Wait what? Thats not how frame data works. Startup refers to how many frames of the move are present before an attack, so how long the character is preparing to attack, active refers to how long the move is capable of damaging the opponent. If its capable of damaging the opponent, its not startup anymore. If a move says its 3 frames, odds are that translates to ticks for Mugen. So 3 frames = 3 ticks. I love Ryu, but a 2 frame attack is a bit much, don't want 3S Chun levels of BS :p

Hm, was unaware of that. Strange. Also
If you were to look at 3S Ryu, his Jab is 3 frames. But this isn't true, since he only has 1 frame of his LP animation, but it LASTS 2 ticks. This is what i was referring to. It is stated as being 3 frames, so it translates in to 3 ticks in Mugen. I apologise for my lousy explanation. Here is the actual data (cool ass site btw)
http://ensabahnur.free.fr/BastonNew/hitboxesDisplay.php?sMode=f&iChar=2&sMoveType=fd_normals&sAction=w&iMove=1
As you can see, the move actually DOES startup in 3 frames, and becomes active on the 4th. I'm not crazy XD This is what i've been referencing
EDIT: IT has 2 frames, was going on memory i'm a dumbass. Doesn't change much tho since that frame last an additional tick, so 3

Btw i dunno if this was brought up, but i feel Ryu hits WAY too hard. Like, i'm able to get near 50% meterless. I didn't see any scaling in the code, so i took the liberty of applying my own to see the difference
[youtube]https://youtu.be/l58stuhqKTc[/youtube]
I only applied it to the normals used, too lazy lol. If you want the scaling, here it is, its based on USFIV, but has elements of SFV and could easily be edited to fully match. It uses free variables in Ryu too

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Code:

;===============================================================================
; ------- Damage Dampener --------
;===============================================================================

;[State -2, Hit Count Super Handling] 
;type = VarAdd
;triggerall = StateNo = SUPERSTATE
;trigger1 = !IsHelper
;trigger1 = MoveHit = 1 
;trigger1 = !HitPauseTime 
;trigger1 = !(HitDefAttr = SCA, AT) 
;fvar(13) = 0

;[State 0, Super Scaling]
;type = varset
;trigger1 = movehit 
;trigger1 = fvar(10) < 0.50
;fvar(11) = 0.5 
;ignorehitpause = 1

;This block of code ensures that Supers do two things. 1, add ONLY 1 to damage scaling, and 2, do a minimum
;of 50% damage regardleess of previous scaling.  All you need to do is add 
;triggerall = stateno =SUPERSTATE
;to each section

;[State -2, Hit Count Certain Specials Handling] 
;type = VarAdd
;triggerall = StateNo = SPECIALSTATE
;trigger1 = !IsHelper
;trigger1 = MoveHit = 1 
;trigger1 = !HitPauseTime 
;trigger1 = !(HitDefAttr = SCA, AT) 
;fvar(13) = O

;Used in instances where you want a special move, or a normal if you so choose, to add only 1 to the damage
;scaling, regardless of how many hits are in the move. An example being Kens Heavy tatsumaki from USFIV.
;The first hit adds 1 point t damage scaling, while the rest don't regardless of which kick hits the opponent

;Used to add Counter Hit Scaling
[State -2, Counter Flag] 
type = VarSet
trigger1 = (enemynear, movetype = A)
fvar(1) = 1
ignoreHitPause = 1
[State -2, Counter Flag Reset] 
type = VarSet
trigger1 = (enemynear,movetype != A)
fvar(1) = 0
ignoreHitPause = 1

;Decreases damage if opponent has 50 or 30% life
[State -2, Life Scaling]
type = varset
trigger1 = (enemynear, life > lifemax * 0.50)      ;No scaling if over 50% life
fvar(2) = 1
ignorehitpause = 1
; Reduction of 10% at 50% life
[State -2, Life Scaling reduction1]
type = varset
trigger1 = 1
fvar(2) = ifelse((enemynear, life <= lifemax * 0.50), (1 - 0.10), 1)
ignorehitpause = 1
;Additional 5% reduction at 30%
[State -2, Life Scaling reduction2]
type = varset
trigger1 = fvar(9) < 1
fvar(2) = ifelse((enemynear, life <= lifemax * 0.30), (1 - 0.15), 0.90)
ignorehitpause = 1

;Keeps track of current combo count
[State -2, Hit Count] 
type = VarAdd 
trigger1 = !IsHelper
trigger1 = MoveHit = 1 
trigger1 = !HitPauseTime 
trigger1 = !(HitDefAttr = SCA, AT) 
fvar(13) = 1
[State -2, Hit Count Reset] 
type = VarSet 
trigger1 = NumEnemy && fvar(13) 
trigger1 = (EnemyNear, MoveType != H) && (EnemyNear, StateNo != 5300) 
trigger2 = moveguarded = 1 
fvar(13) = 0 
ignoreHitPause = 1
 
[State -2, Scaling] 
type = VarSet 
trigger1 = 1 
fvar(10) = ifElse(fvar(13) >= 2, 1 - (0.10 * fvar(13)), 1)
ignoreHitPause = 1 
 
[State -2, Scaling Limit] 
type = VarSet 
trigger1 = fvar(10) <= 0.10 
fvar(10) = 0.10 
ignoreHitPause = 1 
 
[State -2, Root Dampener] 
type = VarSet 
trigger1 = 1 
fvar(19) = fvar(10) * ifElse(fvar(1) = 1, 1.25, 1) * fvar(2)
ignoreHitPause = 1

;IMPORTANT
;ADD TO HITDEF TO APPLY SCALING
;damage =  ceil(fvar(19) * BASE_DAMAGE),CHIP_DAMAGE