Editing Character Definitions

When MUGEN is loading a character's states (''[Statedef XXX]'', ''[State YYY]''), the following file types designated in the char's ''definition'' file's ''[Files]'' section are loaded in the following order:

* st
* st0
* st1
* st2
* st3
* st4
* st5
* st6
* st7
* st8
* st9
* cmd<nowiki>*</nowiki>
* stcommon

<nowiki>*</nowiki>The ''[Command]'', ''[Remap]'', and ''[Defaults]'' sections of the ''cmd'' file are loaded '''prior''' to the state data/code loading process, probably so that MUGEN can tell which uses of the ''command'' trigger are valid or not:
 <nowiki>
[Command]
name = "ValidCommand"
command = ~D, DF, F, x

[Statedef -1]

[State Trigger Example]
trigger1 = !AILevel
trigger1 = ctrl
trigger1 = command = "ValidCommand"         ; Checks if the "ValidCommand" command has been inputted
trigger2 = command = "CommandThatIsInvalid" ; Causes an error since "CommandThatIsInvalid" is not a specified command</nowiki>

MUGEN ignores duplicated states, which is why the notion of 'overwriting' the common states usually found in the file designated as ''stcommon'' exists. The notion that MUGEN 'overwrites' states is incorrect though. 

Specifying ''[Statedef 0]'' in say the file designated as ''st9'' would make MUGEN ignore the one in ''stcommon'', and a ''[Statedef -1]'' designated in ''stcommon'' would be ignored unless you remove the one in ''cmd''.

Every one of the above files, if put in the ''[Files]'' section of a character's ''definition'' file, must contain at least one state, including ''cmd''. Which is why ''[Statedef -1]'' is put in ''cmd'' to fill that hole and make MUGEN happy.

MUGEN doesn't load state code in the ''cns'' file in ''[Files]'', as in it ignores the ''[Statedef XXX]'' and ''[State YYY]'' sections entirely. However you can do what Kung Fu Man does and use the same file path for multiple file types:

 <nowiki>
st   = kfm.cns ; Parses the '[Statedef XXX]' and '[State YYY]' sections of "kfm.cns" to load state code for the character
cns  = kfm.cns ; Parses the '[Data]', '[Quotes]', '[Movement]', '[Size]', and '[Velocity]' sections of "kfm.cns" to load constants for the character
anim = kfm.cns ; Parses the '[Begin Action XXX]' sections to load animations for the character and their corresponding hitboxes
</nowiki>

It is currently unknwon where and when in the loading process MUGEN loads the ''anim'', ''sprite'', and ''sound'' files specified in the ''[Files]'' section.