Problem with hiscore plugin

[Jack]

I've activated the option in plugins for the hiscore support but it doesn't save the score after i exit the game by pressing (ESC) i'm using the last version of GM on Windows 10. How can i fix it? Thanks.

[PL1]

I've activated the option in plugins for the hiscore support but it doesn't save the score after i exit the game by pressing (ESC) i'm using the last version of GM on Windows 10. How can i fix it? Thanks.

Did you configure "highscore.ini" and put "highscore.dat" in the right folder?

There is no high score patch now, it's all in the LUA plugin. You do need the hiscore.dat still though.

Try running MAME with the verbose switch and see if it is launching the plugin and if it is finding the hiscore.dat file.

Thanks RobertJ it was good to have it confirmed that the high score patch was no longer needed, I did some more research and found that I had my folder hierarchy incorrect, all fixed now old and new high score working

You can also set the location the hi scores are saved by using the "hiscore.ini" file.

example "hiscore.ini"

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hi_path $HOME/.mame/hi
dat_path $HOME/my/hiscore/data/path

Only hi_path is currently used (Hi Score save location).

The dat_path (dat file) is looked for in the current directory and then in the hiscore plugin directory.
You could enable the dat_path by uncommenting line #51 in the hiscore lua script (init.lua).

Scott

[Jack]

I've activated the option in plugins for the hiscore support but it doesn't save the score after i exit the game by pressing (ESC) i'm using the last version of GM on Windows 10. How can i fix it? Thanks.

Did you configure "highscore.ini" and put "highscore.dat" in the right folder?

I don't have hiscore.ini, the hiscore.dat is located in \plugins\hiscore\hiscore.dat .. i'm really confused about what i have to do other than activate the plugin.. i did some research and is more confusing because people talk about differents methods with differents versions of mame etc.. sorry..

[funkycochise]

what’s your game ?

[Jack]

what’s your game ?

I tried Puzzle bobble 1 and 2, and i see that in the directory "hi" now there are pbobble.hi and pbobble2.hi files, but i guess they are not loading?

I did everything i had to do

in mame.ini

#
# SCRIPTING OPTIONS
#
autoboot_command         
autoboot_delay            0
autoboot_script           
console                   0
plugins                   1
plugin                    hiscore
noplugin

and in plugin.ini

#
# PLUGINS OPTIONS
#
cheat                     0
cheatfind                 0
console                   0
data                      1
dummy                     0
gdbstub                   0
hiscore                   1
layout                    0
portname                  0
timer                     0

Still nothing..

[Jack]

I tried to make a log file but the txt i get is empty.. any suggestion? thanks

[RobeeJ]

Are you using savestates?

[Jack]

Are you using savestates?

Nope, i realized that some roms work with nvram and it takes time before it saves scores.. like the puzzle bobble games, too bad.. bubble bobble scores work fine, so i guess the plugin is working fine.