How to fix broken character SFF file (updated)

The Palette fix is about 4 main things

1. All character sprites have to share the same palette

2. You must have a sprite 0.0

3. SFF must be in this order (top is first, bottom is last)
9000.0 (Doesn't need to share character palette) [can either be here at the end of the character sprites]
9000.1 (Doesn't need to share character palette) [can either be here at the end of the character sprites]
0.0
all other character sprites (sharing the same palette)
any other sprites (can have any palette not shared with character sprites)

4. When saving SFF do not allow it to auto-organize the file (this can change where the sprites are placed, and cause the break of the palette)

By this you can see that the palette fix may be different for each broken character.

Commonly I am fixing number 1 above. I find that a lot of spriters will get half way through spriting the character, and change the palette they are using (same colors, just different placement on the palette).
This causes the "break" in the palettes as they only work to change colors when the colors are placed in the same spots on the palette)

That all being said Fighter Factory has some tools built in that make changing the palette within the SFF file easy, but has to be done for each character sprite that does not match the character palette.
This can be easy if there are only a few sprites not matching the palette, but then there ones that can be harder with 50% or more of the sprites that need to be fixed.


Here are a couple quick ways to fix this right within mugen.

Part 1 shows how to set the palette back to default for the sprite if they are already sharing the palette but simply a different palette using "Apply the current palette to the specified sprites"

Part 1


Part 2 shows how to set the palette back to default if the sprites are not sharing the same palette using "Advanced Palette Editor"

Part 2


As you can see by "Part 2" example the sprites are also not sharing the same transparency color either.
You can load a sprite in the right hand pane of the advanced palette editor and copy over the default transparency color before "adapting the image to match the color of sprites"

Part 3 shows how to add different colors to an existing palette using "Advanced Palette Editor"

You need to have saved a sprite from the SFF with the correct color in it to use to copy the color from in Advanced Palette Editor.

Part 3


As you can see you can quickly fix most common issues caused during creation all within Fighter Factory.

Fighter Factory 3 and Studio were used for the videos.

Thanks for help!

thats a great tutorial, thanks man

ok I did all that with Wonder Twins chars and ... nothing does not change the palettes, only the first one remains, the others do not change when combining the buttons ...

yolomate wrote:

ok I did all that with Wonder Twins chars and ... nothing does not change the palettes, only the first one remains, the others do not change when combining the buttons ...

thatguy wrote:

The Palette fix is about 4 main things

2. You must have a sprite 0.0

You mean like this (never mind the crappy palette):




This took less than 5 seconds to fix following the instructions provided above.
I quoted myself with how I fixed it (above).

Issue:
It was only missing sprite number 0.0

Fix:
Make a copy of sprite 1.0
Rename the copy to sprite 0.0
Save the SFF
Character is fixed.

Nice if someone wanna learn.
But doesnt work to chars that sprites are with different pals each.I dont know how to explain better.(Forgive me)
I wanna say that some chars need to fix and add pals each sprites seperate.As i did at 2-3 chars for my roster.Because some have defferent base pal.
Other then this... it is big help for someone to learn.

DC VS MARVEL wrote:

Nice if someone wanna learn.
But doesnt work to chars that sprites are with different pals each.I dont know how to explain better.(Forgive me)
I wanna say that some chars need to fix and add pals each sprites seperate.As i did at 2-3 chars for my roster.Because some have defferent base pal.
Other then this... it is big help for someone to learn.

That is in the tutorial... I also go one further to that (will add a 3rd video for it soon) and show how to add different colors to the palette if they are missing (example in my quote was because of a different transparency color).

thatguy wrote:

Part 2 shows how to set the palette back to default if the sprites are not sharing the same palette using "Advanced Palette Editor"

Part 2


As you can see by "Part 2" example the sprites are also not sharing the same transparency color either.
You can load a sprite in the right hand pane of the advanced palette editor and copy over the default transparency color before "adapting the image to match the color of sprites"

I have only found 1 or 2 characters in all the years that I have had to fully rip all the sprites out, and using gimp manually replace colors to get the palettes to match. I thought it was too few and far between to even mention here.

I agree with you...but i guess i did find also those 2 chars or other 2.But other then this 2 chars... 98% ur tutorial it what member need to fix pals

DC VS MARVEL wrote:

I agree with you...but i guess i did find also those 2 chars or other 2.But other then this 2 chars...  98% ur tutorial it what member need to fix pals

Part 3 video is up explaining the last part of the tutorial as well now (for those trickier characters). Cheers

thatguy wrote:

yolomate wrote:

ok I did all that with Wonder Twins chars and ... nothing does not change the palettes, only the first one remains, the others do not change when combining the buttons ...

thatguy wrote:

The Palette fix is about 4 main things

2. You must have a sprite 0.0

You mean like this (never mind the crappy palette):




This took less than 5 seconds to fix following the instructions provided above.
I quoted myself with how I fixed it (above).

Issue:
It was only missing sprite number 0.0

Fix:
Make a copy of sprite 1.0
Rename the copy to sprite 0.0
Save the SFF
Character is fixed.

100000000000000000 thank you!!! I never see the detail sprite 0.0!!!!fixed and new pals now!

It Is interesting