing I could do in Photoshop. I'm really looking for someone to make something better you see. ;P
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I think the logo is pretty neat. Better than KOD's game was getting.
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Sorry for the long week of no updates. I've been busy with a lot of stuff for the past few weeks (there's our pre-finals and playing Persona 4 and 2k2UM plus other personal stuff).
Anyway, I finally managed to finalize the menu screen.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kof_temp10.png)
You can't notice bec. it's just a picture but the red menu cursor is actually animated using a trick I learned from a screenpack from one of my personal fav. screenpack makers. That Geese pic isn't just him as well, it fades in and out into different characters (mostly KOF98UM to keep it consistent).
Btw, I completely suck at making logos, seriously. The best I could come up is this...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kofim_logo.png)
Behold my awesome Photoshop powers!
Yes I'm going to name it Infinite Match from now on. If anyone can make something better (and I'm sure someone will) then be my guest!
Infinite Match is a good name. All in favor say "Aye"...
:egypt: :bandana: :cowboy: :hat: :hat2: :stooge_larry: :stooge_moe: :stooge_curly: :kugoi: :biker: :hair: :hair2: :kid: :baby: :gorgeous: :ninja: :goi: :juggle: :juggle2: :jester: :joker: :clown: :pimp2: :cool2: :sombrero: :cool3: :karate: :cool4: :pirate: :Mr-T: :rockstar: :singer: :guitarist: :drummer: :nutrox: :suttrox: =====> Audience: AYE!!!!!
All oppose, say "Nay"
:police: :cop2: :evil: :smart: :computer: ======> Minority: NAY!!!!!
The motion is carried.
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WILL. YOU. STOP. DOING THAT?!!?!?!
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just to get this straight, this is low res right? i forgot :S
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Nope. If it was low res I would be showing the select screen shots in 320x240.
I think the logo is pretty neat. Better than KOD's game was getting.
Really?! o_O
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Well, the concept is great. maybe you just need to sprite it more, remove the antialiasing on the letters and make it look less JPG artifact. The Font of KOF is good (KOF 2000?). Infinite match should have vertical gradient instead of center-out, but the font style is ok. The flame thing in the BG is very KOFish.
Perfect? no.
Good? yes.
Areas of opportunity and it'll be fitting and awesome ^^
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Yay, thanks! Trying to find the right gradients really gave me headaches.
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Progress is going great. I'm already more than halfway to finishing everyone's big portraits and I'm still working on them as we speak.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kof_temp11.png)
If you wonder why I didn't change it back to that world image it's because it was actually really bad. If you just saw it in motion you'ld understand.
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King of fighters rewind?
Although it looks like you decided already
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The background would look better with the logo of your game.
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I'm working on it. I just need to find out the right colors to make it fit with the rest of the screen.
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Hi, I do graphic design. Maybe I could give a try at your logo if you send me the PSD to the one you made?
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Sorry, I was going to start it from scratch so I deleted the PSD. :(
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is this still in the works
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Yes and no. I have some other projects too. I can't work on them all simultaneously.
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Shouldn't Kusanagi be in here? Along with the Clone team? xD
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Well I ran out of space as you can see. Don't worry I'll find out a way to fit them in there.
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Okay, cool.
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You even remembered the US Sports team ;___;
That's.....amazing.
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indeed it is :o
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kof_temp12.png)
Tadah! I even managed to put Nameless and Young Geese.
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...and here I thought it was up to us. LoL
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Awesome, you got the Kyo clones. ^_^
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I was actually going to recommend doing exactly that, but was too lazy to say it. :XD:
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Can you make a video about this? Showing the roster and the player portrait. :P
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What kind of music you gonna have playing for the select screen?
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I was actually going to recommend doing exactly that, but was too lazy to say it. :XD:
Dude, get your lazy asses up. I need all your suggestions. >(
Can you make a video about this? Showing the roster and the player portrait. :P
Ack sorry, my laptop can't handle capturing videos at 640x480. Very very choppy.
What kind of music you gonna have playing for the select screen?
At this point I have no idea. I've been changing it over and over again. I'm using MI1's music at the menu and vs screens at the moment. I don't know where this select screen music I'm using came from, however. I got it from a screenpack I've had for over 5 years now.
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I highly recommend using the KOF95 select screen music, AST version. Sounds awesome and should mesh well with the old school look you decided to use.
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Nah, I kinda suggest teh 98UM version of the character select.
And don't forget to add some references to 94. Of course, that goes without saying, but a lot of people seem to forget the series progenitor.
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Ugh, references to 94? What do you mean?
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Some of the stages from that game if stages will be added into the MUGEN thing on its own. And maybe some music from there as well.
Of course, the US sports TEam themselves are big enough reference already.
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This is just a screenpack not a full game.
