[FBNeo] Highscores

Hari-82 · 11 November 2020 22:13

i have trouble getting highscore to work in fbneo, they were working some time ago then i recently noticed that they dont. in the last month i did some updates (as usual) and change some options in RA, i also recently update fbneo (and the romset) to 1.001. i have high score enabled in the core options i have highscore.dat in system/fbneo folder in the save folder (RetroArch\saves\FinalBurn Neo\fbneo) i have a bunch of *.hi and *.nv files. i have to say that i recently change RA to use saves in folders by core, so still i have the old fbneo (with some hi and nv) in the main saves folder.

i tried different dat with no luck, can somebody point me at the proper highscore.dat to use? is there anything that im missing?

BarbuDreadMon · 12 November 2020 16:46

github.com

libretro/FBNeo/blob/master/src/burner/libretro/README.md#hiscore-wont-save-why-

# FBNeo-libretro

## How to build

From the root of the repository, run `make -j5 -C src/burner/libretro`

## Roms

Use clrmamepro (which runs fine on linux with wine and on mac with crossover) to build valid romsets with dats from the [dats](/dats/) directory.
Don't report issues if you didn't build a valid romset.
Also, i don't provide a "parent-only" dat file, because i don't recommend using only parent roms (some don't work, and some clones are really different from their parent)

## Emulating consoles

You can emulate consoles (with specific romsets, dats are also in the [dats](/dats/) directory) by prefixing the name of the roms with `XXX_` and removing the `zip|7z` extension, or using the `--subsystem XXX` argument in the command line, here is the list of available prefixes :
* CBS ColecoVision : `cv`
* MSX 1 : `msx`
* Nec PC-Engine : `pce`
* Nec SuperGrafX : `sgx`
* Nec TurboGrafx-16 : `tg`

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Hari-82 · 12 November 2020 16:52

yep i read that, my romset is built with clrmamepro using the correct dat.

the games im testing with are galaga (galagao) and dodonpachi (ddonpach) that i know were keeping highscore before. and im using the hiscore.dat from that page.

BarbuDreadMon · 12 November 2020 16:54

You read the part about runahead and maybe other savestate-related features preventing hiscores from working ?

Hari-82 · 12 November 2020 17:56

Sadly turning run-head off solved, i was hoping it was something else

nevertheless that solved, thanks a lot!

RealNC · 13 November 2020 00:44

I believe this only affects games that depend on hiscore.dat. For games that don’t need it, runahead should work fine.

BarbuDreadMon · 13 November 2020 08:42

No, runahead disable hiscores (the ones relying on hiscore.dat, other hiscores saved in eeprom are fine), that’s how things were designed, see https://github.com/libretro/FBNeo/issues/52 and linked issues for the explanations.

tekn0 · 31 December 2022 23:01

Just an update. Runahead mode and Hi scores saving have been fixed. Just make sure to not use the second instance of runahead.

Hari-82 · 31 December 2022 23:43

Just read your post on reddit! xD

well…

Great news! thanks! and I think with FBneo second instance is not anymore the way to go so it’s all good I guess! (happy new year!)

BarbuDreadMon · 1 January 2023 13:04

Yes, i implemented a new libretro api call earlier this year for “savestate context awareness”, so that i could finally solve those kind of problems in FBNeo. Meaning a somewhat recent version of retroarch (v1.12.0+ ?) is required