BUG REPORT!!! Sisyphus Prime Issue (Overdramatic Title For Comedic Purposes)

[NYC 4-8-4 Niagara]

so i don't know where to put this, but i'm having this issue with sisyphus prime for like an hour or more now, the bug report says this:

"Error detected.

Can't load sisyphusPRIME.sff
Error loading chars/sisyphusPRIME/sisyphusPRIME.def
Error loading p1

Clipboard tail:
Gameflow 11
Loading match assets...
Loading stage...
  Loading BG...OK
Stage loaded OK
Setting game resolution 1280x960...OK
  Allocating helpers...OK
Match RNG seed: 1450526331
Reset persist vars team 0
Reset persist vars team 1
Loading character chars/sisyphusPRIME/sisyphusPRIME.def...
  Loading info...OK
  Loading cmd command set sisyphusPRIME.cmd...OK
  Loading cns sisyphusPRIME.cns...OK
  Loading cns normals.st...OK
  Loading cns specials.st...OK
  Loading cns supers.st...OK
  Loading cmd state entry sisyphusPRIME.cmd...OK
  Loading common states common1.cns...OK
  Loading sff sisyphusPRIME.sff...Character sisyphusPRIME.def failed to load"
i've tried restarting my computer, uninstalling and reinstalling the dude and waiting for a few minutes, but all these methods don't work and i don't want to uninstall mugen rn
i also have the same issue with minos prime, so any help?

[PlasmoidThunder]

In mugen.cfg, try setting BufferedRead to 0 and UnloadSystem to 1. As the notes say, they'll reduce memory usage in exchange for increased load times.

[PlasmoidThunder]

Given it's failing to load the .sff, MUGEN is probably running out of memory. Try patching mugen.exe with this: https://ntcore.com/4gb-patch/

[NYC 4-8-4 Niagara]

UPDATE: here's the minos prime error that i got recently, what the actual FUCK does Pen being purged mean?
 

Error detected.

Can't load minosPRIME.sff
Error loading chars/minosPRIME/minosPRIME.def
Error loading p1

Clipboard tail:
End of versus screen loop
Game loop deinit
Gameflow 11
Loading match assets...
Loading stage...
  Loading BG...OK
Stage loaded OK
  Allocating helpers...OK
Match RNG seed: 164255868
Reset persist vars team 0
Reset persist vars team 1
Player Pen purged from cache: 0
Freeing player RC Pen...CMD...CNS...SFF...AIR...SND...Misc...OK
Loading character chars/minosPRIME/minosPRIME.def...
  Loading info...OK
  Loading cmd command set minosPRIME.cmd...OK
  Loading cns minosPRIME.cns...OK
  Loading cmd state entry minosPRIME.cmd...OK
  Loading common states common1.cns...OK
  Loading sff minosPRIME.sff...Character minosPRIME.def failed to load

[NYC 4-8-4 Niagara]

aight, fixed. case closed!

[NYC 4-8-4 Niagara]

case opened for the second time, actually. every time i play a round with either minos or sisyphus, when i start a round with the character i haven't played, it fails to load the sff again. i have caught an error message related to this phenomenon:

 

Error detected.

Can't load minosPRIME.sff
Error loading chars/minosPRIME/minosPRIME.def
Error loading p1

Clipboard tail:
Game loop init
Versus screen init
End of versus screen loop
Game loop deinit
Gameflow 11
Loading match assets...
Loading stage...
  Loading BG...OK
Stage loaded OK
  Allocating helpers...OK
Match RNG seed: 910053439
Reset persist vars team 0
Reset persist vars team 1
Loading character chars/minosPRIME/minosPRIME.def...
  Loading info...OK
  Loading cmd command set minosPRIME.cmd...OK
  Loading cns minosPRIME.cns...OK
  Loading cmd state entry minosPRIME.cmd...OK
  Loading common states common1.cns...OK
  Loading sff minosPRIME.sff...Character minosPRIME.def failed

i doubt that if i use the 4gb patch again it gives me two or four more gigabytes, so any other solutions?

[NYC 4-8-4 Niagara]

while in survival mode as sisyphus prime, the game tried to load minos prime and then this happened...

 

Error detected.

Can't load minosPRIME.sff
Error loading chars/minosPRIME/minosPRIME.def
Error loading p2

Clipboard tail:
21603: Warning: Player One Big Hot Man (56) in state 181: has no target with hit ID -1
21604: Warning: Player One Big Hot Man (56) in state 181: has no target with hit ID -1
21605: Warning: Player One Big Hot Man (56) in state 181: has no target with hit ID -1
21606: Warning: Player One Big Hot Man (56) in state 181: has no target with hit ID -1
21607: Warning: Player One Big Hot Man (56) in state 181: has no target with hit ID -1
21608: Warning: Player One Big Hot Man (56) in state 181: has no target with hit ID -1
21609: Warning: Player One Big Hot Man (56) in state 181: has no target with hit ID -1
21610: Warning: Player One Big Hot Man (56) in state 181: has no target with hit ID -1
21611: Warning: Player One Big Hot Man (56) in state 181: has no target with hit ID -1
Save persist vars P87 Leafy
Player Leafy cache count reduced: 0
Player Pen purged from cache: 5
Freeing player RC Pen...CMD...CNS...SFF...AIR...SND...Misc...OK
Loading character chars/minosPRIME/minosPRIME.def...
  Loading info...OK
  Loading cmd command set minosPRIME.cmd...OK
  Loading cns minosPRIME.cns...OK
  Loading cmd state entry minosPRIME.cmd...OK
  Loading common states common1.cns...OK
  Loading sff minosPRIME.sff...Character minosPRIME.def failed to load

btw "One Big Hot Man" refers to sisyphus prime, it says in the vselect character list.

[PlasmoidThunder]

Yeah it just keeps failing to load the .sff. Must be pretty big.

 

Which version of MUGEN is this?

[NYC 4-8-4 Niagara]

sorry, late answer, i was eeping
it's 1.1b1 iirc

[NYC 4-8-4 Niagara]

still awaiting further troubleshooting...

[NYC 4-8-4 Niagara]

just did these two things and an extra thing, setting the PlayerCache to 0. maybe minos and sisyphus will now coexist this time!

update: alright, issue fixed. case closed i guess... (finally...)