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Well since you've put in the alternate Kyos, how about the other alternates? Orochi Iori & Leona, HK Yashiro, Chris and Shermie and Omega Rugal. That'd fill the 6 remaining slots and turn your "H" into a nice big square. Very nice screenpack btw.
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I'm thinking about it. But then where would I put Tung Fu Rue? O_O
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This is just a screenpack not a full game.
Oh. Never mind, then. :P
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Well I... hmmm... I forgot about him. I curse Kyo for have so many variations. Well, if we were to get technical, you really do only need one random select. Pop in the middle or somethin'?
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kof_temp13.png)
Haha, this is like Pokemon. Finally caught 'em all!
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I think you should separate the coloumns in teams of 3 or 4 and leave in the middle astand a lone coloumn for the extra chars that doesn't fit in any team.
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Uh yah, that won't work. There's only enough space to fit in everyone. Don't make me resize everyone again. It's a waste of time.
Btw did you even read the previous pages? That's actually what the screen looked like before I added everyone in the middle.
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All you need to share the same column, all merging into a single mass.
But done an excellent job, very beautiful and high quality. :sugoi:
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Beeeeoutiful! ;D
I think adding more columns would start squishing the name. ie: the name would start bleeding onto the portrait.
If I had one tiny, o so little issue, it would be that Rugal and O. Rugal look like the same when they could look a touch different. Perhaps you can give normal Rugal a portrait from his '98 stance to make them look a little different. Fantastic work though.
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Sorry, I saw the previous pics... Mine was just an idea...
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If you can, you could add hidden slots for bonus chracters.
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Testing, testing...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kofim_new01.png)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kofim_new02.png)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kofim_new03.png)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kofim_new04.png)
Also, notice the revamped lifebars. :)
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Very stylish and clean, so keep it up! :sugoi:
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Wooo whee. Would you look at that. :D
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(hyperventilating)
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select screen is sexy.
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WOOOW
Select screen looks great, but I prefer the old fonts. The last one looks too simple, bleh.
BTW, this lifebars rocks :sugoi:
Keep up the good work :D
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I'd say that you could put the character names on the bottom of the first player and top of the second player portraits, then space out the teams from the middle.
Ex.
╔═══╗ ╔════════════╗ ╔═╗ ╔══════════════╗
║P1 ║ ║First 4 Columns ║ ║ ║ ║Second 4 Columns ║
║P1 ║ ║First 4 Columns ║ ║ ║ ║Second 4 Columns ║
║P1 ║ ║First 4 Columns ║ ║ ║ ║Second 4 Columns ║
╚═══╝ ║First 4 Columns ║ ║ ║ ║Second 4 Columns ║
Name ║First 4 Columns ║ ║ ║ ║Second 4 Columns ║
║First 4 Columns ║ ║ ║ ║Second 4 Columns ║
Name ║First 4 Columns ║ ║ ║ ║Second 4 Columns ║
╔═══╗ ║First 4 Columns ║ ║ ║ ║Second 4 Columns ║
║P2 ║ ║First 4 Columns ║ ║ ║ ║Second 4 Columns ║
║P2 ║ ║First 4 Columns ║ ║ ║ ║Second 4 Columns ║
║P2 ║ ║First 4 Columns ║ ║?║ ║Second 4 Columns ║
╚═══╝ ╚════════════╝ ╚═╝ ╚══════════════╝
Jesus, that took long.
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Nope. In Team Battle mode the names will overlap.
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lifebars are too big IMO
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Nope. In Team Battle mode the names will overlap.
Damn, there has to be a way for it not to look so cluttered. :-\
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It's already fine as it is. The slots are already enough to fit every KOF char. that appeared in the main series.
lifebars are too big IMO
It's fine as it is. It is based on the 2k1 lifebars after all.
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It's already fine as it is. The slots are already enough to fit every KOF char. that appeared in the main series.
I just meant that all the characters bunched together liked that makes it seem cluttered and makes the teams seem fused. :P
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Converted to 1280 x 720 since it's Mugen's default resolution. I actually have much more space now. Also, I resized the portraits to normal standards so you don't have to change anything if you want.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kofim_new05.png
Open in new page since it's huge.
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It looks great, the only thing that bothers me is the font you've used for the names.
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It's temporary. I'm still waiting for a program that can read and make SFFv2.
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Converted to 1280 x 720 since it's Mugen's default resolution. I actually have much more space now. Also, I resized the portraits to normal standards so you don't have to change anything if you want.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kofim_new05.png
Open in new page since it's huge.
You're shifting to the newer M.U.G.E.N? That's a BIG step.
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Converted to 1280 x 720 since it's Mugen's default resolution. I actually have much more space now. Also, I resized the portraits to normal standards so you don't have to change anything if you want.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/mgbenz/Mugen/kofim_new05.png
Open in new page since it's huge.
That is awesome, exactly what I was talking about. :D