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HiToText (Version 2010.11.4).
FrizzleFried:
Not sure if this is related or not, but I recently lost all my T&F high scores...and the only thing I've done was update the highscore.dat file...I am not sure if it's saving new ones as I only played half a game once I realized all my record times were gone...
EDIT: Well, I also updated MAME a time or two since I last played so that could be it too...
Fyrecrypts:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on June 19, 2009, 09:47:44 am ---Not sure if this is related or not, but I recently lost all my T&F high scores...and the only thing I've done was update the highscore.dat file...I am not sure if it's saving new ones as I only played half a game once I realized all my record times were gone...
EDIT: Well, I also updated MAME a time or two since I last played so that could be it too...
--- End quote ---
Track and Field is nvram only, so the hiscore.dat file has no effect on the scores. Man I hope the nv file format hasn't changed. Track and field was a pain.
Fyrecrypts:
New version out, bug fixes, programming changes, AND new games! I'm still behind so not every game deciphered on this forum is in, but I got some.
Bug fixes:
Yie Ar Kung Fu and Mat Mania were incorrectly reading the stage/round. This has been fixed, thanks Wob for the find.
Crazy Kong now reads/writes 12 characters instead of 3 for the name. Thank you dna disturber!
Bank Panic is now not broken. WOO! Thanks Wob!
New functionality:
As mentioned in an earlier post, you can now specify the nvram directory and not the hi directory and it will work just fine. In addition, if you are using HiToText from either your hi directory or nvram directory you do not need to use the whole path name.
New games added: Popeye, Silkworm, Esp Ra De, Gyruss, Time Pilot, Jungler, Burnin' Rubber, and Shadow Warrior (which was crazy hard BTW).
Sorry it's so late!
Wob:
Keep up the good work Fyrecrypts, and I am sure I speak for everyone that you don't need to apologies for the speed of your updates.
I am glad I am not the only one that found Shadow Warrior complicated :)
dna disturber:
--- Quote from: Wob on June 20, 2009, 08:03:53 am ---Keep up the good work Fyrecrypts, and I am sure I speak for everyone that you don't need to apologies for the speed of your updates.
--- End quote ---
Same here :applaud:
Not trying to make you :dizzy: or :cry: here but.................here's another one:
--- Quote --- (chasehq,chasehqj,chasehqu)
*** chasehqj and chasehqu should be added to chasehq (as clones) in hiscore.dat to ensure that these games
can save the hiscores.
Things to extract :
*** Top 10 ***
score
initials
stage
credit(s) used (called play in game scoreboard)
*rank in ASCII except for "1st" , (not necessary because the ranks can be based on position of the bytes)
The bytes:
00-03 score number 1
04 stage (in decimal, 01 = stage 1)
05 play (continues) (in decimal, 11 = play 11)
06-08 initials number 1
09 padding
10-14 Rank written in ascii begins with " 2ND " (there is no no 1st ?) , *** 1 space in front and
back
15 padding
16-19 score number 2
20 stage
21 play (continues)
22-24 initials number 2
25 padding
...
...
128-131 score number 9
132 stage (in decimal, 01 = stage 1)
133 play (continues) (in decimal, 11 = play 11)
134-136 initials number 9
137 padding
138-142 Rank written in ascii "10TH " , *** 1 space at the back
143 padding
144-147 score number 10
148 stage (in decimal, 01 = stage 1)
149 play (continues) (in decimal, 11 = play 11)
150-152 initials number 10
Alphabet ASCII:
41h = A
42h = B
...
5Ah = Z
Special characters:
26h = &
27h = ' (single quote)
28h = (
29h = )
2Ah = × (multiply)
2Bh = +
2Ch = , (comma)
2Dh = - (minus)
2Eh = . (period)
2Fh = ÷ (divide)
30h = 0
31h = 1
...
39h = 9
3Ah = :
3Bh = ;
3Ch = <
3Dh = =
3Eh = >
3Fh = ?
40h = © (copyright)
5Bh = [
5Ch = \
5Dh = ]
5Fh = " (double quote)
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Dna Disturber :cheers:
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