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Author Topic: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?  (Read 1617 times)

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When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
« on: January 14, 2008, 07:34:38 pm »
In what version did this go bye bye?

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Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
« Reply #1 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.

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Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2008, 10:03:49 pm »
Easy for you maybe.

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Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2008, 10:29:16 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.

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Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2008, 10:37:27 pm »
I tried compiling Qmame and almost went crazy in the process.

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Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
« Reply #5 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?

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Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2008, 06:39:23 pm »
Plus wasn't there some front end around here for doing this easily?
yup

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Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
« Reply #7 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 :)

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Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
« Reply #8 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.

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Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
« Reply #9 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!

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Re: When did Mame ditch Highscore support?
« Reply #10 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.