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Saving High Scores
« on: September 22, 2003, 02:02:02 pm »
I am having some trouble getting the high scores to save on some of my MAME games - it seems to save for some and not others.  In particular, I am having an issue w/ Ms PacMan, but there are others as well.  Can somebody explain why this may be happening, or maybe just explain how the high score saving works?
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Re:Saving High Scores
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2003, 02:08:53 pm »
« Last Edit: September 22, 2003, 02:11:34 pm by Peale »
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Re:Saving High Scores
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2003, 02:14:50 pm »
Yes, I have HISCORE.DAT and I've configured it correctly in my .ini file.  However, it is still inconsistently saving the data.  Do I need to exit a game in a certain way to make this work correctly?
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Re:Saving High Scores
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2003, 02:34:49 pm »
That I don't have an answer to.  I consulted the highscore.dat page (http://www.mameworld.net/highscore/) and don't see anything about it there.  Ms Pac should be saving it's scores.  Maybe consult with someone there?
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Re:Saving High Scores
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2003, 03:15:37 pm »
Sorry if I am hi-jacking the thread, but are neo-geo games supposed to save highscores?  

They don't seem to for me.  Some of the ones I've tried are the Metal Slug series and Puzzle Bobble 1.
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Re:Saving High Scores
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2003, 04:16:47 pm »
Quote from: TalkingOctopus on September 22, 2003, 03:15:37 pm
Sorry if I am hi-jacking the thread, but are neo-geo games supposed to save highscores?  

They don't seem to for me.  Some of the ones I've tried are the Metal Slug series and Puzzle Bobble 1.

See the site I just referenced.  You'll need the special nvram files for those.
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Re:Saving High Scores
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2003, 05:01:05 pm »
It was not really addressed in the FAQ, but I found the nvrams on the mameworld high score dat site.  Thanks!
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Re:Saving High Scores
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2003, 05:59:36 pm »
Also make sure none of your directory or file permissions are set to Read Only.  This could be a problem if you copied the directory structure over from a CD.

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Re:Saving High Scores
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2003, 06:06:13 pm »
Quote from: TalkingOctopus on September 22, 2003, 05:01:05 pm
It was not really addressed in the FAQ, but I found the nvrams on the mameworld high score dat site.  Thanks!

I was talking about http://www.mameworld.net/highscore/ which you aparently found in my previous post.
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Re:Saving High Scores
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2003, 07:47:46 am »
Also, try deleting the gamename.cfg and possibly the gamename.ho or gamename.nv files for that game and then re-setting the dip-switches, and key assignments, analog controls.

This fixed a problem I was having with Centipede scores getting out of order.   Not sure if it's related, though.  There's a thread about the Centipede problem on the software board. (somewhere)
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Re:Saving High Scores
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2003, 08:56:02 am »
Oddly enough, Centipede was the game one one of the games that I looked at and said "Why is this one working an Ms Pac isn't?".  I'll mess around with it some more tonight.  If I can figure it out, I'll post my findings.

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Re:Saving High Scores
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2003, 09:16:32 am »
When I get a high score on pacman and exit, it doesn't save it, but if I play another game before I exit, it saves it.

Actually, if I just enter a coin after my score, it saves it.  I don't know about Ms. Pacman, but could be the same thing.

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Re:Saving High Scores
« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2003, 09:30:40 am »
I'm glad someone brought this up. It seems that every highscore gets saved except for Ms. Pacman on my setup.

I'm using advmame on Win 98se.

I figured Ms. Pacman just didn't work.

It'd be great if someone could tell me how to get Ms. Pacman saving since its the most popular game at my house!
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Re:Saving High Scores
« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2003, 09:45:50 am »
Glad to hear its not just me... :-\
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