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Title: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
Post by: koolmoecraig on January 14, 2008, 07:34:38 pm

In what version did this go bye bye?

Title: Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
Post by: FrizzleFried on January 14, 2008, 07:41:36 pm

.107b3 I think it may have been.  It was one of the "b" .107 versions.

That said,  support can still be compiled in very easily.

Title: Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
Post by: koolmoecraig on January 14, 2008, 10:03:49 pm

Easy for you maybe.

Title: Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
Post by: DaveMMR on January 14, 2008, 10:29:16 pm

Quote from: koolmoecraig on January 14, 2008, 10:03:49 pm

Easy for you maybe.

No, for anyone willing to follow instructions and search Google or forums if something should happen to go wrong.  There are some good write-ups on how to do it (check the top sticky thread of the Software forum).  I was able to do it and I'm bad with anything having to do with programming.   It's not painful at all.

Title: Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
Post by: koolmoecraig on January 14, 2008, 10:37:27 pm

I tried compiling Qmame and almost went crazy in the process.

Title: Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
Post by: FrizzleFried on January 16, 2008, 05:27:40 pm

Follow Mr. Do's instructions here:

http://www.mameworld.net/mrdo/compile.html

It's aptly named Mr. Do's Compiling MAME for dummies!

Follow the instructions to a "T" and yer good as gold.

Plus wasn't there some front end around here for doing this easily?

Title: Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
Post by: DaveMMR on January 16, 2008, 06:39:23 pm

Quote from: FrizzleFried on January 16, 2008, 05:27:40 pm

Plus wasn't there some front end around here for doing this easily?

yup (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=71845.0)

Title: Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
Post by: Lilwolf on January 17, 2008, 08:52:50 am

btw, it was removed mainly because it was used to make games keep coin counts which make mame machines in arcades doable.  That and it was also causing a lot of bug reports (people using old highscores with newer drivers and it was popping numbers in the wrong memory addresses... amazingly that can be bad :)

Title: Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
Post by: M37R01D on January 17, 2008, 01:29:13 pm

I never compiled anything in my life.
After searching google, and this forum, I was able to compile my own version of MAME32, with lightgun tweaks, no startup info, hi-score support, better compatibilty with my p4, and prob. a couple other ones I can't think of at this moment.
I didn't use headkaze's tool, but If i have to make another one I would check those out first as they do look pretty easy.
If you have the time and patience, it shuoldn't be to difficult.

Title: Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
Post by: koolmoecraig on January 17, 2008, 05:44:00 pm

I'm sure I could do it but I don't really want to be bothered with it. I'm just running the vertical classics so it's not like I need any of the newest additions.

Can someone compile it for me or point me where I can download a command line version of .106?  I can't seem to located older versions online that don't need compiling.

Thanks!

Title: Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
Post by: PhoneLine on January 17, 2008, 10:53:21 pm

You can find them here:  http://mamedev.org/oldrel.html  The link for the binary is right next to the source.