hiscore diff (with no nag/white box removal)

[abelenki]

hi_148u5.diff seems to work fine with 0.149 source tree, but with some warnings.

it doesn't compile at last...

[Ansa89]

Without warnings (here).

[abelenki]

Without warnings.

thank you!! i will try to compile 0.149 now, because it doesn't compile with 0.148u5 diff.

[abelenki]

hmm, it still doesn't compile:

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Compiling src/osd/windows/window.c...
src/osd/windows/video.c: In member function 'virtual void windows_osd_interface::update_hi(bool)':
src/osd/windows/video.c:246:42: error: too few arguments to function 'void winwindow_process_events(running_machine&, int
, bool)'
src/osd/windows/window.h:167:6: note: declared here
make.EXE: *** [obj/windows64/osd/windows/video.o] Error 1
make.EXE: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

[Ansa89]

The interface of that function has changed (they added a parameter), so I tried to add a "FALSE".

NOTE: at the moment I can't build windows binaries, so I'm unable to test the new patch.

[abelenki]

The interface of that function has changed (they added a parameter), so I tried to add a "FALSE".

NOTE: at the moment I can't build windows binaries, so I'm unable to test the new patch.

compiles fine now, thanks a lot!!

[Ansa89]

Please double check if the compiled binary has the correct behavior at execution time (for example: hide/un-hide nag screen works correctly).

[abelenki]

Please double check if the compiled binary has the correct behavior at execution time (for example: hide/un-hide nag screen works correctly).

yes, everything works perfectly (no nag screen, no loading status).

thank you once again.

[MKChamp]

Thanks Ansa89 for updating it!
Thanks abelenki for hosting it!

Updated the front page.

[abelenki]

Updated the front page.

awesome!

[wolfsoft]

I copied the highscore.dat into the hi folder and its working great now :-)
thanks

I tried groovymame 0148u5 and compiled the diffs to u5 and the your u5 diff
i put in the current highcore.dat in mame root... and highscorepath is created
but it didn't generate hiscore files in the hi path... and eg. pacman is not saving the highscore.
nagscreen and loading patch is working...
Do I miss something?
mame.ini
#
hiscore_directory         ..\common\hi
disable_hiscore_patch     0
disable_nagscreen_patch   0
disable_loading_patch     0

[wolfsoft]

I am searching a patch for mame 0148u4 and didn't find a download here.
As far as I can see the hi_148u2 seems to work but I can't find a download
thanks
cheers from germany

[wolfsoft]

please help me, I want to make a hbmame work with highscore and nonag...
cheers

[abelenki]

please help me, I want to make a hbmame work with highscore and nonag...
cheers

it will be difficult, because HBMAME builds are not tied to MAME full and u-releases. instead, HBMAME is built off SVN (which is updated almost daily).

when next HBMAME is released, you can try to apply latest hi_***.diff to its source tree. but it's not garanteed, it will work.

[wolfsoft]

it is based on 0148u4.
As the 148u2 diff seems to work with mame 0148u4... it should work on the hbmame version...
Please upload the 0148u2 diff and I will have a try
thanks in advance

[neil324]

I'm trying to patch Mame 1.06 to remove the nag screens. To use on a slow PC. There doesn't seem to be a .diff for this release and the others don't work.

Is there a patch or way to edit the .diff for 1.06

[abelenki]

I'm trying to patch Mame 1.06 to remove the nag screens.

there were never such a version of MAME.

the earliest MAME version for which hiscore diff is available is 0.108.

[neil324]

MAME started at 0.1

I'm trying to remove the nag screen as hi scores still worked in MAME 1.06. The hiscore diff has the patches to remove the nag screens before you compile the MAME of your choice.

[abelenki]

MAME started at 0.1

sure.

I'm trying to remove the nag screen as hi scores still worked in MAME 1.06.

lol. there was no MAME 1.06. current MAME version is 0.149.

[neil324]

0.106

You know what I meant though

The 0.1 was correct though, going by the MAME website

[abelenki]

0.106

as i already said:

the earliest MAME version for which hiscore diff is available is 0.108, so no luck with 0.106.

[neil324]

0.106

as i already said:

the earliest MAME version for which hiscore diff is available is 0.108, so no luck with 0.106.

