> I'm currently editing a stage that was created for Mugen 1.1 to be compatible with WinMugen. Right now, I'm having trouble getting the transparency to work. I moved the main BG layer (0, 4) to be the first sprite in the sff, then edited the sprite in Photoshop so that the transparency color was the last color in the palette. After importing the sprite back into the sff using Fighter Factory Classic, I turned on the "Activate Transparency" check box, and the transparency color disappeared like it was supposed to. However, when I tested the stage in game, the transparency still wasn't working, because Color 255 was still visible. Here is the stage's def file that I edited... [Info] ;Name of the stage.name = "Epoch Park"displayname = "Epoch Park" ;Name to displayversiondate = 06,22,2017 mugenversion = 1.0 author = "Vdisco" ;--------------------------------------------------------[Camera] ;Camera starting position: Usually 0 for bothstartx = 0starty = 0;boundleft = -540 ;-830boundleft = -195;boundright = 540boundright = 195;boundhigh = -500 ; -800boundhigh = -150boundlow = 0verticalfollow = 1.5 ;.85;floortension = 360floortension = 30;tension = 180tension = 55;overdrawhigh = 120;overdrawlow = 120;cuthigh = 55;cutlow = 25;startzoom = 1;zoomin = 0.9 ;1;zoomout = 0.65;--------------------------------------------------------[PlayerInfo];--- Player 1 --- ;Player 1 starting coordinates.;p1startx = -280 ;Starting x coordinatesp1startx = -70 ;Starting x coordinatesp1starty = 0 ;Starting y coordinatesp1startz = 0 p1facing = 1 ;Direction player faces: 1=right, -1=left;--- Player 2 ---;p2startx = 280p2startx = 70p2starty = 0p2startz = 0 p2facing = -1;;--- Player 3 ---;p3startx = -400;p3starty = 0;p3facing = 1;;--- Player 4 ---;p4startx = 400;p4starty = 0;p4facing = -1;--- Common --- ;Don't change these values.;leftbound = -4000 ;Left bound (x-movement)leftbound = -1000 ;Left bound (x-movement);rightbound = 4000 ;Right boundrightbound = 1000 ;Right boundtopbound = 0 botbound = 0 ;--------------------------------------------------------[Bound] ;Distance from left/right edge of screen that player can move to ;Typically 15screenleft = 30 ;58 Dist from left of screen that player can move toscreenright = 30 ;58 Right edge;--------------------------------------------------------[StageInfo];zoffset = 645zoffset = 220autoturn = 1resetBG = 1;localcoord = 1280, 720; ;Horizontal and vertical scaling factor for drawing.;xscale = 2.14;yscale = 2.14;--------------------------------------------------------[Scaling]topz = 0 botz = 50 topscale = 1 botscale = 1.2 ;--------------------------------------------------------[Shadow] ;This controls the darkness of the shadow. Valid values range ;from 0 (lightest) to 256 (darkest). Defaults to 128 if omitted.intensity = 54 ;This is the shadow color given in r,g,b. Valid values for each ;range from 0 (lightest) to 255 (darkest). ;Defaults to 0,0,0 if omitted. ;intensity and color's effects add up to give the final shadow ;result.color = 0,0,0 ;This is the scale factor of the shadow. Use a big scale factor ;to make the shadow longer. You can use a NEGATIVE scale factor ;to make the shadow fall INTO the screen. ;Defaults to 0.4 if omitted.yscale = .1 ;This parameter lets you set the range over which the shadow is ;visible. The first value is the high level, and the second is ;the middle level. Both represent y-coordinates of the player. ;A shadow is invisible if the player is above the high level, ;and fully visible if below the middle level. The shadow is ;faded in between the two levels. This gives an effect of the ;shadow fading away as the player gets farther away from the ;ground. If omitted, defaults to no level effects (shadow is ;always fully visible).fade.range = 0,0;--------------------------------------------------------[Reflection] ;Intensity of reflection (from 0 to 256). Set to 0 to have no ;reflection. Defaults to 0.intensity = 0;--------------------------------------------------------[Music] ;Put a filename for a MOD, MP3 or MIDI here, or just leave it ;blank if you don't want music. If an invalid filename is ;given, then no music will play. To play CD audio, put ;the track number followed by ".da". Using a track number of ;0 will play a random audio track. For example, to play ;track 3 from a music CD, use: ; bgmusic = 3.da;bgmusic = sound/bensound-dance.mp3bgmusic = sound/jigglyPark_BGM_Final_01.mp3;music by GLWuffie;bgmloopstart = <sample number>;bgmloopend = <sample number> ;Adjust the volume. 