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upgrading mame
« on: October 30, 2011, 10:28:37 pm »
I want to upgrade my mame version from .138u3  to the newest version but i dont want to have to reconfigure all the buttons for each game and i dont want to lose my high scores on the games i have. is there any way to upgrade and keep these settings?   thanks
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Re: upgrading mame
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2011, 10:32:43 pm »
I believe the highscores are kept in the NVRAM folder, just copy it....cant remember off the top of my head for the settings thou....
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Re: upgrading mame
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2011, 10:34:03 pm »
awesome! good to know.. now to figure out how to save the button and game settings and i'll be set! thanks
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Re: upgrading mame
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2011, 11:49:11 am »
Did you make a ctrlr file?  You can just copy that over.  If you have not, look it up on the wiki
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Re: upgrading mame
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2011, 12:32:29 pm »
What about the cfg files too
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Re: upgrading mame
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2011, 12:38:59 pm »
Just thinking about my post up above......

what does NVram stand for?

NON-VOLITILE   RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY?

meaning that it doesnt get erased when power is cut to it?????( Ie. CMOS BATTERY comes into play then)

is that correct?


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Re: upgrading mame
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2011, 03:58:26 pm »
the cfg files worked! thanks! Im about to add another 35 games to my arcade and update mame and i didnt want to have to set the buttons for all 200 games again... ive done this manually 3 times already lol. i cant believe i didnt realize you can copy the cfg folder lol. thanks for the help
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