MarioFIGHTer 1.5

MarioFIGHTer 1.5: The FFA Update​

Created by codeflex

MarioFIGHTer is back, this time supporting fights with up to 4 players, and includes direct compatibility files for MMX and Link (use the files in the zip and replace those files within their respective mod folders).

To form a team with another player, hold L + R + A
To start a FFA battle, first have one player challenge another with L + R + Z; before accepting a match, Player 3 and 4 can also use L + R + Z to convert it into an FFA request!

This list includes only features, balancing changes, and fixes completed after MarioFIGHTer 1.0.

Multiplayer Expansion​

• Added three and four-player free-for-all battles.
• Multiple nearby challenges can merge into one open FFA request.
• Added request text showing the players currently joining an FFA.
• Added in-world indicators above players involved in an open request.
• Added indicators showing whether an open challenge uses 2D or 3D rules.
• Added longer acceptance time for multiplayer requests.
• Added individual health and knockout states for every FFA participant.
• Added lower-screen health bars for Player 3 and Player 4.
• Added target switching with L during multi-opponent battles.
• Corrected friendly fire between actual teammates.
• Prevented players from challenging their active teammate.
• Team partnerships now remain active after a battle.
• Knocked-out teammates remain immobilized until the next round.

Multiplayer Victory Rules​

• In 1v1, the first knocked-out fighter loses.
• In 2v1 and 2v2, a team loses only when every member is knocked out.
• In FFA, the last remaining fighter wins.
• Timed team battles compare each team’s combined remaining health.
• Timed FFA battles award the round to the fighter with the most health.
• Fixed rounds ending before a fighter’s health actually reached zero.
• Fixed rounds occasionally awarding victory to the wrong player.
• Fixed matches softlocking after incorrectly detecting a surviving player as defeated.
• Fighters who bubble or fall out of the level are restored before the next round.

Final-Hit Cinematic​

• Added a Smash-inspired cinematic for the final attack of a match.
• Added cinematic bars, camera zoom, dramatic hit freeze, impact effects, and a finishing launch.
• Limited the effect to genuine match-ending player attacks.
• Prevented forfeits and secondary impact damage from activating it.
• Increased the final launch knockback.
• Moved the cinematic camera farther back for clearer framing.
• Fixed the cinematic activating only once per session.
• Added cleanup for interrupted or stale cinematic states.
• Fixed missing effect functions that previously generated Lua errors.

MMX Compatibility​

• Added direct MMX compatibility by modifying MMX’s own projectile handling.
• X and Alia’s uncharged buster shots now inflict chip damage.
• Added damage for X and Alia’s stage-one charge shots.
• Vile’s machine-gun shots now inflict chip damage.
• Axl’s pistol shots now inflict chip damage.
• Increased MMX uncharged projectile damage after initial balancing.
• Reduced excessive damage from fully charged MMX projectiles.
• Increased Vile and Axl grenade damage and added knockback.
• Increased Zero’s sword damage.
• Added more subtle projectile impact effects.
• Corrected MMX projectiles firing toward the target instead of straight ahead in 3D battles.
• Updated MMX ground-dash handling to preserve player-directed movement.
• Added a clean MMX compatibility package alongside the live patched version.
• Kept MarioFIGHTer independently releasable without bundling MMX itself.

Character Compatibility​

• Added heavy damage to Pikachu’s aerial Thunder attack while preserving its electrocution and launch behavior.
• Added damage for Metal Sonic and Metal Knuckles bounce attacks.
• Added collision damage for Metal Knuckles’ glide.
• Added momentum-scaled damage for Metal Sonic and Metal Knuckles spin attacks.
• Increased damage from Link, Zero, Metal Sonic, Metal Knuckles, and other specialized movesets.
• Reduced launch behavior from Metal Knuckles’ opening punches so combos can connect.
• Added compatibility hooks that external movesets can use to register MarioFIGHTer damage.

Combat Changes​

• Added a Z + A backflip counter-attack.
• The counter becomes active immediately to interrupt close-range pressure.
• Successful counters inflict damage and strong upward knockback.
• Backflip counters defeat incoming ground pounds.
• Reworked parries to create a short attack clash instead of knocking down both fighters.
• Added faster recovery after a successful parry.
• Improved blockstun so blocking can create a counterattack opportunity.
• Blocked attacks no longer apply normal knockback.
• Reduced standard Mario punch, kick, dive, and ground-pound damage.
• Increased damage for specialized custom-moveset attacks.
• Reduced ground-pound damage through multiple balancing passes.
• Reduced damage from ground, wall, stair, bonk, and knockdown impacts.
• Added speed scaling so exceptionally hard impacts can still cause greater damage.
• Added protection against the same impact dealing damage repeatedly across several frames.
• Added a low-health standing animation below 20% health.

Recovery Fixes​

• Reduced the amount of recoverable health to prevent drawn-out matches.
• Fixed recovery freezing indefinitely.
• Fixed newly received damage sometimes being overwritten by active recovery.
• Fixed grenade and sword damage occasionally being nullified during recovery.
• Changed recovery processing so each player owns their local health restoration.
• Added damage timestamps that immediately suspend recovery when a new attack lands.
• Added safeguards for missing team-damage and health functions.
• Fixed recurring recovery errors that accumulated lag for non-host players.

Camera Improvements​

• Added improved vertical tracking for slopes, pits, and aerial movement.
• Added a Camera Wall Collision option.
• Camera wall collision remains disabled by default, preserving the unobstructed fight camera.
• When enabled, level geometry can push the camera in front of obstructing walls.
• Improved multiplayer camera framing for team and FFA battles.
• Reduced camera snap-back after a fighter receives damage.
• Fixed combat movement corrections ending before the full match transition completed.
• Improved camera cleanup after softlocks, ring outs, and interrupted battles.

PIGGYBACKer Integration​

• Added an option to suspend PIGGYBACKer during fights.
• Added direct compatibility handling inside PIGGYBACKer.
• Combatants are rejected as piggyback riders and hosts while fighting.
• Existing piggyback links are cleared when a fight begins.
• Added repeated enforcement to catch piggyback links created after the initial battle transition.
• Normal piggyback behavior becomes available again after the fight.

Interface and Help​

• Added /help with challenge, team, FFA, forfeit, and targeting instructions.
• Added Player 3 and Player 4 HUD layouts.
• Added wins indicators for additional combatants.
• Moved lower-player names, icons, and wins above their health bars.
• Removed lingering FFA request text after a battle begins.
• Added active teammate and target indicators.
• Rebranded the release as MarioFIGHTer 1.5, retaining the red, yellow-orange, and white title colors.

Stability Fixes​

• Split FFA, multiplayer combat, and counter logic into dedicated handler files.
• Reduced pressure on Lua’s per-file local-variable limit.
• Fixed missing last_damage_for_team, set_health, show_fight_fx, burst_particles, and related helper errors.
• Fixed invalid MMX projectile-owner lookups.
• Fixed repeated Lua errors triggered by SIDEKICKer swaps.
• Fixed countdown and battle-state interruptions introduced during multiplayer development.
• Reduced accumulating non-host lag caused by callbacks failing every frame.
• Added safer cleanup when a combatant disconnects, changes levels, or becomes unavailable.
• Added recovery paths for interrupted FFA and final-hit states.

Known Limitations​

• Character Select locking remains excluded because universal hooks repeatedly caused startup failures.
• Throws and grapples were not included; the backflip counter currently fills the defensive escape role.
• MMX, Pikachu, PIGGYBACKer, and Metal Sonic/Metal Knuckles integrations require their supplied compatibility files.