Mame Hi Score

TechnoFreek

Hey guys,

Not 100% sure on this but I think Mame isn't saving hi scores correctly for me.

I have a recompiled version of mame 148 with hi scores enabled. I've created a folder called hi in the mame folder. I've placed the latest hiscore.dat in the root mame folder.

Oddly the hi score files per game are being created in the hi folder but it looks like the default hi score table is being saved every time. So even if I play a game, get on the hi score table and enter my initials, the hi score file saves without my entry.

I launching mame through hyperspin without using hyperlaunch.

Any ideas?

I'm having the same issue,
I enabled save state on exit and its doing the job but not ideal.

TechnoFreek

urbanledge wrote: »

I'm having the same issue,
I enabled save state on exit and its doing the job but not ideal.

How did you do that man?

The Last Bandit

Try it running Mame outside of hyperspin and see if the hi-score is correctly set.

There can be problems with Mame not closing correctly (and saving state) via Hyperspin, I think the hyperlaunch scripts should fix this.

Cant remember but i think I just went into mame UI and it was in the options somewhere,
Every time you load a game a "save state loaded" message pops up.
I bet theres a way to turn this off.
But if you quit half way through a game and go back to it you'll be in the same place.

TechnoFreek

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Try it running Mame outside of hyperspin and see if the hi-score is correctly set.

There can be problems with Mame not closing correctly (and saving state) via Hyperspin, I think the hyperlaunch scripts should fix this.

Yeah, this is my suspicion too. Will try running mame outside of Hyperspin tonight.

Ideally I would like to avoid hyperlaunch as it is tricky beast that I have little time for.

The Last Bandit

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Yeah, this is my suspicion too. Will try running mame outside of Hyperspin tonight.

Ideally I would like to avoid hyperlaunch as it is tricky beast that I have little time for.

The default hyperlaunch scripts should work straight away with no tinkering required

TechnoFreek

The Last Bandit wrote: »

The default hyperlaunch scripts should work straight away with no tinkering required

The default script will exit mame correctly and in theory should save hi scores correctly?

Do you have a game off the top of your head that you know to save hi scores properly?

The Last Bandit

Ya it should do.

I've not bother with the hiscores myself, but did have this problem of Mame not saving the correct state when I was changing the default controls on certain games.

TechnoFreek

Yeaaah! I love when sh1t fixes itself!

Fired up hyperspin and mame last night fully expecting to do battle with hyperlaunch.

My hi scores for Shinobi miraculously loaded without any intervention.

Probably needs more testing but in theory it should be sorted.