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Libary files for [[The Games Factory]] or [[Multimedia Fusion]] -and recently [[The Games Factory 2]] and [[Multimedia Fusion 2]]- consisting of [[sprite|sprites]]. In early ages, libs would be like a playable mini-game in which you could use the sprites if you wish. Over time, libs began to include more and more useless sprites, such as "pregnant Amy Rose". Later on, sprite-sheets were added and rules were made much more strict, limiting libs to only a specific type of sprite per lib and banning the silly mini-game aspect.
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A '''lib''' or '''library''' is a file for [[The Games Factory]], [[Multimedia Fusion]], [[The Games Factory 2]], or [[Multimedia Fusion 2]], consisting of several click Objects, generally for the purpose of using their graphic data (generally [[sprite]]s and some backgrounds.)
  
Libs have become less and less popular over time due to the wide varity of Lib types and the fact only [[Clickteam]] products can use them (Nowadays the majority of fangamers use [[Game Maker]] that does not support libs). Whereas clickteam products are fully backwards compatible, they are not forwards compatible, meaning older products such as TGF cannot run MMF, MMFE, TGF2 and MMF2 libs. As clickteam products usually cost, this means many of the libs are not usable without an upgrade, which can cost quite a bit.
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In earlier eras of fangaming, libraries were used extensively, and on [[MFGG]] were often submitted as comical parody games whose sprites could be used if required. However, the comical nature began to supercede the practical nature over time, leading to questionable content such as Super Saiya-jin 4 Mario, and absolutely worthless content such as Pregnant Amy Rose.
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The use of libs died out rapidly after the site began encouraging sprite sheets for compatibility with the increasingly popular [[GameMaker]], because libs of later programs (MMF2 etc.) cannot be used in earlier programs (TGF etc.), and because sprite sheets are far easier to use for developers anyway, compared to one enormous library that must be searched through.
  
 
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Revision as of 01:18, 13 January 2011

A lib or library is a file for The Games Factory, Multimedia Fusion, The Games Factory 2, or Multimedia Fusion 2, consisting of several click Objects, generally for the purpose of using their graphic data (generally sprites and some backgrounds.)

In earlier eras of fangaming, libraries were used extensively, and on MFGG were often submitted as comical parody games whose sprites could be used if required. However, the comical nature began to supercede the practical nature over time, leading to questionable content such as Super Saiya-jin 4 Mario, and absolutely worthless content such as Pregnant Amy Rose.

The use of libs died out rapidly after the site began encouraging sprite sheets for compatibility with the increasingly popular GameMaker, because libs of later programs (MMF2 etc.) cannot be used in earlier programs (TGF etc.), and because sprite sheets are far easier to use for developers anyway, compared to one enormous library that must be searched through.