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FIRE PROWRESTLING D VMU ORGANIZATION GUIDE v1.4
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by Bill Wood ([email protected])
Last modified: 3/6/02

Fire ProWrestling D (c) 2001 Spike/VAiLL

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==TABLE OF CONTENTS==
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SECTION 1: VERSION HISTORY
SECTION 2: INTRODUCTION
SECTION 3: FPD VMU SAVING CONVENTIONS
SECTION 4: ITEMS NEEDED
SECTION 5: MANAGING YOUR EDITS
SECTION 6: MANAGING YOUR ADD-ON MOVES
SECTION 7: OTHER FPD FILES
SECTION 8: CLOSING

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==SECTION 1: VERSION HISTORY==
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1.4 - "MANAGING YOUR ADD-ON MOVES" and "OTHER FPD FILES" sections
     added. Also some minor corrections and formatting changes.

1.3 - Formatting changed slightly, e-mail address updated.

1.2 - Corrections on memory save data by Single J and Darkstalker.
     Other minor corrections.

1.1 - Minor corrections.

1.0 - First version.

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==SECTION 2: INTRODUCTION==
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In Fire Pro D, downloading wrestler edits has replaced the old
standard of meticulously printing out and copying templates, and why
not? There are tons of excellent edit sites out there, and downloading
edits directly to your VMU is dozens of times faster than recreating
edits from templates. This guide is in response to several questions
I've seen regarding VMU edit transfers in Fire ProWrestling D.
Hopefully it will help those who need it.

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==SECTION 3: FPD VMU SAVING CONVENTIONS==
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FPD uses many different file saves for game customization, such as
name edits, costume edits, custom wrestler and federation edits, etc.
These are the name of the slots used in FPD for saving edits:

 FIREPRO.E01 (Slot 1 - 64 blocks - 50 wrestler edits)
 FIREPRO.E02 (Slot 2 - 64 blocks - 50 wrestler edits)
 FIREPRO.E03 (Slot 3 - 64 blocks - 50 wrestler edits)
 FIREPRO.E04 (Slot 4 - 64 blocks - 50 wrestler edits)

In addition, 16 edits can be saved to FPD's system memory. This makes
a whopping total of 216 wrestlers that can be saved across five
different files!

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==SECTION 4: ITEMS NEEDED==
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Here's everything you need to perform the task:

* A Dreamcast console with modem and ISP connection
* A web browser disc (this should have come with your Dreamcast)
* A copy of Fire ProWrestling D
* A boot disc (i.e. Gameshark, DC-X) to load the game if played as
  an import
* At least three VMUs

  == NOTE: This assumes you're using your Dreamcast to directly
  == download saves from the net. Since I don't have a Nexus card,
  == I really can't comment on how to use it.

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==SECTION 5: MANAGING YOUR EDITS==
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This is where I see people having trouble, but it's really easy once
you've done it a couple of times, assuming that you have at least
three VMUs at your disposal. Use the following scenario:

You've just downloaded a edit save to your VMU (VMU #1) from a
website. This file has the file extension .E03 (this would be FPD
edit save slot 3 obviously). Now let's say you're still browsing and
come across another .E03 save that you want. If you try to download
it to that same VMU #1, it will ask you to overwrite. You don't want
that, so you download it to another VMU (VMU #2). You now have two
E03 saves on two different VMUs. This is a problem.

The problem here is FPD will only load the first .E03 save it comes
across, in this instance, the VMU #1 save. This means you won't be
able to use all of the edits you've just downloaded. The solution?
Combine both .E03 saves into one save. Sound complicated? It's not.

Do this: turn off your DC, keep VMU #1 inserted, remove VMU #2 and
insert a third VMU its place (VMU #3). VMU #3 must have at least 64
blocks of open space. Then boot up FPD and go to Edit Mode. Load all
of the .E03 edits from VMU #1 one by one and relocate them to another
save slot (let's say .E02) on VMU #3. This would also be a good time
to do any tweaking you may want to do since you have to load all of
the edits anyway.

  == NOTE: Don't forget to save when done! You can make all the
  == edit moves you want and it won't mean a thing until you
  == actually back out of Edit Mode. The game will then prompt
  == you to save to an actual VMU.

You should now be at this point:

 VMU #1 = Original downloaded edits on .E03
 VMU #2 = Original downloaded edits on .E03
 VMU #3 = Transferred edits from VMU #1 on .E02

Now pop the lid open on your DC and you'll come to the DC blue sky
screen. Go to "File" and delete that .E03 save on VMU #1 (you don't
need this save since all transferred edits are now on VMU #3).

The end result is that you now should have two usable saves - an .E03
save on VMU #2 and an .E02 save on VMU #3 . You can combine these
saves simply by having both VMUs (#2 and #3) inserted, loading edits
from one edit save and saving them into empty slots on another. Again,
I'll explain:

Let's say you now have 15 edits on VMU #2 (.E03) and 26 edits on
VMU #3 (.E02). You will now load each edit from VMU #2 one by one
and save them into the empty slots on VMU #3 starting with slot 26
(which would be the first empty slot since you already have 25 edits
on that card). The end result would be this:

 VMU #2 (.E03) = 15 edits (this file can now be deleted)
 VMU #3 (.E02) = 41 edits (26 from previous + 15 from .E03)

By doing this over and over, it is possible to have edits from several
different saves on one neat save slot. I hope this all doesn't sound
too complicated, it really isn't. If you've ever played Resident Evil,
it's sort of the same concept as those silly puzzles where you mix all
those chemicals...

