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Hi,
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The auto upload script seems to construct the name of your recording file by taking your, initials, romname, score, MAME version and putting them together to form <initials>_<romname>_<score>_<version>.zip. I currently have a karnovj recording uploaded with a score of 999999 but with the game not completed. I've since created a new recording with the same score that is superior in that it finishes the game. I'd like to upload it to replace the existing recording. Unfortunately I get the following message on upload:

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./inp/tjm_karnovj_999999_m36b5.zip already exists; did you upload it already?

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How does one procede in this instance?

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Cheers,
Tim

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tjmorrow@bigpond.com

Get a list of the karnovj scores (for instance by clicking the K at
the top of the screen). To the right of the one that is yours, you
should see an Edit link. Click it. Then change that score to 0. Then
you may have to wait an hour or so for everything to be updated. Then
upload your new one.

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Cheers,
Ben Jos.

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walbeehm@walbeehm.com

Thanks for replying,
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Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work. I edited the score for karnovj
to 0. Then after an hour my entry disappeared from off the karnovj hi
score list - so I thought I was in business. 8 hours later I attempted
to upload my new entry and got the same error message

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./inp/tjm_karnovj_999999_m36b5.zip already exists; did you upload it
already?

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Have I not waited long enough for everything to be updated? Any other
thoughts on what I can do?

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Thanks,
Tim

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tjmorrow@bigpond.com

Two things I can think of:
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1. (The best solution) Send a copy of the new recording to Zwaxy,
explain the situation to him, and ask him to replace the old one by
the new one.

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2. Specify a different version of MAME (which would result in the
resulting filename being different) and, in the remarks for the
upload, specify what the real version was you used.

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Cheers,
Ben Jos.

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walbeehm@walbeehm.com

Just caught your post. The procedure is quite simple. Upload the new
game as a score of 1000000. When it's posted, go and edit it down to
999999. You shouldn't have any problems.

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qan@home.com

Thanks for all your help guys. Just for the record, qan's solution was
the one that worked in the end. The entry has now been accepted. Now I
just have to wait for the next server refresh and edit the score from
1000000 to 999999.
Cheers,
Tim

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tjmorrow@bigpond.com