[FBNeo] Highscores

Libretro Cores
#1

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?

#2
#3

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.

#4

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

#5

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

nevertheless that solved, thanks a lot!

#6

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

#7

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.

#8

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

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#9

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!)

#10

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

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#11

Hello! How can I save scores from Neo Geo AES games? I even write to the memory card after playing, but it doesn’t work.

#12

I don’t know if you can, arcade emulators usually have 2 methods to save hiscores :

  • saving the nvram if it exists, but afaik AES doesn’t have a nvram (unlike MVS).
  • knowing the game’s high score addresses by using a hiscore.dat file and saving their content, but neogeo games are mostly absent from hiscore.dat

I’m wondering how/if geolith handles high scores for AES.

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#13

The Neo Geo AES console itself did not save highscores I think, but I am not sure about this. Some games might save highscores when using memory card, but only supported games do I believe. I mean on a real console. There is also a Backup RAM, but that is more of a thing for Neo Geo CD or MVS?

If my reply sounds unsure, because that is. @md2mcb Maybe try the memory card thing with some other games, not all games might support this.

#14

I think I understand now. Thanks for your help!