Thank you so much for response.
The suggested fix works by force selecting character (A) as Omega Rugal;
This issue was addressed long time ago and not fixed;
Current [cheat.7z] database "kof98.xml" file is still misleading as the description emphasizes this works on Arcade Mode only;
I would request "kof98.xml" be edited so that Omega Rugal is on top of the selection list, as there is no way to fast scroll or jump to top or bottom of the characters list when navigating Cheat menu in-game;
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<cheat desc="P1 Select Character (A)"> <comment>This refers to the first character selected</comment>
<parameter>
<item value="0x29">Omega Rugal</item>
<item value="0x00">Kyo Kusanagi</item>
<item value="0x01">Benimaru Nikaido</item>
<item value="0x02">Goro Daimon</item>
<item value="0x03">Terry Bogard</item>
<item value="0x04">Andy Bogard</item>
<item value="0x05">Joe Higashi</item>
<item value="0x06">Ryo Sakazaki</item>
<item value="0x07">Robert Garcia</item>
<item value="0x08">Yuri Sakazaki</item>
<item value="0x09">Leona</item>
<item value="0x0A">Ralf Jones</item>
<item value="0x0B">Clark Steel</item>
<item value="0x0C">Athena Asamiya</item>
<item value="0x0D">Sie Kensou</item>
<item value="0x0E">Chin Gentsai</item>
<item value="0x0F">Chizuru Kagura</item>
<item value="0x10">Mai Shiranui</item>
<item value="0x11">King</item>
<item value="0x12">Kim Kaphwan</item>
<item value="0x13">Chang Koehan</item>
<item value="0x14">Choi Bounge</item>
<item value="0x15">Yashiro Nanakase</item>
<item value="0x16">Shermie</item>
<item value="0x17">Chris</item>
<item value="0x18">Ryuji Yamazaki</item>
<item value="0x19">Blue Mary</item>
<item value="0x1A">Billy Kane</item>
<item value="0x1B">Iori Yagami</item>
<item value="0x1C">Mature</item>
<item value="0x1D">Vice</item>
<item value="0x1E">Heidern</item>
<item value="0x1F">Takuma Sakazaki</item>
<item value="0x20">Saisyu Kusanagi</item>
<item value="0x21">Heavy D!</item>
<item value="0x22">Lucky Glauber</item>
<item value="0x23">Brian Battler</item>
<item value="0x24">Rugal Bernstein</item>
<item value="0x25">Shingo Yabuki</item>
</parameter>
<script state="run">
<action>maincpu.pb@10A84E=param</action>
<action condition="param==0x29">maincpu.pb@10A84E=24, maincpu.pb@10A85A=01</action>
</script>
</cheat>
For whatever reasons, opening is slow and editing is difficult for [cheat.7z];
Simply opening to view contents of [cheat.7z] takes 1-2 min, and extracting [cheat.7z] takes 5-7 min;
My quick fix was to extract "kof98.xml" file, edit and save it with new code, and drag the edited file back to [cheat.7z];
However, WinRAR throws an error saying it does not support 7z format, and 7-Zip throws an error "Not Implemented", and i have no idea what is causing this error and i have no clue how to mitigate this error;
Extracting and recompressing [cheat.7z] using 7-Zip on my own, i was able to inject the edited "kof98.xml" file to [cheat.7z], so i would just blame the fault is on Pugsy's end with 7z format for now;
I know it sounds like im asking a lot, but im just doing simple tasks and solve issues on my own, and theres so many obstacles making simple tasks long and difficult. Uploading images or videos to explain on this forum seems not supported;
In case other folks looking for selecting and playing as Boss character on other King of Fighters titles, either make use of force selecting Character (A) cheat or find and replace with hacked ROM files, as there seems to be no simple native cheat codes to enable Boss. Particularly for kof98 Omega Rugal, i rather suggest switching to Console mode because it was natively implemented by the game developers;
