MFA

Icons that represent a MFA in Multimedia Fusion 2 and Clickteam Fusion 2.5.

MFA (Multimedia Fusion Application) is the file format used by Multimedia Fusion and up which replaces the GAM file format used by The Games Factory and older programs. A creator's events, frames and files are stored inside the file, and acts as the "source code" to a user's application or game.

Backups

It is strongly recommended to take regular backups of MFA files. In the event they become corrupt, they may become unreadable and require special support to recover it's contents. There is a feature in the Preferences which allows Fusion to create automatic backups on each save. These files use numbering for its extension, starting with .000 up to .999.

Backups are particularly important with beta software, as these are still being tested. They may corrupt the MFA, or perform strange quirks that should be reported to the Bug Tracker.

Fusion 2.5 Changes

Clickteam Fusion 2.5 further expands upon the original MFA format used by Multimedia Fusion 2:

• Files created by version 2.5 cannot be opened with MMF2.
• Files opened in version 2.5 that were saved in 2.0 are automatically backed up the first time they are opened and prompted to choose a language.
• Improved compression, particularly images with alpha channels.

Missing Extensions / Frames

This occurs when your copy of Fusion is missing an extension or contains a frame featuring objects that are incompatible with your system (for example, an ActiveX control). In many cases, these may be available to download from the Extension Manager, or through an extension pack.

With really old projects from Multimedia Fusion 1.5 that contain extensions incompatible with newer versions of Windows or Fusion, you may need to copy an existing extension's MFX files in order to dismiss the "incompatible extensions" message.

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