The project looks great, and is exactly what I was hoping would eventually release to let me make a nice custom personal build of PM!  That said, I'm a little confused by how to set everything up here. 

Basically what I'm hoping to reach in the end is a build that includes the base Project M roster + Knuckles/Lyn/Isaac/Sami (though the latter two I can live without) + Ridley + Waluigi + Project Ganondorf. 

How would I start making this happen?  Brawl EX has confused me for a while, so any guide or advice on the process of adding characters on top of PM would be much appreciated.

refrag your SD card
That should probably fix it

Thanks a ton man, this fixed everything!  Never thought to defrag, good call.

First off, great pack!  I was having some trouble setting up the stage expansion code but this download got it working great.  I've swapped out a few of the stages, and am having a pretty strange issue. Nothing freezes or anything, but I've switched in new .brstm files for the new stages, but for some reason it'll play a few seconds of the song, make a static noise and jump into a different song entirely.  It does this repeatedly throughout the match cycling between two or three tunes.  This happens on each stage with custom music.  Anyone heard of something like this or how to fix it?  As much as I like "Beware the forest mushrooms" having it randomly cut into a paper mario song or epic battle theme is a little strange.

EDIT2:  Also, for some reason this did NOT affect the Skyloft stage.  I switched in the main skyward sword theme and it plays through without a hitch.  Could it be related to changing the stage itself?

EDIT:  I should also say, I'm using Gecko, not Riivolution

EDIT3:  With some more testing, I've found that this happens on any of the new stages of the 37, even ones which I have not touched the files of at all.  Here's the method I used to replace the music - I opened the codeset file to identify what  .brstm is set to play on that stage.  Then I took the .brstm that I wanted to use, renamed it accordingly and dropped it in the music folder.  Was there more to it than this that I'm missing?

It's a pretty disturbing error - sometimes it'll buzz and switch between tracks, but other times (depending on the stage) it makes a horrible crashing noise until the match ends.

Edit4:  FIXED!  Defrag'ed the sd card and it fixed everything.

So, it's been over two weeks since this was almost there.  How's progress going so far?  I'm excited to see the end result!

How's the model rigging going for meta/omega/otherM ridley?

I'm definitely NOT bumping this just so that this fantastic PSA can be seen ^_^'

Great job!  I use these now, for a very polished CSS : D

Fantastic models!  Someone NEEDS to rig Yardovic (Over ganondorf maybe?) and the Axem rangers (...Lucas?), and I second the idea for a Blade stage.  I downloaded the Vivian import off of the Vault and was totally blown away by the quality of the model, an easy replacement for a Ness texture.  Keep up the good work!

Mariodk, I just wanted to come in to say great job on your Geno PSA.  You (probably) don't remember me but I'd post occasionally in the old topic.  I am very happy with the results, and thanks to you Geno is fully playable in brawl.  Kudos!

I very, very rarely post, but I came here to say awesome work!  When I first learned of the brawl hacking scene I hoped for the day that I could have both Geno and Ridley playable, and you've definitely made that a reality!  I too am a fan of his Crusade moveset so I was thrilled to see that you were basing this off of that, and am more happy to see the results.  This is a great quality hack that not only looks completely official (pretty telling that he is NOT too big  )  but also plays well and feels nothing like the character he is over (Captain Falcon in my case.)  10/10, thanks for all of the work! 

I don't know how feasible this is, but since you got rayquaza rigged over a costume, is it possible that we'll see the brawl meta ridley model as a costume eventually?