The Mugen Fighters Guild - Sprmaker, batch compiling and Windows 7.

mh777

Sprmaker, batch compiling and Windows 7.

#1 December 06, 2009, 09:38:30 pm

I'm not a player, I guard-crush a lot.

Okay, after a bit of motherboard drama with my old PC, I've gotten a new PC with Windows 7. So far, everything's running fine and dandy as far as playing MUGEN goes. As for compiling stages....not so much. Sprmaker is unfortunately incompatible with my current 64-bit machine, which is unfortunate since I've been compiling my stages all these years using batch files.

Old vets: what do you recommend for someone who's used to the convenience of compiling via batch files as a replacement? ~~I'm not too hot on potentially using Fighter Factory, but I will if I have to~~* Also, I'm still(!) not quite ready to move on to MUGEN 1.0 yet, as I'm still having fun with plain ol' WinMUGEN. Any advice for my stubborn arse? Should I just move on to 1.0?

*edit: Just gave FF a try...and it's too slow for what I need and want to do. I'd rather just double-click a batch file, have my sprites compiled into a SFF, and be done with it.

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Last Edit: December 10, 2009, 08:10:54 am by mh777

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Re: Sprmaker, batch compiling and Windows 7.

#2 December 07, 2009, 12:27:24 pm

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When faced with that problem, I used Virtual PC to run Windows XP at my computer, share the directory with it and run sprmaker.

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mh777

Re: Sprmaker, batch compiling and Windows 7.

#3 December 08, 2009, 05:08:05 am

I'm not a player, I guard-crush a lot.

Darn, I was hoping I wouldn't have to do any kind of virtualization. Plus, I'm running Win7 Home Premium, which apparently disqualifies me from downloading and running Virtual PC from MS. Boo. If I were to use, say, VirtualBox instead to install a Linux distro (DamnSmallLinux perhaps), couldn't I set up a Samba share between my Windows MUGEN folder and Linux, and use Linux MUGEN tools to compile my SFF, and then send said SFF back to my Windows folder?

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