How to Add Stages to MUGEN

What you need

• A working engine. Same as characters: MUGEN 1.1 or IKEMEN GO.
• A stage listing. Recent example: Tereon's Spacecraft - ShiroTori. Classic: The Pit - Taybear.
• data/select.def opened in Notepad, not Word.

Steps

1. Unzip the stageYou want a .def (often next to a .sff). Some zips also ship a .mp3 / .ogg. Read the author's readme for where music goes. A lot of packs want the song in sound or next to the .def.
2. Copy into stagesPut the files in stages. A subfolder is fine: stages/pit/pit.def. Do not bury it two folders deeper than the path you will type.
3. Pick ExtraStages or a characterVersus stage select reads [ExtraStages]. A stage tied to one fighter goes on that character's line instead.
4. Type the path from stages/Under ExtraStages: stages/pit.def or stages/pit/pit.def. On a character: kfm, stages/pit.def. The stages/ prefix is required here. Character names in [Characters] do not use a chars/ prefix. Stages do.
5. Save and check versusBoot, go to versus, hold the stage button if your screenpack hides the list. If the camera is wrong or the floor is missing, the stage was built for another resolution. See the errors guide.

[Characters]
kfm, stages/kfm.def
bowser, stages/pit/pit.def

[ExtraStages]
stages/kfm.def
stages/pit/pit.def
stages/spacecraft.def

Video

The clip walks ExtraStages and a character line. Same select.def file as adding characters.

Stages to install

When versus has no new stage

• You added it under [Characters] as if it were a fighter. Stages go on a character line after the comma, or under [ExtraStages].
• Path does not match. stages/The Pit.def fails if the file is pit.def. Copy the real filename, including folder.
• 1.1 zoom stage on 1.0. Chikara Tournament is 1.1. Tereon's Spacecraft ships 1.0 and 1.1 options.
• Music path inside the .def still points at the author's machine. Open the .def and fix bgmusic if the fight is silent.

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