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updating mame....will i lose my high scores?
hulkster:
im using mame32 and its version .71 so obviously its old. i want to update to version .84.2 but im worried that my highscores will go away. i have the hiscore.dat file, but will that mess up when i update my mame32? if so, is there a way to save the highscores and then paste them in the new file or something?
SirPeale:
The hiscore.dat file only tells Mame where the hiscore info is in each ROMset. Scores are saved in the nvram folder. It's a crapshoot whether or not the scores will be saved correctly or not. Some may, some won't. Since you're going with a huge revision change, likely the answer is no.
hulkster:
okay, i started thinking about it, and if i do an upgrade from .71 to .84 of mame....and i want to update the roms as well....will i have to install the updates starting at like v.71 to .72, then from .72 to .73, etc....going all the way until i get up to .84?? or can i just update the roms that are designed for .83 to .84?
screaming:
--- Quote from: hulkster on July 19, 2004, 12:47:44 pm ---okay, i started thinking about it, and if i do an upgrade from .71 to .84 of mame....and i want to update the roms as well....will i have to install the updates starting at like v.71 to .72, then from .72 to .73, etc....going all the way until i get up to .84?? or can i just update the roms that are designed for .83 to .84?
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You would have to update your ROMs incrementally. It's huge hassle and it's pretty time consuming, which is why most people don't do it unless they have to ;)
-Steve
hulkster:
well i am running mame32 v.71 but i have a complete rom set for v .80. yeah i know, but i didnt realize i had an old version of mame until i got the roms. anyway, i guess i could just update mam32 to the newewst version, then install the rom updates for .80 to .81, .81 to .82, etc.....up to .84. right???