I.K.E.M.E.N. Central => IKEMEN Releases => Ikemen General Discussion and Help => Topic started by: TheFclass97 on December 29, 2015, 04:41:14 pm
Title: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: TheFclass97 on December 29, 2015, 04:41:14 pm
This section was created to try to inform many new mugenites and veterans alike about "IKEMEN." In this segment, I will try my best to explain many things about IKEMEN to it's core; from screenpacks, to adding chars, to connecting, to configs, to even new breakthroughs! We need to explore this engine more in great detail, as it contains many amazing features and new content being created, as well as the fact that it's a VERY open engine! With the right people looking more into it, it can be along side MUGEN itself as a fantastic engine! Feel free to look around this sub-board as there is a lot to find. Now, without further a do, welcome to the "HOW TO IKEMEN" series...
Episode 1
How to IKEMEN ------------------------------------------ Screenpack Creating/Editing ------------------------------------------
Time stamps were created so you can get to the parts faster. Check the spoiler below!
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
(Make sure you open main.lua with notepad)
* = Important
Intro - 0:00 Quick Description of folders - 1:35 Sprite Opening - 4:45 Character Select* - 6:35 - Cutting corners with the .sff - 10:52 - Coding the BG* - 12:33 to 21:24 - Showing the sprite in-game* - 21:40 to 24:50 - Adding new sprites/layers* - 25:02 to 34:27 Main Menu* - 44:38 - Where is it?* - 44:40 - Actually ding the main menu* - 44:50 to 54:33 Text & Modes - 54:45 to 56:46 Portraits and roster tables - 56:48 to 58:01 Adding different menu music* - 59:00 to 1:05:28 Misc. for Players* - 1:05:29
Episode 2
How to IKEMEN --------------------------------------------------------- Small Tech. (Part 1) (Zoom/Window Size/Controls/Lifebars/Fonts) ---------------------------------------------------------
Time stamps were created so you can get to the parts faster. Check the spoiler below!
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(Make sure you open main.lua/config.ssz with notepad)
* = Important
Intro - 0:00 ZOOM* - 2:23 - How to enable/disable the zoom* - 2:24 - How to adjust the distance of zoom* - 5:25 - How to adjust the speed of zoom* - 11:17 CONTROLS/WINDOW SIZE* - 13:30 - Where to go* - 13:35 - How to adjust the window size* - 14:16 - How to adjust the controls* - 15:28 - How to add more players (2/3/4/etc.)* - 18:56 - Info for controller/arcade stick users* - 20:41 LIFEBARS/FONTS* - 23:36 - Where to go/Info* - 23:56 - How to add lifebars* - 25:04 - How to add fonts for the game* - 27:55 - If your lifebar/fonts ain't working (advice and stuff)* - 29:50
Episode 3
How to IKEMEN --------------------------------------------------------- How To Play Online (Basic Stuff) (SUPER IMPORTANT) ---------------------------------------------------------
Time stamps were created so you can get to the parts faster. Check the spoiler below!
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* = Important
Intro - 0:00 How it works? (General stuff)* - 1:37 What do I need?* - 1:53 - Port Forward (simple exlanation) - 1:57 - Programs to play online* - 2:45 EVOLVE (Program)* - 3:36 - Making a group/party* - 4:03 to 5:23 Hosting/Joining a game online* - 5:26 - HOSTING* - 5:49 to 6:03 - Firewall (Super Important)* - 6:03 to 7:37 - JOINING* - 7:42 to 8:20 Doesn't work? Try this* - 8:49 - Same Ikemen* - 8:50 to 9:23 - Other programs/Firewall - 9:31 to 9:58 - Evolve "Offline" issue fixed* - 10:00 to 10:56 - Says "Connecting" - 10:56 to 11:04 REPLAYS* - 11:35 - Where?* - 12:08 to 12:26 - How to save replays* - 12:27 to 13:25 - How to watch replays* - 13:40 to 14:05
Episode 4
How to IKEMEN --------------------------------------------------------- Request by: Kamekaze Black Roster Tables (Select Cell Editing) ---------------------------------------------------------
Time stamps were created so you can get to the parts faster. Check the spoiler below!
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
* = Important
Intro - 0:00 Fix Lag (From IKEMEN Jan 21 version +)* - 8:23 to 10:46 The Roster Table Explanation* - 11:09 Making One Table* - 11:50 - Having only one visible* - 12:19 to 15:26 - Moving the table (Repositioning)* - 15:40 to 20:02 - Matching P1 and P2 Cursors* - 20:10 to 23:27 Specific Character Amount* - 25:14 - Putting our characters in (10 Characters) - 25:40 to 29:03 - Eliminating clone cells* - 30:23 to 35:22 (Stream got cut off int he middle, my b) (I could re-do this part in the future). - Fixing Select Bug* - 35:23 to 41:28 Adjusting Cells (Rows n Columns)* - 41:55 to 50:58
Episode 5
How to IKEMEN --------------------------------------------------------- (Menu/Mode BGM (Music) - Menu Text Position - Menu Cursor Position - Adding Online Tag) ---------------------------------------------------------
Time stamps were created so you can get to the parts faster. Check the spoiler below!
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
* = Important
Intro - 0:00 Adding Music to Menu* - 1:31 - What do I need?* - 1:32 - What does "this" mean?* - 2:03 to 3:50 - Separating menu music method* - 4:48 to 6:43 - To avoid an error if you're using "Separate" method* - 6:47 - Adding the menu music to the modes* - 7:45 to 17:12 - Adding a "VS" theme on loading screen - 17:14 to 21:14 Menu Text Positioning and Menu Cursor Positioning* - 21:45 Adding Online Tag* - 30:30
More will be added in the future! So stay tuned, be creative, and I will see you next time...