100 is for 100%.;bgmvolume = 90bgvolume = 0;========================================================;--------------------------------------------------------; Background definition; ***;-------------------------------------; [BG x]; type = ? "Normal"/"Parallax" (def: "normal"); spriteno = ?, ? Sprite group and number: groupno, imgno (req'd); start = ?, ? Starting location (integer) (def: 0, 0); delta = ?, ? Change in location per camera unit moved (float) (def: 1,1); trans = ? Transparency settings: "none"/"add"/"add1"/"sub"/"addalpha" (def: "none"); alpha = ?, ? (only for trans=addalpha) Source,dest alpha (def: 256,0); mask = ? Masking (int): 0 - off, 1 - on (def: 0); velocity = ?, ? Velocity: x, y (float): speed background moves (def: 0, 0); tile = ?, ? Tiling: xtile, ytile (int): 0 - off, 1 - infinite,; >1 - tile that number of times (def: 0, 0) - only for Normal BG; tilespacing = ?, ? Tiling: x, y (int) : space between tiles (def: 0, 0); Parallax-only:; xscale = ?, ? Top xscale, bottom xscale (float); width = ?, ? Top width, bottom width (int) (use either this or above, but not both); yscalestart = ? Starting y-scale (float, in percent) (def: 100); yscaledelta = ? Change in y-scale per unit (float, in percent) (def: 0);-------------------------------------;-------------------------------------; Main background definition[BGdef] ;Filename of sprite dataspr = Epoch_Park.sffdebugbg = 0;----------[BG sky]type = normalspriteno = 0,1start = 0, 1;makes BG movedelta = 0.6, 1 ;mask = 1;tile = ;velocity =;----------[BG bldgs]type = normalspriteno = 0,2start = 80, 4;makes BG movedelta = 0.7, 1 mask = 1;tile = ;velocity =;----------[BG trees tall]type = normalspriteno = 0,3;start = 0, -50start = 0, 0;makes BG movedelta = .8, 1 mask = 1;tile = ;velocity =;----------[BG trees low]type = normalspriteno = 0,6;start = 0, -50start = 0, 0;makes BG movedelta = .9, 1 mask = 1;tile = ;velocity =;----------[BG main] type = normalspriteno = 0,4;start = 0, -50start = 0, 0;makes BG movedelta = 1.1, 1 mask = 1;tile = ;velocity =;----------;[BG sm gazebo] ;type = normal;spriteno = 0,4;start = 0, -50;makes BG move;delta = 1, 1 ;mask = 1;----------;[BG food truck] ;type = normal;spriteno = 0,7;start = 0, -50;makes BG move;delta = 1.1, 1 ;mask = 1;tile = ;velocity =;----------;[BG fore tress] ;type = normal;spriteno = 0,8;start = 0, -50;makes BG move;delta = 1.1, 1 ;mask = 1;tile = ;velocity =;----------;[BG Wall];type = normal;spriteno = 1,0;start = 0, 11;delta = .8, .75;mask = 1;tile = 1, 0;----------;[BG Pillar Bottom];type = normal;spriteno = 15,0;start = 0, 180;delta = .8, .75;mask = 1;tile = 1, 0;----------;[BG Pillar Top];type = normal;spriteno = 15,1;start = 0, 11;delta = .8, .75;mask = 1;tile = 1, 0> Any help would be appreciated.
Are you sure the sff is saved in the winmugen format? Check this out and see if doing these steps gets you anything different. https://mugenguild.com/forum/topics/use-fighter-factory-3-make-palette-fast-177794.0.htmlBut use Save As, and name it something completely different. Then use NotePad or something easy to edit the Stage's Def file and change it to the crazy named sff.
@Odb718"Are you sure the sff is saved in the winmugen format?"> That's something that I'm sure of. When I saved the sff in the latest version of Fighter Factory, I was asked what format to save it in, and I picked WinMugen. Besides, I was able to open the sff in Fighter Factory Classic after I converted it, so I know the format isn't the problem."Check this out and see if doing these steps gets you anything different. https://mugenguild.com/forum/topics/use-fighter-factory-3-make-palette-fast-177794.0.htmlBut use Save As, and name it something completely different. Then use NotePad or something easy to edit the Stage's Def file and change it to the crazy named sff."> I'll give that a try, thanks.
I haven't switched from 1.1 to winmugen. When I converted a 1.1 to 1.0 It was a royal pain in the butt. I tried using Save As 20 plus times. It wasn't until I made a fresh 1.0 sff that I got it to work. You can use FF3 to import ALL the sprites from one project to the other. I can't see it take more than 4 minutes tops.
> OK, I was just doing some further experimentation with the stage, when I decided to try commenting out the main BG layer. When I did, all of the other layers showed up with their transparencies working just fine. I'll let you know if I'm able to make any further progress with this stage.
> OK, I fixed the problem. It turns out that the issue was with the palette I created when editing the main BG layer in Photoshop. In that palette, two indexes, including the last one used for the background layer were set to the same exact color. This is why Fighter Factory Classic was showing that the transparency was correctly applied, but the BG color was still showing up in WinMugen. All I had to do was change the color of the index not being used as the BG color, resave the palette, and make sure the BG image was using the right colors. I'd like to thank Odb718 for his help on this problem, and now I can finally mark it as Solved.
