Cheat Advmame

A Former User

Thank you for your reply.

But no there is no cheat option to activate via retroarch ...

markwkidd

I think cheats are actually 'always on' as a core option now in mame2003. You do still need the cheats.dat in the right place.

When you're using mame2003 and press the tab button, is one of the menu options called Cheats?

Fruitybit

I found this to be most useful, you have to turn on advanced settings in retroarch to download cheats, although that’s more for all other systems, and the cheats are then found in the lr-mame2003 menu rather than retroarch. Forgot to add, the addition to /opt/retropie/configs/all/ adding the line; mame2003-cheats = "enabled" did it for me

A Former User

This has already been done. The cheat.dat file is in the right place, everything is activated but it does not appear in retroarch by making hotkey + X. There is no cheat except for consoles, but it's the arcade that I want to activate.

backstander

How to Enable Cheats on Your RetroPie 2018

Fruitybit

@cyclair Sorry, forgot to add the file to change!! It’s; retroarch-core-options.cfg In the location as above.

markwkidd

MAME cheats are not going to be found in the Hotkey + X menu. They are found in the mame2003 MAME menu which you see when you press the Tab button while playing a game

backstander

I mean:
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/lr-mame2003/#cheats

A Former User

the tab key does not work when I run games from the "arcade" folder I can only open the retroarch by doing hotkey + X, the tab key does not work

mediamogul

@markwkidd said in Cheat Advmame:

I think cheats are actually 'always on' as a core option now in mame2003.
MAME cheats are not going to be found in the Hotkey + X menu.

Ah, good to know. It's been a while since I used cheats in lr-mame2003

@cyclair

the tab key does not work

It may have become unassigned. You should find a directory named 'mame2003' in whatever folder your mame ROMs are being launched from. Inside there should be a directory named 'cfg' that contains a file named default.cfg. Delete it and all emulator controls will be set to the default and 'Tab' should open the menu again.

A Former User

a big thank you to @mediamogul it is indeed that the file defaut.cfg that I deleted and I can access the cheat by doing the tab key.

thank you very much

DakotaS96

@mediamogul Thanks, this was helpful in getting advmame cheats working for me but I'm noticing that every time I close and re-open a game I have to go back in and turn the cheat back on. Is there a way to make it permanent?

Is there maybe a setting in the retroarch.cfg that needs added or turned off?