FBNeo high score saving trouble

WeirdH

@barbudreadmon Maybe another one, though it's not easy to test, as the game doesn't show the high score list in its attract mode. Battle Bakraid (bbakraid.zip) doesn't seem to save scores for me.

barbudreadmon

@WeirdH are you sure ? this one should save hiscores already

edit : nvm, actually the game probably doesn't save hiscores, the hiscore support code is in FBNeo indeed, but there is no entry for this game in hiscore.dat

WeirdH

@barbudreadmon Found one more: Mystic Warriors (mystwarr.zip)

Also, can I add an entry for bbakraid myself?

barbudreadmon

@WeirdH said in FBNeo high score saving trouble:

Also, can I add an entry for bbakraid myself?

Do you understand how those entries work ? If interested it seems there is a tutorial at https://highscore.mameworld.info/tutorial.htm

Added support for mystwarr.

WeirdH

@barbudreadmon said in FBNeo high score saving trouble:

Added support for mystwarr.

Cool, thanks a lot.

Do you understand how those entries work ? If interested it seems there is a tutorial at https://highscore.mameworld.info/tutorial.htm

No, but I could try.

Aaand both tutorials start with 'compile your own version of mame', so I'm already out. Wow, finding that hiscore information is not a hassle free process, to say the least...

barbudreadmon

@WeirdH said in FBNeo high score saving trouble:

Aaand both tutorials start with 'compile your own version of mame', so I'm already out.

I think standalone mame now has debugger enabled in its binary releases, but i might be wrong.

WeirdH

@barbudreadmon said in FBNeo high score saving trouble:

@WeirdH are you sure ? this one should save hiscores already

edit : nvm, actually the game probably doesn't save hiscores, the hiscore support code is in FBNeo indeed, but there is no entry for this game in hiscore.dat

Uhm, it does now...

I decided to poke around in the test menu and saw some glitched characters where text should obviously be. I clicked on 'initialize eeprom' and had to confirm twice.

After that, the text glitches were gone and it now seems to save scores. It does in 'training' mode at least, I haven't yet tried the others.

barbudreadmon

@WeirdH ok, that means the highscore is probably saved in the eeprom, that's good to know

WeirdH

@barbudreadmon Found another one: Hotdog Storm (hotdogst)

I am on FBNeo 1.0.0.01 now, so I don't know if that requires an updated hiscore.dat as well?

barbudreadmon

@weirdh said in FBNeo high score saving trouble:

@barbudreadmon Found another one: Hotdog Storm (hotdogst)

Hmm no, i just confirmed that one's hiscores work properly.

@weirdh said in FBNeo high score saving trouble:

I am on FBNeo 1.0.0.01 now, so I don't know if that requires an updated hiscore.dat as well?

I don't think so, i very rarely update FBNeo repo's hiscore.dat (the one i use for my tests), but maybe you picked yours elsewhere, or maybe yours is corrupted or something. It can't hurt to re-download the one from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libretro/FBNeo/master/metadata/hiscore.dat

barbudreadmon

@weirdh also maybe make sure you don't have runahead enabled

saccublenda

I think Bomb Jack (bombjack.zip) doesn't save high scores in fbneo.

sirhenrythe5th

@saccublenda neither does bombjack twin

WeirdH

@barbudreadmon Thanks, that is weird, I'll do some more testing. I got the hiscore.dat from that very link, so hopefully it's still fine. I also don't use runahead.

EDIT: confirmed working here as well. I must've been doing something wrong again. Thanks for still replying, though!

barbudreadmon

@saccublenda said in FBNeo high score saving trouble:

I think Bomb Jack (bombjack.zip) doesn't save high scores in fbneo.

@sirhenrythe5th said in FBNeo high score saving trouble:

@saccublenda neither does bombjack twin

I just added support for both.

saccublenda

@barbudreadmon Thanks.

sirhenrythe5th

i found another game that does not save highscores (or better: lap-times in this case): "Extreme Downhill" (Sammy).
I does under MAME, so saving works generally and its worth it, funny top-down-racer, great for best-time-hunting with friends :)

btw: @barbudreadmon thanks for adding support for the SEIBU KAIHATSU Shmups!, awesome!!!

barbudreadmon

@sirhenrythe5th said in FBNeo high score saving trouble:

btw: @barbudreadmon thanks for adding support for the SEIBU KAIHATSU Shmups!, awesome!!!

While i help with debugging and small tasks, the new drivers are usually the work of iq_132 & dink, feel free to thank them at our forum :)

I'll add hiscore support to our seta driver later today.

sirhenrythe5th

@barbudreadmon said in FBNeo high score saving trouble:

While i help with debugging and small tasks, the new drivers are usually the work of iq_132 & dink, feel free to thank them at our forum :)

You are right, i allready visit your/the FBNeo-Forum daily, so i really should register there, even if it is just to say thanks for all that work!

But let me thank you at least once more for adding higscore-support to another game i like to play for scores :)

sirhenrythe5th

just found another one: "Butasan" (Pigs & Bombers) from Jaleco / "butasan.zip".
One of my favorite hidden-gems, i would be very thankful if highscore-saving could be enabled as well.

"Extreme Downhill" ("extdwnhl.zip" / Driver "seta.ccp") did not save higscores yesterday after an update from source. Did you manage to have a look at this game?

Thanks a lot and kind regards!