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#1  May 25, 2020, 02:16:54 pm
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Hello everyone! I share a little thing I'm working on: a little program that allows you to change some aspects of the mugen.cfg (without having to open it with notepad) and start the game. :) I'm developing it with VisualBasic, I'm not a programmer but I'm taking it in hand. Here is a graphic draft of the project, it will be more or less like this as soon as it is finished:

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#2  May 25, 2020, 06:21:57 pm
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very interesting ... I will follow
good luck and sucess
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#3  May 25, 2020, 06:27:37 pm
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yes I cannot wait for this tool to be released soon, keep it up, I'm gonna give that tool a try once it releases
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#4  May 25, 2020, 08:41:25 pm
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I like this concept.
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#5  May 26, 2020, 07:05:30 pm
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Hello, I am happy to see you interested in creating software, I am a programmer and I have created something similar long ago, if you have questions or need help with the code, I can help you.  :)
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#6  May 26, 2020, 08:08:33 pm
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Thanks everybody! :)

Hello, I am happy to see you interested in creating software, I am a programmer and I have created something similar long ago, if you have questions or need help with the code, I can help you.  :)

Hi nekro! Ah, did you create something too? Wow! Where I can see it?

The tool is almost finished, I have to code the "motif" part...I'd like the user could click a button and browse for the preferred system.def and make appear the file path in a textbox! Do you have suggestions about it?

Another question: if I would like to run this Visualbasic-based program on a very old OS (es. Win95) how can I set the maximum retrocompatibility?

Thanks!
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#7  May 26, 2020, 09:08:48 pm
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Hmm... i not even know are someone Still win95 or 3,*** or even gem Still use...
Hey, can i help, or maybe i need help
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#8  May 27, 2020, 05:36:35 pm
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Hi nekro! Ah, did you create something too? Wow! Where I can see it?
You can download my software here: https://rokksoftware.blogspot.com/search/label/herramientas?&max-results=6
Mugen commander tool, Ultimate char tester and SF zero loader edit some mugen.cfg values.

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The tool is almost finished, I have to code the "motif" part...I'd like the user could click a button and browse for the preferred system.def and make appear the file path in a textbox! Do you have suggestions about it?
To open a file with a select file window, use tool openFileDialog, or create it on run-time, the code is some like this:
Code:
Dim ofd As OpenFileDialog = New OpenFileDialog
ofd.DefaultExt = "def"
ofd.FileName = "system.def"
ofd.Filter ="All files|*.*|Def files|*.def|Text files|*.txt"
ofd.Title = "Select motif def file"
If ofd.ShowDialog() <> DialogResult.Cancel Then
    textbox1.text = ofd.FileName
End If
The dialog will return full path, if you change it on mugen.cfg, remever remove mugen folder path in motif full path
c:/games/mugen/data/myScreenPack/system.def -> data/myScreenPack/system.def
or running mugen with comands
c:/games/mugen/data/myScreenPack/system.def ->mugen.exe -r myScreenPack

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Another question: if I would like to run this Visualbasic-based program on a very old OS (es. Win95) how can I set the maximum retrocompatibility?
Well, it's a interesting question, in visual studio defines the .net framework version to use with the program, there are libreries (dlls whit some general code used for the program to run) ver.3.5 can be used win xp, I don't know if win95 support it, if you want to make a very old operation system compatible soft, you need use old software as visual basic 6.0, or programming in other language code supported by the operation system like java or c#

If you can explain me you plans, I can get you a better info, MP if you want...
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#9  May 28, 2020, 09:41:42 pm
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You can download my software here: https://rokksoftware.blogspot.com/search/label/herramientas?&max-results=6
Mugen commander tool, Ultimate char tester and SF zero loader edit some mugen.cfg values.

Mugen commander is interesting for the testing part! :)

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To open a file with a select file window, use tool openFileDialog, or create it on run-time, the code is some like this:
Code:
Dim ofd As OpenFileDialog = New OpenFileDialog
ofd.DefaultExt = "def"
ofd.FileName = "system.def"
ofd.Filter ="All files|*.*|Def files|*.def|Text files|*.txt"
ofd.Title = "Select motif def file"
If ofd.ShowDialog() <> DialogResult.Cancel Then
    textbox1.text = ofd.FileName
End If
The dialog will return full path, if you change it on mugen.cfg, remever remove mugen folder path in motif full path
c:/games/mugen/data/myScreenPack/system.def -> data/myScreenPack/system.def
or running mugen with comands
c:/games/mugen/data/myScreenPack/system.def ->mugen.exe -r myScreenPack

Thanks for the suggestion, I've found that way before I could read it! ^^° Now I'm studying how to load automatically an image from the motif folder (if exist) to replace the default image on the right...after that, it will be ready! :D

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Well, it's a interesting question, in visual studio defines the .net framework version to use with the program, there are libreries (dlls whit some general code used for the program to run) ver.3.5 can be used win xp, I don't know if win95 support it, if you want to make a very old operation system compatible soft, you need use old software as visual basic 6.0, or programming in other language code supported by the operation system like java or c#

If you can explain me you plans, I can get you a better info, MP if you want...

My plans are to run this tool on smartphone by Exagear (which emulates Windows 95 and runs Mugen 1.0 too). I'm just learning the language of vb, perhaps I'll develop retrocompatibility at a later time...we can talk about it in MP that time if you know those old languages!
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#10  May 28, 2020, 10:07:17 pm
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Hello everyone! The little program is almost finished, here is a preview:

Last Edit: May 30, 2020, 06:32:09 pm by F0b1aZ
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#12  June 02, 2020, 09:38:45 pm
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Little gem: I've added the possibility to automatically upload an image from the motif used (if it exists) that replaces the default one:

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#13  June 03, 2020, 11:54:36 pm
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Interesting!
Having some software like this to config mugen is a good thing.
Since most of the old ones are not compatible anymore.
Thanks for it
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#14  June 04, 2020, 06:00:52 pm
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Lookin' Good!
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#15  June 06, 2020, 12:15:22 am
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Almost finished!

- Avoided some error conditions;
- Added the possibility to edit start stage for quick version (useful for debugging) and sound (on/off);
- Tested working with Mugen 1.0 as well as Mugen 1.1;



Thanks nekro_rk for some advices! :)

Last Edit: June 06, 2020, 12:19:33 am by F0b1aZ
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#16  June 06, 2020, 02:51:35 pm
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Tool released! You can download it from here.