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Enable Cocktail Mode for specific games
rchadd:
I know that cocktail mode can be enabled by changing the dip switches for a game.
But does this have to done everytime you play the game, or can these dip settings be saved t0o be effective for next time that it is played?
do you have to create/edit an ini file to do this? is there already an ini file that already enables cocktail mode for games that support it?
is there a switch that should be up on the mame command line to specify the dip switch settings when the game is started?
i don't want to enable cocktail mode for all games if possible as my cab will also have CP on the "3rd side".
TheGatesofBill:
The DIP settings are stored in the cfg file for the game. There is also a cocktail compile around somewhere.
rchadd:
--- Quote from: TheGatesofBill on June 01, 2004, 06:22:00 pm ---The DIP settings are stored in the cfg file for the game
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looks like the cfg file is not a text file. assume that means that i need to start the game go into the admin screen and then set the dip switches. are the settings then saved to the cfg file when I exit mame? will they then be used automatically the next time i play that game?
TheGatesofBill:
Yes, but they are game-specific.
Jakobud:
CFG files are binary. They are game specific. They save so that the next time you play the game it has the same CFG settings. CFG files are rarely compatible from one Mame version to another (ie. when upgrading Mame you will probably have to adjust CFG settings again for each game). Why no one has yet to make software that parses CFG files so you can edit them outside of Mame is beyond me...