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Dazz:

Over on the HyperSpin site we have something called HyperScore that member Rain is currently building.

HyperScore - Sync Mame Scores With Thousands of Users!


This app does NOT use dropbox.  The files are stored on a server and then sync'd to other players upon launch.  The app has some basic cheat detection and more being worked on.  It can detect when a cheat was activated in MAME.  We are actually planning on a leaderboard type system.  Right now the app is in an early alpha test.  A few select people have access right now, but it will be available for HyperSpin members in the future. 



torino:


--- Quote from: ptinolv on June 04, 2011, 07:59:30 pm ---I like the idea.

Does it require that everyone uses the same Mame version ?

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I think hi-score files are compatible across many versions of MAME, say as much as ROMs are, and as long as that's true people could use different -but compatible- versions without fear of corrupting the database, although it would probably be much better to have a single common build so to provide exact same gameplay standard for everyone, to facilitate possible extensions and make it easier to troubleshoot.



--- Quote from: cotmm68030 on June 04, 2011, 08:19:51 pm ---
--- Quote from: ptinolv on June 04, 2011, 07:59:30 pm ---It would be impossible to control cheating.

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fixed that for you.

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Maybe there is an easy way to control cheating, perhaps we could prevent or at least discourage it by recording gameplay and uploading the "movie" along with updating hi-score database, automatically. That would not make it cheat-proof but everyone else would be able to verify recordings, which I think are impossible to fake, and it would be interesting to actually see what others are doing, study different techniques, learn the winning patterns and tricks, then improve and ultimately do better.

I particularly like the idea to have little challenges, for example 90 seconds "point pressing" or "speed run" type of mini contests, or some kind of arcade triathlon where you play three different games for some limited amount of time and combine the score from all three, or maybe some type of trick-challenge where you have to play in some non-standard way, like those trick-shots in billiard, or some stuff like that to make practice between the tournaments more fun.


torino:


--- Quote from: Dazz on June 04, 2011, 09:33:20 pm ---Over on the HyperSpin site we have something called HyperScore that member Rain is currently building.

HyperScore - Sync Mame Scores With Thousands of Users!


This app does NOT use dropbox.  The files are stored on a server and then sync'd to other players upon launch.  The app has some basic cheat detection and more being worked on.  It can detect when a cheat was activated in MAME.  We are actually planning on a leaderboard type system.  Right now the app is in an early alpha test.  A few select people have access right now, but it will be available for HyperSpin members in the future. 


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That's great, but is there any advantage in using that over Dropbox?

What kind of server it uses, is it static file holder as Dropbox, is it free?

What is the minimum system requirements necessary to run HyperScore?



Nephasth:


--- Quote from: torino on June 04, 2011, 07:04:25 pm ---What do you mean, what is it you dislike about having internet connection?

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--- Quote from: torino on June 04, 2011, 10:51:43 pm ---we could prevent or at least discourage it by recording gameplay and uploading the "movie" along with updating hi-score database, automatically.
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Well, there's one reason I hadn't thought of before that I definitely don't want on my machine.

Harakiri:


--- Quote from: Nephasth on June 04, 2011, 11:14:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: torino on June 04, 2011, 07:04:25 pm ---What do you mean, what is it you dislike about having internet connection?

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--- Quote from: torino on June 04, 2011, 10:51:43 pm ---we could prevent or at least discourage it by recording gameplay and uploading the "movie" along with updating hi-score database, automatically.
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Well, there's one reason I hadn't thought of before that I definitely don't want on my machine.

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Eventhough one can't estimate the universe of players willing to benefit of this system, wouldn't it clog the servers? Can you imagine thousands of videos being uploaded on a daily basis being kept as proof for everyone to download..?  :dunno

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