Anyway, onto news on the build.  The first thing is this:  there is likely to NOT be a Beta build of 4.0.  As to why, I'll say in a moment.  There is however an Alpha build that is still unfinished and buggy.  Alpha 4.0 has the following FEATURES:
    * slope running
    * 360 gravity
    * perfect one-way collision checking (as I believe.  It works AWESOME)  Even works with 360* gravity
    * updated main and character select screens
    * attacks (but nothing to attack.  sorry)
    * customized keyboard setup now practically done
    * snapshot checkpoints
And now the BUGS:
    * 360 gravity (space level) shows obvious bugs with the build.  Like:
        - crawling/spindash not working correct
        - Sonic can't walk on the planetoid
        - Sonic disappears for a frame for some UNKNOWN reason when he lands
    * level progressing.  So I disabled several features... like dying.  These will end the game.
And the NEED-TO-BE-DONEs:
    * the resources, coding, and the project files needed to be organized and cleaned up.  There's alot of junk to be thrown out.
        You can play a bit if you want to see what I've been doing.  Again, it's just an Alpha, not a Beta, so it's very incomplete.

        I am scheduled to be present at NCFC with THIS build.  ...  but I will likely pull my booth.  It's getting too complicated now and I don't need any more pressure.  But on the other side of this, this IS my hobby.  I work on this project almost bi-daily.  I love this project and I really want to see it completed.

       And now why no Beta 4.0.  Like I just said, I really want to see it completed... but I want it to be everything I would love to see in it.  If I happen to fail my next idea, then there will likely be a Beta 4.0 once I fix stuff in this one.  Anyway, here's my next plan of action:

       I've been looking at the setup of Mugen characters and I see ways of using datastructures like these to my advantage.  I would say that I would restart my game's engine from scratch but never really done it, but with this idea, it should be easier to use.  And now that I know what experiments work from my pass builds, I can carry them over.  If all goes well, I should be able to release, not only a new engine build for Mario & Sonic, but ALSO the engine ITSELF.  On another note, if anyone is willing to help out , please email me.

       If anyone has questions or comments, which I always read, email betatest@logeot.com

       If you want to try out Alpha 4.0, here's the link.

       Hope most of you understand, and wish me luck.