Title: Re: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: OldGamer on December 29, 2015, 05:51:37 pm
wow the best video guide for ikemen. But you forgot to add 1 on the 500,1 for to be 501,1 on the p1box lol for the Portrait box to show up and that why its never show up xD . but still this is the best video guide :D
Title: Re: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: TheFclass97 on December 29, 2015, 08:14:54 pm
wow the best video guide for ikemen. But you forgot to add 1 on the 500,1 for to be 501,1 on the p1box lol for the Portrait box to show up and that why its never show up xD . but still this is the best video guide :D
I should have known... Lol, sorry about that.
Title: Re: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: 2Dee4ever on December 30, 2015, 03:05:14 am
Nice guys nice! Things are coming along well.
Title: Re: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: OldGamer on December 30, 2015, 04:44:25 am
wow the best video guide for ikemen. But you forgot to add 1 on the 500,1 for to be 501,1 on the p1box lol for the Portrait box to show up and that why its never show up xD . but still this is the best video guide :D
I should have known... Lol, sorry about that.
we are here to help and support your video Guide man . Please keep up with the Awesome video Guide. I know people will use this for sure.
Title: Re: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: OldGamer on December 30, 2015, 04:44:54 am
Title: Re: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: teddylam on January 03, 2016, 08:22:27 am
Please people, could you post some tutorials for:
-command modifications for gamepad (I could make my Ori Fighting stick to work, but I have problems with my X-Box 360 gamepad) -How to add or use sweet-FX -How to do zoom for stages like Rei did in Capcom vs SNK universe (the zoom is coded in the stage or Ikemen has another way ?) -How to do interactive stages -Is all characters for mugen compatible with Ikemen ?
Title: Re: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: TheFclass97 on January 03, 2016, 02:38:04 pm
-command modifications for gamepad (I could make my Ori Fighting stick to work, but I have problems with my X-Box 360 gamepad) -How to add or use sweet-FX -How to do zoom for stages like Rei did in Capcom vs SNK universe (the zoom is coded in the stage or Ikemen has another way ?) -How to do interactive stages -Is all characters for mugen compatible with Ikemen ?
- sure - is this for characters, like hitsparks? - sure (super easy) - this is character related. The code for those go each char and not ikemen itself. - most chars are compatible.
Title: Re: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: teddylam on January 03, 2016, 05:29:00 pm
I would say both, I didn't knew we could configure sweetFx only for characters or other elements of the game... :o
OH! SweetFx.... that program thing that makes games have effects like CRT? I thought you meant like "sweet fx's," you know? Nah, I don't mess with those... For now, I do tutorials with great detail on how to use IKEMEN and create things on it since many don't know how, and doing so will grow the engine. Is that what you were referring to?
Title: Re: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: teddylam on January 03, 2016, 07:35:11 pm
Yeah, I need to know more about Ikemen, what it can do, and what modification we have to do on characters to make them fully compatible with Ikemen.
And if possible what fonctions it has that mugen doesn't have (other than playing with other people on internet). :)
Title: Re: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: TheFclass97 on January 03, 2016, 07:52:48 pm
Just watched, thanks so much man, this is gold, this made me excited to mess with ikemen.
I'm glad it did... ^_~
Title: Re: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: GaziraAgain on January 19, 2016, 09:52:09 am
Thanks for this tutorials, they´re very usefull. I Only a little question, can Ikemen work with lifebars and screenpack created with .png 32 bits images? Thank you very much!
Title: Re: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: TheFclass97 on January 19, 2016, 10:45:36 am
Thanks for this tutorials, they´re very usefull. I Only a little question, can Ikemen work with lifebars and screenpack created with .png 32 bits images? Thank you very much!
I believe so... Just use fighter factory 3 for that.
Title: Re: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: TheFclass97 on March 29, 2016, 08:31:29 pm
UPDATE! New video added about How to play online (basic stuff)!
please check first post to see the video... thank you...
Title: Re: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: Bullfrog on April 16, 2016, 05:42:05 pm
Thanks for the info man, good stuff!
Title: Re: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: TheFclass97 on May 01, 2016, 06:22:42 am
UPDATED! Added the livestream in. I'll make a time stamp tomorrow (unless someone wants do to it, lol).
Title: Re: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: TheFclass97 on August 20, 2016, 08:27:17 pm
Lol, I forgot to add time stamps for Episode 4 like a dumb ass. I fixed it. Check first post please, thank you.
Title: "HOW TO IKEMEN" Ep. 5
Post by: TheFclass97 on October 22, 2016, 09:20:43 pm
Uploaded episode # 5! Small Tech. #2! What does it talk about?
- Adding and separating menu/mode bgm's - Menu text positioning - Cursor text positioning - Adding online tag
More to come! Please check the 1st post for all of the previous episodes (including the newest one). Thank you...
Title: Re: HOW TO IKEMEN Series
Post by: OldGamer on October 12, 2017, 08:49:12 am
Uploaded episode # 5! Small Tech. #2! What does it talk about?
- Adding and separating menu/mode bgm's - Menu text positioning - Cursor text positioning - Adding online tag
More to come! Please check the 1st post for all of the previous episodes (including the newest one). Thank you...
@TheFclass97 your video guide been so helpful and with out your awesome teaching of making Ikemen build I would not make my Melty Blood Ikemen remix. I like to give you credit because you are well deserve a pat in back to make this happen. Please Check out my new Ikemen when you have free time :D