Link by KingCharz, ChaosDante, EMW & MICROmor UPDATED (3/14/13)

[KingCharz]

I have released Link, a char from Legend of Zelda that I've been working on for a couple of months. The spritework was originally created by Chaos Dante, whose work is incredible. After some time, he decided to suspend work on him and made his Link work open source. I'm not that great with MUGEN, but I thought I would give it a shot since Legend of Zelda is my favorite game series. I saved all of the sprites he created and drew new sprites based on his style. As I am not that knowledgeable of coding either, I borrowed the char foundation from Young Link, created by EMW and MICROmor, which was also open source. The moves and programming is phenomenal to me. I basically swapped the sprites and fixed the coding to fit with this larger Link. I would say that this char is all of their work; I just happened to put it all together. I give acknowledgment to all of them for this char being created. I hope you guys enjoy it. I also don't know how to make a video, so I have attached some screenshots below. Feedback is much appreciated, but as long as it's something I can understand with my minimal knowledge of coding so I can fix bugs with time allows. Again, thanks to all the creators of these projects, as well as those in the Read Me file.







Video made by Mon-El

Link released by KingCharz, ChaosDante, HMW, MICROmor


Download the char using this link (**UPDATED 3/14/13):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gjnv4hmb5wvymxh/Linkv1.5.rar

If you would like to download the stage I created based on Hyrule I made a while back ago, you can get it here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/g4ig0xjqbbfod2z/HyruleStagev1.2.rar


Link from the Legend of Zelda series

By KingCharz
Sprites by Chaos Dante (and KingCharz)
Coding by Ermac Won/EMW (and KingCharz)
Original Link Char by MICROmor

v 1.5 (3/14/13)
-Removed NotGetHits from specials
-Fixed crouching combos
-Fixed sprites

v 1.4 (3/7/13)
-Fixed getting up animation
-Fixed Megaton Hammer hit on grounded enemies
-Added launcher on heavy Megaton Hammer
-Fixed color of ocarina
-Fixed Lie down hit animation
-Added dust animation to ground smash landing
-Added wolf Link intro
-Fixed arrow and boomerang sounds
-Added frozen state sprites
-Fixed infinite priority
-Made hookshot blockable
-Fixed block effects of hookshot and bomb
-Lowered attack default value and adjusted damage of attacks
-Arranged SFF for working palettes on FF
-Slightly tweaked sprites coloring
-Added small portrait by JDM
-Added large portrait by Chaos Dante

v 1.3 (2/25/13)
-Fixed Standing LK
-Fixed Ocarina Win Pose
-Fixed Triforce slash sounds
-Fixed Hookshot attack
-Fixed attack combos
-Fixed bomb attack and sound
-Fixed Hero's Bow attack
-Fixed Downward thrust attack and sound
-Fixed Super Jump effects
-Fixed Air velocities
-Fixed Megaton Hammer and Spin Attack speed priority
-Fixed crouching heavy punch launcher
-Fixed ground and air hit times

v 1.2 (2/20/13)
-Fixed run forward animation
-Fixed Link's shouts for consistency
-Fixed Hookshot as grap and attack
-Fixed Jumping sounds and effects
-Shortened taunt slightly
-Fixed Triforce Slash animation
-Added SSBB Triforce Slash sounds
-Fixed Triforce Slash air bug
-Fixed back flip on Hylian Finale Hyper
-Fixed all CLSN boxes
-Added 2 palettes

v 1.1 (2/14/13)
-Fixed damage of Hypers based on their level
-Fixed Aerial Super Spin Hyper superpause sprites
-Fixed Megaton Hammer in close quarters


Movelist
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Basics:
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Light Punch (LP) = X
Medium Punch (MP) = Y
Heavy Punch (HP) = Z
Low Kick (LK) = A
Medium Kick (MK) = B
Heavy Kick (HK) = C
Launcher = Crouching HP
Super Jump = D, U
Guard Push = LP + MP (While guarding)
Recovery Roll = L or R (while on floor)

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Specials:
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Boomerang Throw = D, DF, F, Any P
Spin Attack = D, DB, B, Any P (Also performed in air)
Hero's Bow = D, DF, F, Any K
Hookshot = D, DB, B, Any K
Bomb = LP + LK
Downward Thrust = D + Any K (while in air)
Megaton Hammer = F, D, F, Any P

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Hypers:
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Triforce Slash = D, DF, F, Any Two P
Super Spin Attack = D, DB, B, Any Two P (Also performed in air)
Light Arrow =  D, DF, F, Any Two K
Hidden Skills = D, DB, B, Any Two K

[Odin787]

nice, Zelda is one of my favorite video games so I will give you my honest feedback once i have finished testing him out, thanks for the hard work.

