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speaking of options, -record dont read config

Posted: Fri Aug 20, 1999 12:30 pm
by Dave Kaupp
Wouldn't it be nice if mame did not read the config and hiscore files if the -record option is used?
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I don't know how many good scores I've lost because some games don't playback correctly when a config file was present before the recording.

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If a person wanted to use a custom config file (Tournamment, TG settings) they could use the options -record name.inp -useconfig or something to that effect.

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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 1999 12:30 pm
by BeeJay
Dave,<p>
In theory, having a config file present when recording should not
affect the playbackability of a recording.

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ie: The cfg settings you used for the recording are stored into the
inp file and these settings are used for playback purposes - not
whatever settings you may have in a .cfg file on the machine you're
playing the recording back on.

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As far as the .hi files go, these have been ignored for some time now
by Mame when recording games. This change was done due to the number
of games that use the current high-score table as part of the seed
for their random elements.

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Cheers,
BeeJay.

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