The Mugen Fighters Guild - How to delete unwanted palettes

To illustrate what walt said , here is kfm's def file

Spoiler: KFM's def file (click to see content)

Code:

; Definition file for Kung Fu Man
; Contains all the filenames needed for the character

; Player information
[Info]
name = "Kung Fu Man"        ;Name of character
displayname = "Kung Fu Man" ;Name of character to display
versiondate = 09,30,2009    ;Version date of character (MM-DD-YYYY or X.XX)
mugenversion = 1.0          ;Version of M.U.G.E.N character works on (X.XX)
author = "Elecbyte"         ;Character author name
pal.defaults = 1,2,3,4      ;Default palettes in order of preference (up to 4)
                            ;Numbering starts from 1
localcoord = 320,240        ;Local coordinate space width and height

; Files for the player
[Files]
cmd     = kfm.cmd           ;Command set
cns     = kfm.cns           ;Constants
st      = kfm.cns           ;States
stcommon = common1.cns      ;Common states (from data/ or motif)
sprite  = kfm.sff           ;Sprite
anim    = kfm.air           ;Animation
sound   = kfm.snd           ;Sound
ai      = kfm.ai            ;AI hints data (not used)

; Maps character selection buttons to palette numbers.
[Palette Keymap]
x = 1 ;Press button X to select palette 1, etc.
y = 2
z = 3
a = 4
b = 5
c = 6
;x2 = 7 ;Hold Start and press button X for palette 7, etc.
;y2 = 8
;z2 = 9
;a2 = 10
;b2 = 11
;c2 = 12

; Arcade mode
[Arcade]
intro.storyboard = intro.def
ending.storyboard = ending.def

Line 11 says :

Code:

pal.defaults = 1,2,3,4      ;Default palettes in order of preference (up to 4)

If the palette you want to keep is 1, the line becomes

Code:

pal.defaults = 1

Then, for keymap palettes you have lines 28 to 39
Notice that lines 34 to 39 are commented because they start with a ";" so they have no impact.
2 ways to handle it :

comment every line assigning an undesired palette
have every button being =1 (assuming palette 1 is the only one you want to keep

These solutions don't erase the palettes you don't want to keep. They just let you not using them.

Now if you want to get rid of every unused palette (assuming all your sprites are correctly indexed) , while working on FighterFactory, click on the "Palettes" menu on the top of your window, right next to "Project" / " Edit" / "View" / etc.
Voilà, you should see a line that says "Clear all unused".
Beware, it deletes all alternative palettes (which aren't used as indexed to any sprites). Meaning your character won't have any alternative colour. And that's helpful in mirror matches ...

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