[Shadow_p3]

Cool looking and fun to play with...

I got just one problem the first time I tried it... he 'flew' on the stage when he got punched and didn't return :S Don't know how to explain, I'm not an expert.

Even so, just happened once and I repeat: cool looking and fun to play with. Oh, and I liked all the hypers.

Congrats.

See ya' 

[Kreen]

 

[HyperVoiceActing]

Think you can show a video of Link in action?

[JARRO77]

nice release

[mon-el]

Wow! Very nice  release. Glad to see that ChaosDante's Link sprites weren't wasted for nothing. I made a video for you to show him off in training mode:



Aside from wishing he had a more agressive AI, and some blur effects for the sword slashing, he's pretty awesome.

Nice job. 

[HyperVoiceActing]

He looks pretty nice. Might download him later

[KingCharz]

Updated Link. Details are on the first post. Mon-el, thank you for the video, but I can't figure out how to put it on a post like you did.

[Jelux Da Casual]

Don't use the YT button, it doesn't work (don't know why we still have that there.)

Just copy and paste the link, the forum will do the rest.

Fixed it on your post by the way.

[mon-el]

Updated Link. Details are on the first post. Mon-el, thank you for the video, but I can't figure out how to put it on a post like you did.

Hey, I was glad to do it, call it my thank you for me downloading your character. 

As for posting the video the way I did, I just got the video link of the Avengers vs X-men preview, then replaced that link of their video with mine,  sense I couldn't find a button to post videos here.

[Error Macro]

:O :O :O

Gonna try this out RIGHT now!

He probably still has some of the bugs from my Link, but I'll see if I can help you iron those out.

[KingCharz]

:O :O :O

Gonna try this out RIGHT now!

He probably still has some of the bugs from my Link, but I'll see if I can help you iron those out.

WOW! What an honor to hear from you. I love everything that your Young Link char had to offer to MUGEN. I am honored to receive your help. 

I have heard that if Link uses the Triforce Slash when an enemy is in the air, the enemy fall right to the floor instead of being frozen in the air. I am trying to find the problem, but so far nothing I've tested worked. I would be grateful for your involvement.

[Odin787]

sorry for the delay, it took me a while to test him out since i was also testing out other releases but overall I like what you did with him, easy to use difficult to master, he is mostly a ground type fighter as he should the only problem i can find depending on how one sees it is that he has a infinite (or is it reset?) when you combo his Lk or Mk Hookshot, his HK hookshot is practically useless, can't do anything with it, also the hookshot does not stun some characters i have for example Shin Gokuki by Phantom.of.the.server, here is a video I just uploaded using the hookshot infinite.

[Error Macro]

Yeah.... the hookshot attack was a pretty bad move I made when I originally coded the character.  I wanted it to function similarly to Scorpion's spear, but in end it just made more problems than anything, and was actually something I planned on removing, if I ever updated Link again.  An idea I have is to reuse those sprites for a throw, seeing as Link currently doesn't have one.  He could hook them in (at short range) and then throw them in the opposite direction.

Current things to note:

First of all, what's with the alignment of his sprites in the SFF file?  It's pretty weird.  They seem to be more appropriate in the AIR file, which is a good thing, but still odd.  O_o

Some of his CLSN boxes are a bit too big or too small.  This guide could help show you how to do those a bit more effectively (and better than they were in my old works)
http://kod.trinitymugen.net/K.O.D%27s_Basic_CLSN_Tutorial.html

Another thing to note about CLSN's are that standing gethits should all use the same CLSN boxes as the character's stance (which is a bit large at the moment) So I recommend toning it down a bit so make these things work.  This is how I would do his idle standing CLSN.

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Clsn2Default: 2
  Clsn2[0] = -28, -76, 30, 0
  Clsn2[1] = -8, -98, 15, -77
The CLSN box on his C. MP is way too big.

Many of his in air basic attack CLSN's aren't very air combo friendly.

The SSBB sound effects for the Triforce Slash are gone?  Not a problem but just something I noticed.

