Brave Fencer Musashi Setup Guide

Required Software

• Archipelago. Please use the latest version. Versions below 0.6.7 are not supported.
• Brave Fencer Musashi NTSC: BIN(s)/CUE.
• BizHawk 2.7 or later. Other emulators are not supported.
• The latest bfm.apworld file. You can find this on the Releases page. Put this in your Archipelago/custom_worlds folder, if on windows and archipelago is installed double clicking on bfm.apworld should do this for you.
• ~~Delta Patcher program that handles xdelta Releases page. Alternatively if on Linux download the Delta Patcher on flatpak~~ No longer needed (only needed for <v0.3.0 of bfm apworld)
• ~~Brave Fencer Musashi AP Randomizer xdelta patch file Releases page~~ No longer needed (only needed for <v0.3.0 of bfm apworld)

Configuring BizHawk

Once you have installed BizHawk, open EmuHawk.exe and change the following settings:

• If you're using BizHawk 2.7 or 2.8, go to Config > Customize. On the Advanced tab, switch the Lua Core from NLua+KopiLua to Lua+LuaInterface, then restart EmuHawk. (If you're using BizHawk >=2.9, you can skip this step.)
• Under Config > Customize, check the "Run in background" option to prevent disconnecting from the client while you're tabbed out of EmuHawk.
• Open any PlayStation game in EmuHawk and go to Config > Controllers… to configure your inputs. If you can't click Controllers…, it's because you need to load a game first (depending on version may not be needed).
• Consider clearing keybinds in Config > Hotkeys… if you don't intend to use them. Select the keybind and press Esc to clear it.
• Under Tools > Lua Console and on the new Lua Console window Settings > check Autoload with EmuHawk

Generating a Game

1. Open ArchipelagoLauncher.exe
2. Create your options file (YAML). After placing the bfm.apworld file into the custom_worlds folder, you can generate a template within the Archipelago Launcher by clicking Generate Template Settings.
3. Follow the general Archipelago instructions for generating a game.

Connecting to a Server

1. Open your Brave Fencer Musashi (USA).cue file in EmuHawk.
2. In EmuHawk, go to Tools > Lua Console. This window must stay open in order to send or recieve items.
3. In the Lua Console window, go to Script > Open Script….
4. Navigate to your Archipelago install folder and open data/lua/connector_bizhawk_generic.lua.
5. Select "BizHawk Client" within the Archipelago Launcher. On your first time opening BizHawk Client, you may also be asked to locate EmuHawk.exe in your BizHawk install.
6. The emulator and client will eventually connect to each other. The BizHawk Client window should indicate that it connected and recognized Brave Fencer Musashi.
7. To connect the client to the server, enter your room's address and port (e.g. archipelago.gg:38281) into the top text field of the client and click Connect.
8. The client will ask for a slot name. This is the text after "name: " in the YAML file (Defaults to "Player1")

You should now be able to receive and send items. You'll need to do these steps every time you want to reconnect. After selecting the script once you can instead use File > Recent Scripts. It is safe to do most things if the client is not connected (if manually patched) but it is expected that the client is connected to make progress and prevent some soft locks. If client gets disconnected try reconnecting/reloading as soon as able. It will be needed to be connected to receive items and for shop randomization; everything will re-sync when you reconnect.

A Note to New Players of Brave Fencer Musashi

A speedrun of the game may take 2-4 hours depending on catagory, a first time casual run may take 12-20 hours. Consider playing this game with quicker goal settings (either rescue fewer NPCs/kill an earlier boss) or playing this game in an async.

Notes and Limitations

Patching the BIN file (no longer needed) (Only for compatibility with bfm apworld <v0.3.0)

1. launch Delta Patcher
2. For original file select an unmodified Brave Fencer Musashi (USA) (Track 1).bin
3. For xDelta patch select the downloaded xdelta patch linked above.
4. Apply patch
5. A patched bin can be used for multiple games just keep careful track of save files and memory cards. It is also suggested to update the folder name to denote a patched file