hitotext Issue.

[ebOBaSTONe]

Hey All,

Really sorry if this has been posted about, Ive seached and seartched and could not find an answer,

I hate being that guy "Use the Search function.

Anyway, I have an issue with getting this HitoText working.

I have compiled my mame version ( 0.155 )

I have mame creating .hi files in my hi folder. This is even happening for games i launch from HL

I have scanned these files with the hitotext.exe and the data in them is correct.

I have in my mame folder the hiscore.dat file

I have in the same folder as my HS the hitotext.exe and hititext.xml

I have enabled hi scores in HQ and confirmed this is making changes to my settings.ini file.

I am wanting to output highscores on the HS wheel where the theme shows.

Firstly, from what i understand I have everthing correct and that it should now look like the below pic.

Sorry i assume it is one small step i am missing but cannot just figure that out.

Much appreciate any help here

[gigapig]

Welcome to the forum adamnew, how long did you search for? Just kidding

Which version did you compile? As some don't need hiscore added to the compile anymore but you would have noticed the score becoming corrupt and the hi files will be 0 bytes. You can also get builds from jumpstiles ftp folder already done.

Anyway what spring to mind is the dats, did you place them in a dats folder? There should be 4 that go in there.

Also hitotext should be in the Hyperspin root, you may also find it in the Hyperlaunch\module extensions folder, which is used by Hyperpause.

[ebOBaSTONe]

Hey Gigapig,

Thanks for the reply,

Sorry no i only have two .Dat files. "hiscore.dat" & "hiscore(pre_mame0133u1).dat"

and I had them in the root of my Mame folder.

I compiled version 155 and It plays games fine.

The .hi files do have data in them as i can manually open them using hitotext.exe and it shows the output.

Upon looking for the 4 .dat files you mentioned I have found a precompiled supported hitotext mame version which i will try and let you know how i get on.

I do not have access to the ftp at the moment as i am still waiting for my access, but I am happy enough to work on this until it is provided.

Once again thanks for your time.

[gigapig]

My dats folder has 5 dats inside. I'm using Mameuifx 0.155 which supposedly has hiscore support added back in. And I'm sure you know this but not every game has hiscore support.

[ebOBaSTONe]

5.. I think you are just showing off now

That is very interesting tho. And you say these are in a Dat folder?

I had a quick look at that MameuiFX. Ill have a closer look after some sleep.

Interesting tho, looks to be part of Altavista? Jeebus i haven't heard from that since the old bulletin Board days.

I know i say this a lot but Thanks aye.

[gigapig]

Must be named "dats" of course.

[ebOBaSTONe]

Hey, So i think this might have something to do with Bezels. Two strange things are happening.

I have been trying to get the instruction cards to come up. But they will not come up unless i have Bezels enabled. But this makes some of my games not work when enabled.

All i get is a white screen.

Now the strange thing is, Games that are working with bezels IE they load with hyper launch are now showing Hiscores on the front wheel.

P.s. I found those .Dat files Gigapig. I didn't end up using them but they can be downloaded individually. Not sure what they do tho.

Cheers

[Polemicist]

Oh right... Interesting. Never really setup hiscore that well yet.

http://www.arcadehits.net/mamescore/home.php?show=files

I assume the mamescore.ini file goes into the INI folder and the default.el I'm not sure about but root???