Standing MP, HP, MK, and HK don't properly cancel into specials anymore.

Despite all the faults, you did a pretty nice job with this.  I'm still flattered to see someone basing something on my own work. 

[Odin787]

you could also use it for the start of a super, using it as scropion's spear is not a bad idea either, you just have to make it so when the second time it is used it does not stun the opponent.

[KingCharz]

Thanks so much. I'm in the process of changing the CLSN boxes to be a bit more appropriate. The alignment of the sprites in the beginning are kind of wacky. Well into it, I realized how I can fix that, but I was too lazy to fix the ones I had already added in and fix the corresponding numbers in the animations.

I'm not really sure how I can make the air attacks combo friendly or standing attacks cancel. I guess I should say I don't really know what it means. Is there some kinds of example code you can show me.

I'll also check with the Triforce Slash sounds. I didn't realize I had taken them out.

And the hookshot ideas are awesome, but a bit out of my range of expertise. 

[Odin787]

That's ok, you have done a good job anyways, I'm also starting out so I can't really help you out codewise, only give you my feedback and suggestions.

[lp]

nice Link. downloading now

[KingCharz]

Updated Link again. Check out the first post.

[Error Macro]

First off, right out of the box (or zip) he'll crash mugen because of a missing palette now? 


Second, why didn't you use the CLSN tutorial I posted? You should never make CLSN's like this.  I'm going to even say that the other one was done better than this.  The old one could have been fine if you just toned it down in size. (I even posted an example for you on my last feedback post)  The new one does exactly what that tutorial I posted told you to avoid, and that is putting too much detail into them.


The hook shot still goes right through nearby opponents.


His blue CLSN will disappear on several normals.


His chaining is still broken on certain normals.  C. LP still can't chain into C. MP.  And certain normals still don't chain into specials like they should.

Taking a second look at his standing LK, it doesn't need to move him forward anymore.  I did that on my old link because of the poor range he had on his knee.  This Link has huge range on his LK.

I meant to address this earlier, but the win pose with the ocarina ends too early.  You can fix that by adding this to its state.

Code: [Select]

[State 0, AssertSpecial]
type = AssertSpecial
trigger1 = time <= 380
flag = roundnotover
The sound effect doesn't play on each hit during the Triforce Slash like it should.  Here's how it should be.

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[State 3002, Slashing Sounds]
type = PlaySnd
trigger1 = AnimElem = 4
trigger2 = AnimElem = 15
trigger3 = AnimElem = 23
trigger4 = Animelem = 32
trigger5 = AnimElem = 45
trigger6 = AnimElem = 55
value = S200,1
volume = 240
[State 3002, Slashing Sounds]
type = PlaySnd
trigger1 = AnimElem = 9
trigger2 = AnimElem = 22
trigger3 = AnimElem = 26
trigger4 = AnimElem = 39
trigger5 = AnimElem = 49
value = S200,0
volume = 240
Will continue to update this post with feedback as I find things.

[KingCharz]

Sorry about the missing palette. I realized that a bit after I posted the char so I fixed it a bit after. I did read the box tutorial and I thought I did a better job with it. I know I didn't want it too detailed, but I still wanted it to cover his body. I'll try to fix the hookshot, I have no idea why some of the blue boxes dissapear, and I'm working on incorporating the codes you made into the char (winpose, LK, Triforce Slash). Sorry again.

[Acey]

Wonderful job here. The sprites are very well animated, the variety of moves and Zelda references is high and the character is very fun. Thanks for sharing your wonderful work!

[Error Macro]

It's cool man.  We all make mistakes.  I sure made a ton of them on my characters. 

As for the hitboxes, try to never use more than 3 if possible.  In fact, 2 blue ones and 1 red one should be enough for most things.  Also, should never put a space between the legs.  It's pretty pointless and just means more work for you when making CLSN's.  Just as an example, just look at the CLSN's on good ol' Kung Fu Man.  Simple, clean, and to the point.

The reason the blue CLSN's disappear on certain normals is because you used CLSN standard (aka green CLSN's) for them.  For some reason they'll disappear whenever a red CLSN comes up.  I just recommend changing them to blue/

[KingCharz]

Thanks EM. I'm grateful for all of this help. I'm done with the other edits I wrote about and I'm working on cleaning up the boxes. I'm also doing some reading on how to make Link more combo friendly. 

And thanks Acey for the encouragement!