All EXA updated characters:
-Made the High Jump Input a little more lenient
-Fixed an error where the Burst Ready sound could play multiple times if the fighter were to somehow be KO'd before round start
-Other minor fixes

Character Specific:
Ragna:
-All non-special Soul Eater attacks now deal non-lethal chip damage.
Thief Arthur:
-The last hit on all versions of Whirlwind no longer steals life on block
-Twin/Quad Daggers now deal chip damage
Kirby:
-Updated list of Copy Ability Triggers

For some reason, changing the greater-than sign to a tilde symbol makes the command less strict and I have no clue why.

And here's some additional feedback to the characters already updated with EXA if any:

shouldn't it work the same as Ragna's Soul Eater upon block (I'm not sure if it works the same as I never played the source game)?

Hey OHMSBY, what inspired you to add the unique cutscenes and voicelines in your showcase trailers?

Also have you thought of making another April Fool's character or any ideas for one?

Hey OHMSBY, quick question.

Why does Marx have 11 timerfreeze codes?

Do you not use M.U.G.E.N itself to take the picture directly?

OHMSBY said, June 22, 2022, 04:46:17 AM

I wouldn't have known either. Whenever I run 1.0 in 1280x960, the frame rate takes a nosedive, so I tend to not bother switching from 640x480 on that engine. Nonetheless, I was able to fix the flickering in 1.0's higher resolutions.

Now that you said that, I'm actually pretty curious about your pc specifications (and possibly your mugen.cfg unless that's too much to ask :V ).

It seems like it only does that if I have my GameWidth and GameHeight on the mugen.cfg to 1280x960 as I usually upscale it during gameplay. But once I downscale it to 640x480 so I could snap a screenshot, now it doesn't flicker anymore. So I guessing it doesn't like that resolution and has to be changed since it's too big. I intentionally set it that way to make sure it's large enough for my monitor to see and still keep the 4:3 ratio. It's not one of the recommended settings, so I didn't know that would mess with it.

Kirby:
-The white background on Crash! still seems to be flicking on 1.0.

-For the Done For animation, the stage music should stop temporary until the death theme ends (I just realized it does that in the source games. Also, the same applies to Shantae too. Thought I let you know now since you haven't updated her yet).

Oh by the way since your next character is Dead Apostle Noel, where is the small portrait from? I noticed it looks different as it doesn't look like her main portrait used in the character select screen. Kind of looks like the one from her win screen. Thought I ask and no point to rework it again since you made it already as it still looks great.

Resentone said, June 13, 2022, 11:25:30 AM

I see. If it's alright with you, could you perhaps share it please? Either the png or psd is fine. I'm just trying to keep my characters consistent with yours.

I second that as well. Otherwise, we are kinda stuck using a cut in that will not fit with yours or the ones I'll be testing with.

So, on Faust, I found it off that his Exceed Accel didn't have the screen invert in colors when he struck the opponent's butt.

The Following Characters have received the EXA Update:
Akatsuki, Blitztank, King Dedede, Faust, Heart Aino, Hilda, Hyde, Jin Kisaragi, Kirby, King K. Rool, Lina, Mai Natsume, Merkava, Meta Knight, Nanase, Piranha Plant, Pyra, Ragna the Bloodedge, Robo-Weiss, Ruby Rose, Shana, Susano'o, Thief Arthur, Yu Narukami, Yukiko Amagi, and Yumi.

More info on the EXA Update here.

Google Drive link for characters who currently have the EXA update here.

Character Specific Changes:

King Dedede
-Gordo now disappears if Dedede is hit (No changes to Deluxe Gordo)

Kirby
-New Copy Abilities: Tornado and Ranger
-List of Copy Ability Triggers has been adjusted accordingly
-Plasma's Static Charge now also charges Kirby's Burst Gauge

King K. Rool
-Krownarang is now a regular special that does not cost meter
-Krownarang's frame data has also been adjusted

Mai Natsume
-Exseal can now be special canceled (The redirect is only special cancelable on hit)
-Juncture can now be canceled into Moon Blossom
-Juncture can now be canceled into itself near the end of the animation
-Removed Shearing Cherry Blossom Storm as a Force Break (It is now her Exceed Accel instead)

Yukiko Amagi
-Fire Boost and Fire Flame Boost now charge Yukiko's Burst Gauge
-Dia now slightly increases the Burst Gauge's regeneration throughout it's duration

The Japanese voice patches for Ragna, Ruby, Mai, and Yukiko have also been updated

Would it be possible to add a Code, which allow to change the position (maybe size too?) of every layer and variable code that forms the BURST icon(s) so there be the option to change it in case it doesn't display properly (aka on top of main portrait, turns portrait, lifebar, ect) with the set of lifebars you choice?

