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Arcade archives border retroarch4/7/2024 ![]() I myself am a linux and retroarch/retropie newbie. Only other thing I can think of is that this trick doesn't work with 0.212 for some reason, but I doubt that's the case.I finally figured out, why the cfg files are not working. I'm pretty sure I got the paths right, so. I even tried installing it in the /system directory, and using both the 32 bit & 64 bit versions of MAME. But RetroArch isn't saving high scores, so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. When I use MAME within my RetroArch/Bios folder (I changed the default directory to Bios instead of System, which I think was recommended somewhere, but I don't think this should matter since I changed all the paths in the ini to the Bios directory), I can get the high scores to save. Hmm, well, I messed around with it, and RetroArch doesn't seem to acknowledge anything with high scores for me. I'll test it out on the 0.212 core of MAME for RetroArch, and see if it works on that, too (I'm not at my main computer at the moment, but next time I am). If i keep mame.exe in system/mame/ directory i get message “… Loaded Successfully” but highscore save won’t work.ĭont know why this happens but I will investigate" After rebooting the game theyre all there. dkong.zip: “Error: Failed to open File or Load Operation” But Highscores saved fine. Without mame.exe i get the following message from mame on booting up a machine, e.g. hi-Files are stored under /retroarch/hi/. Make Highscore and close Retroarch normally. I did the following:Ĭopy over complete mame official build as described above.Ĭopy over plugins.ini and mame.ini to retroarch/system/mame/ini folder More than anything else, I'm grateful that people develop/maintain/update these various cores & emulators, and that people are also working on making sure that future generations will be able to play these games.Īfter lots of tries i got this one working in mame 0.192 core. I wasn't looking for RetroArch to be able to save all high scores, just to be able to do what standalone MAME can do, whatever that may be.Īs a disclaimer, I should add that I'm not complaining, since I know that it's easy to say, "Software should be able to do this!", but without actually working on it, I have no idea if there's a technical or legal reason why RetroArch cores don't save arcade high scores (outside of MAME 2003 Super, dunno if there's any others). That's obviously a hard limit that MAME can't get around (I mean, I don't know if it's theoretically possible or not, I just mean in the real world sense of what's currently available). You do realise that not all Arcade games even saved the scores right? So if the original Arcade game didnt save then you cant save in retroarch or mame. In the end, I just wish all the various MAME cores in RetroArch allowed for saving high scores, but at the moment, I'll trade that away for the ease of use of RetroArch (and the fact that I already have that all setup within Launch Box anyway). That, and I also don't like working with MAME's interface (given the number of systems it emulates, I understand why it's not simple, but I prefer to avoid it). I'm hesitant to setup standalone MAME as my main emulator for arcade games because I intentionally chose RetroArch to try & unify the UI and controls for the emulator end of things. It is unfortunate because my main intention in using RetroAcheivements was simply to be able to track my high scores for arcade games (before I knew that the platforms/emulators were limited). I got a hiscore.dat and then enabled it in the gui (still old mameuifx) and it works great. ![]() The hi-score issue is why I have stayed with standalone MAME. I wish the retroacheivements people could strike up a deal with the major emulators to have their code be included in official releases. Are there any I'm missing before I potentially set that up? I just want to weigh my options. So far, option #3 is my favorite, but it's still not ideal. ![]() Seems like it would be fun, but given how limited it is, I don't quite feel like bothering, tbh). Register & use RetroAchivements (don't think this actually even works with MAME emulators, but if you're interested in using it for a select few consoles, this is an option, and there are built in achievements you can go for. Enable auto savestate on exit, and autoload on startup (simple, and you get to skip the machine setting itself up, but if you need to or accidentally reset the game, there go your high scores).Ĥ. Use the MAME 2003 Plus & enable high scores within RetroArch (works, but only for certain games, and I'm not really happy with the quirks of the 2003 Plus core, but admittedly, I don't have much familiarity with it, nor do I fully understand what makes it so different).ģ. Write it down (obvious, but kind of takes away from the fun of an automated leaderboard).Ģ. I know of a few, but I'm not really satisfied by any of them.ġ. ![]()
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