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Save states are borked when MAME is upgraded.
Shoegazer:
I completely understand the rationale behind removing hiscore.dat, being that it was hacky to the point of intrusiveness. I also understand how infinitely cooler it is to have an entire state saved for any given system, as the far better alternative.
What I don't understand is why I get the "Failed to load state" message for every game that supports save states, every time I upgrade MAME. Is there something I'm doing wrong that causes this, or is the save state feature just not ready for prime time yet? It's frustrating to get some pretty nice scores going on certain games like Galaga, only to have them completely zeroized with each new upgrade.
Not trying to whine here, honest - but at the risk of offending Aaron or anyone else who may be developing this feature - I just hope this is either user error or something to be addressed soon. If the latter is true, I'll just increase my daily dose of patience and STFU. ;)
Shoegazer
FrizzleFried:
You hit the reason why I stopped using savestates right on the head. They are not compatible (for whatever reason) from version to version. Screw that. I just compile HISCORE.DAT support back in to Mame when I upgrade....
Havok:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 14, 2007, 02:34:36 pm ---You hit the reason why I stopped using savestates right on the head. They are not compatible (for whatever reason) from version to version. Screw that. I just compile HISCORE.DAT support back in to Mame when I upgrade....
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Amen!
Savestate is the sux0r!
sewerrat:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 14, 2007, 02:34:36 pm ---You hit the reason why I stopped using savestates right on the head. They are not compatible (for whatever reason) from version to version. Screw that. I just compile HISCORE.DAT support back in to Mame when I upgrade....
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Is there a "how-to" guide to be able to do this?
I cant seem to find one.
FrizzleFried:
Download hiscore.txt here: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=63130.0
Change the name to hiscore.diff.
Then go here and read how to compile. It took me all of 20 minutes to figure out the first time and then another 30 minutes or so to compile....
http://www.mameworld.net/mrdo/compile.html