Is the hiscore diff the only way to patch MAME to remove the nag screens.

[bidinou]

Hi ! Applied the patch with no pb under Linux (Mint 15 64 bits, MAME 0.149).

I have a question though : the disable_loading_patch option doesn't work. Well, it seems to be taken into account to some extent because it displays two white rectangles at the end of the loading but that's it.

Thanks !

[abelenki]

hi_149.diff works fine with 0.149u1 source tree.

[CalixPapi]

Can  I please get some help I keep getting this error.

I am trying to do 0.149 have also tried with 0.146

I enter patchmame hi_146 or patchmame hi_149

Have even tried patchmame 0149u1 then patchmame hi_149 then makemame

[CalixPapi]

I even get the same error when trying to compile the regular mame. What am I doing wrong?

[CalixPapi]

would it be possible to compile this on my win7 laptop and then put it onto my winxp laptop? I am using the xinxp laptop for my build but want to get rid of the nag screens.

[Ansa89]

Thanks for the upgrade .

EDIT: the new patch is wrong: instead of modifying "src/emu/emuopts.c", it creates a new file "src/emu/emuopts.c.rej" (which will be probably ignored by mame at compile time).

[Ansa89]

Here is my patch (IMHO this should be correct).

[MKChamp]

Thanks for the upgrade .

EDIT: the new patch is wrong: instead of modifying "src/emu/emuopts.c", it creates a new file "src/emu/emuopts.c.rej" (which will be probably ignored by mame at compile time).

If actually modified emuopts.c as well. I removed the .rej. Thanks for pointing it out!

[Ansa89]

Sorry for still complain, but seems you forgot the "OPTION_DISABLE_*" options:

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--- orig/hi_150.txt 2013-09-19 16:52:24.000000000 +0200
+++ new/hi_150.txt 2013-09-19 11:22:56.376538336 +0200
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@
 
  // state/playback options
  { NULL,                                              NULL,        OPTION_HEADER,     "CORE STATE/PLAYBACK OPTIONS" },
+@@ -204,6 +208,11 @@
+ { OPTION_HTTP,                                       "0",         OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "enable local http server" },
+ { OPTION_HTTP_PORT,                                  "8080",      OPTION_INTEGER,    "http server listener port" },
+ { OPTION_HTTP_PATH,                                  "web",       OPTION_STRING,     "path to web files" },
++ // MKChamp Hiscore Diff options
++  { NULL,                        NULL,        OPTION_HEADER,     "CORE MKChamp OPTIONS" },
++  { OPTION_DISABLE_HISCORE_PATCH, "0",         OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "disable hiscore saving" },
++  { OPTION_DISABLE_NAGSCREEN_PATCH,  "0",         OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "disable suppression of nagscreens" },
++  { OPTION_DISABLE_LOADING_PATCH,    "0",         OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "disable suppression of loading screens /white box" },
+ { NULL }
+ };
+
 diff -Nru old/emu/emuopts.h src/emu/emuopts.h
 --- old/emu/emuopts.h 2013-09-17 01:47:03.000000000 -0500
 +++ src/emu/emuopts.h 2013-09-17 10:32:41.000000000 -0500Is that a wanted change or simply a mistake?

[Funkoid]

This is great work wish I'd found it years ago. It probably falls out the scope of this mod but I'd love to be able to have mame save the .hi file or an alternate copy of it once every hour or so, allowing me to read the latest hiscore tables whilst the rom is still running.

Doable?

[MKChamp]

Thanks again Ansa89...that was a mistake...I'm just getting sloppy...

[WakiMiko]

Any reason why hiscores are lost when soft-resetting (default MAME key is F3)? They are kept over hard-resets (Shift+F3).

[kjmann]

Hi There. I'm New Here, so bare with me.

After applying the .diff patch from here Using original mame .150, i keep getting this when I start mame....

[BlackGreen]

Thank you to MKChamp and Leezer for putting in the work for the hiscore system.

I was able to merg the changes with 0.148 without any problems.  Just required a full rebuild.

Thanks for your hard work!

[abelenki]

hi_150.diff works fine with 0.151 source tree, but with many warnings.

compiled fine.

[Ansa89]

Without warnings.

[abelenki]

Without warnings.

thanks.

[MKChamp]

Without warnings.

Gracias! I added it to the main page.