High score in mame and FBA

Robster1727

Hi all I've search the Internet and found some information but I'm trying to figure out how I can save highscore on mame and FBA on retro pie

I'm using mane 2000 but cannot seem to get this to work with the hiscore.dat file. Not sure we're to place this etc please can someone help?

Thabks

rbaker

@Robster1727
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

It's all in the wiki.

Robster1727

Can't seem to find it ?

rbaker

@Robster1727
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/lr-mame2003#high-scores

Robster1727

@rbaker thanks I've tried that but it doesn't seem to work? Do I need to activate it on each rom?

dankcushions

@Robster1727 are you using mame2003?

Robster1727

@dankcushions I'm using 1.3.6 mame 2000 0.37 beta 5.

I trying to get games like track and field etc to save high scores but can't get it to work.

dankcushions

@Robster1727 as far as i'm aware it only works in mame2003 (prev link) and fbalpha (https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/lr-fbalpha#high-scores)

SWSboarder13

@dankcushions I have my fbalpha set up in accordance with the link you posted but it isn't working for me. Once the .hi file is created, the game becomes unplayable and the sound/screen go crazy. Would you have any idea as to what is going wrong for me?
Thank you

dankcushions

@swsboarder13 said in High score in mame and FBA:

@dankcushions I have my fbalpha set up in accordance with the link you posted but it isn't working for me. Once the .hi file is created, the game becomes unplayable and the sound/screen go crazy. Would you have any idea as to what is going wrong for me?
Thank you

hi! can you try the process again but this time using this .dat file: http://www.mameworld.info/highscore/hiscoredat.zip

(you will probably have to delete the old .hi for the game in question, and then set a new score)

i guess is that the latest FBA version needs the newer hiscore.dat - if you can confirm this i will update the wiki - thanks! :)

SWSboarder13

@dankcushions That appeared to be a different .dat file than the ones I have seen before, but it still did not solve the issue. The game sound and screen still freak out and become unplayable on Ir-fbalpha.

SWSboarder13

@dankcushions Would the wrong .dat file result in corrupting the game screen/sound? Or could it be that the game.hi file is being loaded in the wrong place