Mame core doesn't save anything from the TAB menu

Libretro Cores
#1

When you load a game and press TAB, a menu comes up where you can change controls and other things. However, when i change something, it doesn’t save.

These are my core settings:

mame_alternate_renderer = “disabled” mame_altres = “640x480” mame_auto_save = “disabled” mame_boot_from_cli = “disabled” mame_boot_to_bios = “disabled” mame_boot_to_osd = “disabled” mame_buttons_profiles = “enabled” mame_cheats_enable = “enabled” mame_lightgun_mode = “none” mame_mame_paths_enable = “enabled” mame_media_type = “rom” mame_mouse_enable = “disabled” mame_read_config = “enabled” mame_saves = “game” mame_softlists_auto_media = “enabled” mame_softlists_enable = “enabled” mame_throttle = “enabled” mame_write_config = “enabled”

Normally it should save in save\mame\cfg but it doesn’t. There should also be a game.cfg everytime you load a rom but there isn’t. Mame2016 doesn’t have this issue

#2

Well, that’s weird.

If i change mame_write_config = “enabled” to “disabled” it saves the files.

The option is inverted for some reason.

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#3

I think this option means mame configs located in the retroarch/system/mame/ folder, but i dont know how to make them work.

I wanted to make hiscores work in mame (0.212) but nothing happend.
I put the plugin folder from the upstream release in my system/mame/ folder,
generated mame.ini and plugin.ini from within the mame ui (press start+select ingame)
enabled write and read config and use mame ini paths as well, but the hiscores won’t save.

#4

Some MAME folders don’t work in the RA system folder.

The CFG, DIFF and VRAM need to be in the RA Saves folder like this: Saves\mame\cfg.

Maybe the highscore files need to be in that folder too.

#5

I tried this as well. But according this issue it is only a matter of configuration:

It only doesn’t work on my side. :thinking:

#6

[UPDATE]

Don’t know why, but now it’s working. I did the same as explained in these post on github/libretro/mame over and over again but maybe previously i overlooked something: https://github.com/libretro/mame/issues/82#issuecomment-479619219

I started new and deletetd the mame folders in retroarch/system/ and retroarch/saves/.

Steps to reproduce (the gui version):

  • download the official mame version from mamedev.org
  • extract the content of the plugin folder to retroarch/system/mame/plugin
    • (the other folders are not needed for hiscores)
  • in retroarch launch a game and in quick-menu turn on “read/write configuration” (write will generate a *.ini file for every game you play)
    • turn on “enable in-game mouse” as well
  • restart retroarch
  • launch game and press start+select on gamepad or enter+rshift to enter mame-ui
  • navigate (with your mouse) to the “plugin” settings and enable hiscores
  • go to “configure options” and save configuration

This generates the ui.ini, mame.ini and plugin.ini in the retroarch/system/mame/ini/ folder.
All the settings from retroarch are taken in.

Now it should work. You dont need tho change anything in this *.ini files.

The hiscores are saved in the retroarch/hi/ folder

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#7

[INFO for linux-users]

(the guide above worked only on Windows)

It seems that mame doesn’t like dot-files (remember: everything is a file )
If you have all files in /home/user/.config/retroarch/ like me, than you have to edit your mame.ini file and insert the full path to your plugin folder.

e.g.

#
# CORE SEARCH PATH OPTIONS
#

pluginspath    /home/user/.config/retroarch/system/mame/plugins

[BE AWARE] if mame has already generated a [romname].ini then this will override your mame.ini and you have to delete or edit it. This only happens when write configuration=on. I recommend to leave it off.