The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: BLACK KNIGHT on February 13, 2010, 11:39:30 pm
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My computer hard drive in my MAME cabinet crashed and I lost all my configurations. I set it all up years ago, and so I've forgotten what you have to do to save the high scores in games. I was thinking there was an .ini entry or something. Right now every time I exit a game, the high scores are reset.
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check out this thread
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64298.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64298.0)
also make sure you have a dir named "hi" in your mame folder (without quotes)
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That other thread looks like its for new versions.
You need the "hi" folder, but you also need a file named highscore.dat in your MAME folder.
If you can't find it via google, drop me a PM and I'll send it. I have the .84 version, but I think it will work with your setup.
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I believe some needed NVRAM folder.
create folders
hi
nvram
then put hiscore.dat in mame folder.
v.77 should have support for saving.
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I already have a 'hi' folder and an 'nvram' folder in my MAME folder. I have a hiscore.dat file that is blank in my MAME folder. This is still not saving my hi scores. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. This used to work so I know it's possible. I don't have to reference something in an ini file? I could've sworn I had to modify some ini file for it to work or something like that.
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Ensure that the autosave state is disabled as it overwrites the hiscore routine and eventually enable the hiscore support if disabled.
Options > Default Game Options... > Miscellaneous
Uncheck Save game state on exit
Check Enable hiscore support
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I have a hiscore.dat file that is blank in my MAME folder.
what do you mean blank did you download it or just create it?
just not sure what you mean by blank
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I just created it. I'm suppose to download it?
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yes
you need to download it i used a newer ver on .77 and it worked
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I just created it. I'm suppose to download it?
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
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BINGO!! That worked! I had a copy of the hiscore.dat file on another PC and copied it over and now my Elevator Action hi score is saved so I think that did it! Thanks a lot!!!