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==SECTION 6: MANAGING YOUR ADD-ON MOVES==
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If you happen to be an FPD add-on move junkie, you know that all of
the moves released to date equal nearly 500 blocks of VMU space.
That's 2 1/2 VMUs just for moves! Add this to your edit saves and
you're looking at several VMUs just for one game!

But of course, none of this information is mandatory to enjoy the
game. My advice to you is only download the moves you need for a
particular edit. On the other hand, VMUs are dirt cheap these days,
so go ahead and splurge! =)

In case you're curious, here are the VMU block requirements for the
moves released to date. This way you can decide what moves you need
to download beforehand:

File Name  Blocks  Move Name/Used By
---------  ------  -----------------
w00       6       Blazing Tornado Suplex (fictional)
w01       4       Eiffel De Parachute (fictional)
w02       4       Deadly Go Round (fictional)
w03       4       Super Muscle Buster (fictional)
w04       8       Shiranui (Naomichi Marufuji)
w05       9       Shining Wizard (Keiji Mutoh)
w06       17      The Worm (Scotty)
w07       8       Front Neck Lock (Jun Akiyama)
w08       8       Buffalo Sleeper (Hiroyoshi Tenzan)
w09       8       Last Ride (The Undertaker)
w10       9       6 Strike (Koji Kanemoto)
w11       9       Strike 3 (fictional)
w12       10      Brazilian Kick Rush
w13       9       Ruby Frosion (Akira Taue)
w14       5       Phoenix Kick (fictional)
w15       10      Londart Kangaroo Kick
w16       10      Side German Suplex (Mitsuharu Misawa)
w17       10      High Speed Dragon Screw (Keiji Mutoh)
w18       10      Turbo Drop (Jim Steele)
w19       9       Sweet Chin Music/Superkick (Shawn Michaels, others)
w20       9       Amaze Impact (Takeshi Morishima)
w21       9       Repeated Knees to Head
w22       10      Cobra Hold (Shinjiro Ohtani)
w23       10      Triple Moonsault (Super Crazy)
w24       6       Cattle Mutilation (Poison Sawada JULIE)
w25       9       Top Rope Tiger Driver (Mitsuharu Misawa)
w26       9       Leg Sweep using arm
w27       10      Blazing Chop (Etsuko Mita)
w28       7       Front Headlock Takedown
w29       9       Running to corner Shining Wizard (Keiji Mutoh)
w30       10      Anglelock (Kurt Angle)
w31       10      Minoru Special 2 (Minoru Tanaka)
w32       10      Dead End (Tamon Honda)
w33       8       Complete Shot/Flatliner (Kanyon)
w34       10      Electric Chair Drop (SUWA)
w35       10      Final Answer (Sanshiro Takagi)
w36       9       Reverse Waterwheel Drop
w37       13      Cycling Yahoo
w38       10      Skyhigh Chokeslam (Vader)
w39       8       Shining Black (Masahiro Chono)
w40       10      Twist of Fate (Hardy Boyz)
w41       12      Shubain (Mariko Yoshida, CIMA, Nova)
w42       11      Kea Rush (Taiyo Kea)
w43       11      Scissor Kick (Booker T)
w44       10      Hyper Knee Kuga (Mitsuya Nagai)
w45       10      Armbar/head Scissors (Milano Collection AT)
w46       10      Mounted Diving Knee Strikes
w47       8       Total Elimination (Eliminators)
w48       12      Stretch Muffler (Manabu Nakanishi)
w49       10      Yokosuka Cutter (Susumu Mochizuki)
w50       11      Koji MAX Hold (Satoshi Kojima)
w51       12      Second Rope Body Press (Giant Silva)
w52       7       Crazy Cyclone (Masayuki Naruse)
w53       22      Tarantula (Yoshihiro Tajiri)

If you want more info on add-on moves, read chris murder's "Download
Move List" guide at GameFAQs.com.

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==SECTION 7: OTHER FPD FILES==
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So far, we've covered edit and add-on move saves, which will take up
the majority of your FPD VMU space. Here are the other save files for
FPD and what they do:

SYSTEM DATA (FIREPROD.SYS, 36 blocks): This save stores many game
options; your option settings, custom belts, custom refs, Victory Road
progress, group reorganizing, tournament progress and 16 wrestler edits.
Needless to say you want to save your system data.

RENAME DATA (FIREPROD.REN, 27 blocks): This save stores the names you
give wrestlers when you rename them. Unless you're fluent in reading
Japanese and don't have a problem with fictional names, you'd better
use this save too.

RECOSTUME DATA (FIREPROD.REC, 21 blocks): Self-explanatory. If you
want to update a wrestler's default outfit, it's stored here. You may
only change one outfit per wrestler, but you can recostume as many
individual wrestlers as you like. To remove a custom costume, simply
select that wrestler in Recostume Mode, choose an unaltered outfit,
then back out of that mode.

GROUP EXPANSION DATA (FIREPROD.P01-P05, 26 blocks each): These saves
are for the custom federations and mat logos you can create, 5 max.

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==SECTION 8: CLOSING==
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In closing I would like to thank the following:

* CJayC and GameFAQs for hosting this guide.

* www.gswf.org for add-on move statistical info.

* Single J and DarkStalker for clarifying some VMU issues for me.

Fire ProWrestling D VMU Organization Guide (c) 2002 Bill Wood

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