volzzilla asks various Mugen related questions

i know mugen 1.1 chars dont work in 1.0 and winmugen, but do 1.0 and winmugen chars work in 1.1? same with screenpacks? will a screenpack designed for 1.0 work on 1.1?

Well, I didn't face any problems with characters from Win Mugen an Mugen 1.0 in my 1.1 roster.

For the rest, didn't have the opportunity to test...

volzzilla wrote:

i know mugen 1.1 chars dont work in 1.0 and winmugen, but do 1.0 and winmugen chars work in 1.1? same with screenpacks? will a screenpack designed for 1.0 work on 1.1?

From Elecbyte's words: "M.U.G.E.N 1.0 is backwards compatible with the majority of content from version 2002.04.14. However, there are some new features that will be available only if a character's mugenversion is updated to 1.0. You can update your content by the following steps"
You can see all of the changes here: http://www.elecbyte.com/mugendocs/upgrading.html

If a character, stage or screenpack has code that can only be used in 1.0 or 1.1 then that code would have to be modified to use on winmugen for example.

The same can be said for mugen1.1
Here is that info:
http://www.elecbyte.com/mugendocs-11b1/history.html

thatguy wrote:

volzzilla wrote:

i know mugen 1.1 chars dont work in 1.0 and winmugen, but do 1.0 and winmugen chars work in 1.1? same with screenpacks? will a screenpack designed for 1.0 work on 1.1?

From Elecbyte's words: "M.U.G.E.N 1.0 is backwards compatible with the majority of content from version 2002.04.14. However, there are some new features that will be available only if a character's mugenversion is updated to 1.0. You can update your content by the following steps"
You can see all of the changes here: http://www.elecbyte.com/mugendocs/upgrading.html

If a character, stage or screenpack has code that can only be used in 1.0 or 1.1 then that code would have to be modified to use on winmugen for example.

The same can be said for mugen1.1
Here is that info:
http://www.elecbyte.com/mugendocs-11b1/history.html

so you are saying anything that works in v1.0 will work in v1.1? so i could release my screenpack using 1.1 and not have to do anything else to it?

also, is it true that v1.1 is not as stable? i seem to read that alot.

Yes 1.0 should work in 1.1 without issues.

1.1 is my preferred mugen and is stable for me.

A lot of older characters and stages will work too.
Some need a minor changes to work.

i use mugen 1.1 nowadays....

i hope mugen gest evolving to 1.2 soon.

volzzilla wrote:

so you are saying anything that works in v1.0 will work in v1.1? so i could release my screenpack using 1.1 and not have to do anything else to it?

also, is it true that v1.1 is not as stable? i seem to read that alot.

MUGEN 1.1 only has a small glitch with RemoveExplod (but this is quite neglectable unless you are using stuff like Jmp's Buffer System. But even that, many people don't find the problem with it). With so many good features (more stable play, zoom supports for characters and stages, using OpenGL,...), the benefits of 1.1 outweigh its problems so unless your computer doesn't support OpenGL, you should always pick 1.1. Some characters have their Explod glitched out in 1.1 but that's on the authors because they are too lazy to set postype, not the engine.

thatguy wrote:

Some need a minor changes to work.

Mr.Giang wrote:

volzzilla wrote:

so you are saying anything that works in v1.0 will work in v1.1? so i could release my screenpack using 1.1 and not have to do anything else to it?

also, is it true that v1.1 is not as stable? i seem to read that alot.

MUGEN 1.1 only has a small glitch with RemoveExplod (but this is quite neglectable unless you are using stuff like Jmp's Buffer System. But even that, many people don't find the problem with it). With so many good features (more stable play, zoom supports for characters and stages, using OpenGL,...), the benefits of 1.1 outweigh its problems so unless your computer doesn't support OpenGL, you should always pick 1.1. Some characters have their Explod glitched out in 1.1 but that's on the authors because they are too lazy to set postype, not the engine.

see, that is a thing for me, i really do not want to have to edit whatever character for adjustment into 1.1. especially when i'd already have to do something with every single stage

volzzilla wrote:

see, that is a thing for me, i really do not want to have to edit whatever character for adjustment into 1.1. especially when i'd already have to do something with every single stage

If this means anything to you, that rarely happens and even if that happened, I wouldn't let bad authors ruin my experience with 1.1 and get myself to fix it. Also, the stability alone makes it worth to use 1.1 over 1.0.

stability? from what i've read, 1.0 is said to be more stable.

I second volzzilla, mugen 1.0 is more stable than 1.1.
Mugen 1.1 is for those who want it's functionalities, not saying 1.1 is a mess though, i have it for quite some time and nothing really bad happened, just ocasional crashes, so it ain't that bad.