Error Testing Character

[Aarikku]

I've been searching around Google, and it seems like this is the most common error in the world. But I still can't get rid of it. 

I click the Run in WinMugen button, and the screen comes up for a second, and then I get the following error message:

Error message: Can't load leric.sff
Error loading chars/ffchartest/ffchartest.def
Error loading p1

A few more details: leric is the character's name, all the files are named leric (spelled correctly and everything) except the palette file, which is lericpal. This is Leric's def file:

[Info]
name="leric"
displayname="leric"
versiondate=
mugenversion=
author="Eric"
pal.defaults=12345
[Files]
sprite=leric.sff
sound=leric.snd
anim=leric.air
cmd=leric.cmd
cns=leric.cns
st=leric.cns
stcommon=common1.cns
pal1=lericpal.act
[Arcade]
intro.storyboard=
ending.storyboard=

I've been using Fighter Factory. Can anyone please help?

[MikeDaBike]

So the leric.sff file is existent and has a filesize > 0 Byte? The file is probably broken then, delete the char from your select.def or get the newest version of it.

[Aarikku]

Leric's sff file is 705 KB.

I've made the character (poorly, apparently), so there IS no newer version, and I haven't added it to my select.def - I'm just using the Test button in Fighter Factory.

[Aarikku]

Okay, I tried something different and got a slightly different result. I tried adding the unfinished Leric in MUGEN with the select.def way that you normally add characters. Anyway, this was the latest error message:

Error message: Can't load leric.sff
Error loading chars/leric/leric.def
Error loading p1

Does this new information change anything? 

EDIT: I also noticed that in the Options window of Fighter Factory, there's a text box that says '%1 %1'. Does this mean anything?

Thanks in advance.