I'm new to the forums, and I joined in desperation to find out how to solve my problem with inp recording and playback. I seem to be recording just fine, but my playback is always off for some reason. Note: I'm trying to record my gameplay in zookeeper (zookeep.zip) with the default settings in MAME32 .119.
Here's what I am doing...
I'm running the "record.bat" and "playback.bat" files found in the "Help" section of the Marp page - so that the nvram, cfg, etc get moved before the recording and playback.
My record.bat file contains:
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rem usage: record <gamename> [ other MAME options ]
move hi\%1.hi hi\%1.tmp
move cfg\%1.cfg cfg\%1.tmp
move nvram\%1.nv nvram\%1.tmp
mame %1 -record %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6
move hi\%1.tmp hi\%1.hi
move cfg\%1.tmp cfg\%1.cfg
move nvram\%1.tmp nvram\%1.nv
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rem usage: playback <gamename> <filename> [ other MAME options ]
move hi\%1.hi hi\%1.tmp
move cfg\%1.cfg cfg\%1.tmp
move nvram\%1.nv nvram\%1.tmp
mame %1 -playback %2 %3 %4 %5 %6
move hi\%1.tmp hi\%1.hi
move cfg\%1.tmp cfg\%1.cfg
move nvram\%1.tmp nvram\%1.nv
- In my MAME directory, I type: record zookeep
- It starts the game
- I type "OK" to continue to pass the disclaimer
- I hit "enter" to bypass the game info screen
- The the words "This location" pop up (maintenance screen?) and I hit "F3" to reset the game
- The game starts in demo mode
- I hit 5 to input a coin
- I hit 1 for player 1 start
- I play the game
- Once I am all done and all men have been lost, I hit "esc" to exit the game (recording stops)
Here's exactly what I am doing to playback.
- In my MAME directory, I type: playback zookeep zookeep
- Note: "zookeep" is what the batch program saved it as)
- It starts the game
- I type "OK" to continue to pass the disclaimer
- I hit "enter" to bypass the game info screen
- The the words "This location" pop up (maintenance screen?) and I hit "F3" to reset the game
- The game starts in demo mode and then it automatically inputs the coin and then starts the recording.
- However, after a while the inputs stop matching what I originally input and the zookeeper guys keeps dying since the moves are not matching.
I've tried this is MAME32 .119, MAMEUI .127 and WOLFMAME. I can't get it to playback correctly for anything.
I have a feeling it has something to do with the F3 (reset) key I am forced to press in order to continue.
Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
~ DeLuSioNaL