May I ask on where did you get the raw persona 4 cut ins? Was scrounging around sprites resources and haven't got much luck.

Do me a favor (again) and show me Meta Knight's Exceed Accel

1. With the addition of the new burst Icon, as well as the timer length bar, is there any minor increase to sff filesize? I did a test to see what were the previous amount of KB was inserted to the burst icons which include BURST, ULTRA BURST, THE RED X, ULTRA BURST TIMER, and EMPTY BURST. (I might have to recheck again, ff3 doesn't like to save sometimes. :V)

2. (from NOY update) The Ultra Burst BG is a bit heavy in size, arranging to a 3745KB (Still using Yang), and most characters make use of their Astral BG with Explods, which is a single sprite. Was that the only best BG you could find for Ultra Burst, or would more additional explods for the Ultra Burst background mess up your chars? (I'm not an expert on this, So I was just learning about Explods long ago.)

Hey OHMSBY, how did you come up with the new ideas and mechanics of this version of the Burst system, like the new icon for example, which is pretty cool because as far as I know there hasn't been any other mugen character that uses the Burst icon from Central Fiction.

Also what's the name of the stage that you used at the end of Marx's showcase video and the steamable videos you used to showoff Kirby's two new copy abilities?

Also, not sure if you have forgotten but I think it would be a good time to add those intros with Ichida's characters as you still haven't yet:

If it’s alright for me to ask, are there any tentative plans for characters besides Kirby to get any new/reworked moves/mechanics with the update, other than their Exceed Accels?

I found an error for Ruby when the opponent won't recover after getting hit by her jC many times, making an infinite combo.
https://streamable.com/0ha861

Pretty good characters. Only their AI are unfair. Any idea how to lower it down or turn it off?

The one thing I’m curious about for now though is with Exceed Accels being a thing in your characters, will some of them end up being changed a bit? Cause I know Dungeon of Serpents was Terumi’s Exceed Accel in Central Fiction, while it’s his Distortion Drive here.

Also, Kirby’s Crash Exceed Accel looks really cool. One question, though:
Are Terumi & Azreal getting new supers, since the QCB supers they have now are basically their Exceed Accels in source?

Since Marx has been released, what was the development process like with this guy being your first boss character? Also did Marx change up your scheduling of making characters or is everything pretty much the same?

Marx
-Reduced Pausetime, Hitstun, and Fall Recovertime from Eyeballs
-Fixed an error where certain attacks are unblockable at point blank
-Fixed an error where Ice Bomb won't detonate if Marx spits it out while outside of the screen
-Fixed an error where the Screen zooms out after Marx is defeated on a stage that uses tensionhigh and tensionlow
-(Hopefully) fixed an error where Marx would sometimes not bounce around the screen properly on defeat
-Added Config options for Black Hole Pull Resistance and Phase 2 Activation (See Config file for details)

Jin
-Jin now only goes into waiting before Hirensou's follow up if he currently has a target rather than if the first hit connected

Hilda
-Hilda now teleports during jBB according to the direction she is facing rather than the direction the opponent is facing

The only feedback l can give to Marx is that his laser does a lot of damage when blocking it.

If you don't mind me raising a question, how did you come up with the idea of making a boss character and other characters in general ? Have you ever run out of idea temporarily and how did you deal with it ?

Quick question: Will you ever do more Smash boss characters in the future? Just like you made Marx

A little curious, when will you release the system update?

Would you ever consider doing PlayStation All Stars characters in your style?

Not sure if this is an error or not, but both Jin and Ky can recover when I do an air combo with Uzuki.
https://streamable.com/md4uu9

Question: Aside from your NOY update, have you come up with new stuff for your characters like power charge or an image show up when they activate ultra burst just like MBTL ?

If you don't mind me asking, is there any specific inspiration for the special intro between Ky and Jin? Or was it just something you thought would be cool to include between them?

Also have you ever played Power Rangers: Power Of The Grid and if so what were your thoughts on it?