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ARTIFACT:
yeah hi score is taken care of

but the no-nag-screenis to me a huge thing in this update... is there a command to skip both the ''press ok'' screen and the warnings, etc?

regular mame works ok with my monitor, but i really like how DEEP the video options are... i wish there was a config wizard on regular mame for video output like advcfg.exe ...

thanks guys!

Katana Man:
OK, we need some basic questions answered for compiling with hiscore. The "unofficial hiscore.dat" site was not helpful with this either. (why does he call it "unofficial", and his logo is spelled Highscore.dat?)

1. Does hiscore support more games than Mame 118's savestates?

2. Why did the developers drop hiscore in favor of savestates?

3. Assuming someone is not currently using hiscore, what is the shortest compiling route? Can I start with Mame 118 source and apply hi_117u3.txt?

4. Are all the high score files stored in the /hi directory compatible, regardless of the version of Mame (assuming it's a version of Mame that supported hiscore, or a hiscore compiled version)?

5. Does the hiscore.dat file ever need to be updated?

6. Can you use a combination of auto-savestates and hiscore? I'm assuming no, because if the savestate is working properly, the game never exits, therefore never writes the high score to the /hi folder.

Personally, high scores are very important to me, and I want them in the latest mame. I can certainly compile a mame with hiscore support, but I wonder about the future. Say a year later, if I want a newer Mame, how much work will it be to skip up to the latest version? Do I need to track down all of these hiscore diff files forever?

MKChamp:
1. I believe so, but the list of games that support save states is getting bigger. The main problem I have with save states is that just because the game supports save states doesn't mean that the savestate in, say, 118 will be good for 119. So, you would lose the highscore if you upgrade in that instance. Plus, I don't want the game to start up where I left off. I like the authenticity of 'booting' the game up...even if I am a hypocrite in the fact that the game may have not been able to save the high score if turned off.

2. Improper reporting of bugs...and not authentic

3. yes

4. I haven't had any issues. A few changed here and there, but I doubt you'll run into any issues.

5. It's got all the popular ones...and a boat load of ones you'll never even play. Alot of the newer games added to MAME would did have save high score feature and utilize nvram.

6. You could do that...the games that support save state would save...but refer back to my answer to question 1.

ARTIFACT:
does the latest version 117u3 work with the latest mame 118?

thanks

Cananas:

--- Quote from: ARTIFACT on August 31, 2007, 02:39:58 pm ---does the latest version 117u3 work with the latest mame 118?

thanks

--- End quote ---

Please, read the two post above yours. Point 3.

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