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+ Streets of Rage 3 Lifebars                                             +
+ converted for MUGEN by mh777 from an original game by Sega Enterprises +
+ email - (cvmh777@yahoo.com)                                            +
+ der website - http://mugenorama.smeenet.org/index.html                 +
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-What's this?------------
	This is the lifebar set from Streets of Rage 3/Bare Knuckle 3, converted for use
with the MUGEN engine.

-Why?--------------------
	I love the Streets of Rage series of games.  I love MUGEN.  That's pretty much it.
This was originally part of a screenpack that I'd been working off and on over the past 
few years.  I'm probably not gonna finish it, but the lifebars are pretty much good to go.

-Features---------------
-Authentic Streets of Rage lifebars!
-Authentic Streets of Rage fonts!  (Now with extra characters!)
-Authentic Virtua Fighter 4 round announcer!  (Hey, it's still a Sega game, and Streets of Rage 3 
 didn't have a round announcer, so bleh-eh-eh. :p)


-How?-------------------
	Most likely, you already know how to install stuff for MUGEN use, but this is for the newbies.
Here's what it looks like inside the zipfile:

  -sor3bars.zip-----------(1.37M main zip file)
	-fight.def     <----with flashing "OK" timer
	-fight_alt.def <----w/o flashing "OK" timer
	-fight.sff
	-fight.snd
	/font (folder)
	  -sor3nm.fnt
	  -sor3nm_hr.fnt (doubleres=4 version of the font)
	  -sor3nm_alt.fnt
	  -sor3nm_alt_hr.fnt (doubleres=4 version of the font)
	  -sor3_timer.fnt
	  -sor3_timer_hr.fnt (doubleres=4 version of the font)



	Create a folder in MUGEN's /data folder and call it "sor3bars" (without the quotes, silly) 
and extract everything as is into it.  Next, open up the system.def file using Wordpad/Notepad and
change the following line:

fight = fight.def

to

fight = data/sor3bars/fight.def

Start up MUGEN, and the bars should be there while you fight.  Enjoy.

-Other things?-----------
-These bars are DoubleRes=4 enabled by default, mainly because I think it makes the small portrait look awesome
 by default.  However, it is also DoubleRes=0 compatible; check the fight.def to see how to enable it.
-No hitsparks; use your own.
-Now includes a patch (fight_alt.def) that removes the flashing "OK" timer thingie, as requested by some users.

-Thanks------------------
  -Sega, for creating the Streets of Rage/Bare Knuckle and Virtua Fighter series, 
from which I felt inspired to creatively borrow from in making this screenpack.
  -Elecbyte, because they gave us all MUGEN.  Where are they, anyway?
  -rouhei, for the winMUGEN hack.  I thank you for freeing me from DOS.
  -Paint Shop Pro, for everything graphic-related.
  -The author of PSound, the utility in which I ripped sounds from Virtua Fighter 4.  Good stuff.
  -RandomSelect and MugenGuild.
  -You, who bothered to download and hopefully enjoy this thing.  I hope you do.  You'd better.  *GRR*
  -Finally, last AND always least, me, for putting this thing together.

As always, comments, questions, cooking recipes, and fashion tips should be sent to me at my e-mail address 
at top or, alternatively, the MugenGuild or Randomselect forums.