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I am getting nervous about confirming recordings now that I have seen so many that use non standard conditions etc. I am desparately in need of some tools to check for validity of INP's. I know we can't check for everything (let's not mention those things we can't check for in this thread though). However, I know that dip switch settings must be stored in the inp and can be checked.
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Can anyone point me to utilities I can use for the purpose.

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If not, I'll have to resort to programming one myself - that will be a pain (my mame builds are 3 beta's out of date).

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tjmorrow@bigpond.com

There aren't easy tools that can be built with out a
standard .cfg .hi files for each game to along with the "rules" each
game should be played as. If you had a standard .cfg and .hi files
for each game (of course for each mame version as the formats differ)
you could make a recording that had the right bits in the .inp file
you could compare other recordings too. I think if the settings are
different than everyone else is used to, it'll usually be a high
score and scrutentized (by people such as yourself mentioning bubbles
score had different settings) so that an administrative change can be
made.

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The confirmed score (i thought) was just to ensure it could be played
back to the score stated. Makes things simpler and more effective to
know a recording playsback than that it playsback AND has the "right"
settings.

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churritz@cts.com