Slider settings not saved in Mame 0.198

[JRobATL]

So here's my experience...
1. I'll tweak the video settings in a given ROM using the slider (~) function.
2. I'll exit the game by hitting escape and go back to the Mame menu.
3. I'll click Save Machine Options and notice that a .ini file was created for that machine in the Mame folder (not the ini folder)

 The settings appear to be saved if I go back into the Rom before exiting Mame, but if I exit and restart Mame it isn't. So I looked in the .ini files, and lo and behold it didn't save any of my tweaks.

My ultimate question is, what is the most efficient way to save slider-based video changes for about 150 ROMs? It can't be writing them down on paper and then manually editing the .ini files, can it? 

Is there another save option or a setting I'm missing in Mame?

Thanks, guys

[baritonomarchetto]

It is likely an issue with that particular MAME version or maybe the save function for sliders was coded later: I have my slider saved in MAME 0.220 without the need for manual editing

[Tafoid]

So here's my experience...
1. I'll tweak the video settings in a given ROM using the slider (~) function.
2. I'll exit the game by hitting escape and go back to the Mame menu.
3. I'll click Save Machine Options and notice that a .ini file was created for that machine in the Mame folder (not the ini folder)

 The settings appear to be saved if I go back into the Rom before exiting Mame, but if I exit and restart Mame it isn't. So I looked in the .ini files, and lo and behold it didn't save any of my tweaks.

My ultimate question is, what is the most efficient way to save slider-based video changes for about 150 ROMs? It can't be writing them down on paper and then manually editing the .ini files, can it? 

Is there another save option or a setting I'm missing in Mame?

Thanks, guys

Video settings could be anything from simple orientation changes,  video type/mode, or screen assignments to HLSL/Shader parameters.  I'm going to guess you are trying to save the latter (shader stuff) and, for distinct reasons, sliders associated with shader parameters are not saved by design.  You'll need to make a fresh mame.ini (mame -cc in command-line) and then edit that with the settings you desire.

[JRobATL]

Video settings could be anything from simple orientation changes,  video type/mode, or screen assignments to HLSL/Shader parameters.  I'm going to guess you are trying to save the latter (shader stuff) and, for distinct reasons, sliders associated with shader parameters are not saved by design.  You'll need to make a fresh mame.ini (mame -cc in command-line) and then edit that with the settings you desire.

Yes, the settings I'm interested in tweaking are shader/scanline related.

So, to clarify, writing the settings down and then typing them in individually would be the only way then... It just seems strange to me.  I read just now on the mamedev website that there are "very complicated reasons" why this isn't saved.  I really wonder what those reasons are.  ...and I also wonder why some people report that the slider settings ARE saved.... 

[Sky25es]

Update to the latest Mame version. Slider settings saving is a feature added only some versions ago.