why was my latest score of 425000 deleted? I used the latest mame 0.53, so what's the problem?
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pb74_ca@yahoo.ca
why was my score on Tankfrce deleted?
Moderator: Chad
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Chad
There was no email address on your account so i just edited the
description of your upload, it was not deleted just you can't play it
back in the state you uploaded it in, so it was zeroed. In short,
just upload your recording again with the nvram file and it will be
ok. Here's the message in your recording if you do a search on
tankfrce (and don't search only for the first three scores.)
<p>
[advertised 425000 great score!!! but only playsback with tankfrc.nv
in nvram dir (must upload this file in order to get credit for score)]
<p>
Marp is very concerned if recordings can easily be played back by
other players. Since version 36, mame has introduced this
little "feature" called the nvram directory where settings and random
seeds are sometimes stored. This creates havoc for trying to replay
recordings because sometimes the existing nvram file (at the time
when you begin record) is required in order to get that recording to
playback. When you upload an inp with out the nvram file this makes
this upload useless.
<p>
To eliminate this problem you should remove the nvram directory by
removing all the files in the mame
vram directory and then remove
the directory mame
vram (becarefull because this directory will get
recreated when you install a new mame, so you must delete it each
time you install mame)
<p>
If you do not do this you MUST provide the nv file you used for that
recording. This becomes complicated because (in your recording
script) you must sometimes copy the nv file before you record. If you
make a recording that changes that state while you record this could
make your recording impossile to playback again, since you would be
unable to recreate the state the computer was in before starting your
recording.
<p>
You may get back your score by re-uploading with the nvram file if
you wish or just record again with the nvram directory deleted and
then anyone does not have to worry about nvram issues for your
recordings. if you have any questions just email back. thanks!
<p>
-skito]
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churritz@crash.cts.com
description of your upload, it was not deleted just you can't play it
back in the state you uploaded it in, so it was zeroed. In short,
just upload your recording again with the nvram file and it will be
ok. Here's the message in your recording if you do a search on
tankfrce (and don't search only for the first three scores.)
<p>
[advertised 425000 great score!!! but only playsback with tankfrc.nv
in nvram dir (must upload this file in order to get credit for score)]
<p>
Marp is very concerned if recordings can easily be played back by
other players. Since version 36, mame has introduced this
little "feature" called the nvram directory where settings and random
seeds are sometimes stored. This creates havoc for trying to replay
recordings because sometimes the existing nvram file (at the time
when you begin record) is required in order to get that recording to
playback. When you upload an inp with out the nvram file this makes
this upload useless.
<p>
To eliminate this problem you should remove the nvram directory by
removing all the files in the mame
vram directory and then remove
the directory mame
vram (becarefull because this directory will get
recreated when you install a new mame, so you must delete it each
time you install mame)
<p>
If you do not do this you MUST provide the nv file you used for that
recording. This becomes complicated because (in your recording
script) you must sometimes copy the nv file before you record. If you
make a recording that changes that state while you record this could
make your recording impossile to playback again, since you would be
unable to recreate the state the computer was in before starting your
recording.
<p>
You may get back your score by re-uploading with the nvram file if
you wish or just record again with the nvram directory deleted and
then anyone does not have to worry about nvram issues for your
recordings. if you have any questions just email back. thanks!
<p>
-skito]
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churritz@crash.cts.com
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PaulB
Thanks for your answer! I've learned my lesson 
I'll delete my
nvram directory and try again to get a high score.
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pb74_ca@yahoo.ca
I'll delete my nvram directory and try again to get a high score.
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pb74_ca@yahoo.ca
thanks!