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There is really not much to this plugin. First it requires that you have a custom compiled version of MAME with a Hiscore Patch and all it does it download and upload the games associated hi file to an FTP server. So it basically allows people to share hiscore tables online.

I recommend using the hiscore.dat file generated from here which I believe is for MAME 0.140. So if everyone uses that version there should be no issues.

This is really just a proof of concept and is by no means a robust solution. I just don't think it's possible to really do this properly but perhaps it will be expanded in the future to address some of these issues.

Some of the more obvious issues are cheating which I don't think is really possible to prevent. Another is in the off chance you run the same game at the same time your hiscore file might get overwritten. Although it does make a backup of the .hi file so you may be able to recover it. Another issue is some versions of MAME may create incompatible .hi files between some games. So you may download a .hi that is not compatible.

DISCLAIMER: Use at your own risk! If your hiscores are precious to you then don't use this plugin! You have been warned!

If anyone is interested in continuing development of this basic plugin PM me and I can send you the source code.

PlugInHiScore.zip

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Hey HK,

I sent you a message about this plugin. I was wondering if it has been working well and if there are quite a few people using it? Mainly, are there quite a few high scores...

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I'm not really sure TBH. Might just want to give it a try?

This is something we would like to expand on in the future. For now though it's pretty basic.

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Maybe I should have a peek at the Source Code if you're too busy? I was thinking about starting a MAME project anyways, and this would probably be more approachable than the other one I want to do. :)

If that offer still stands that is.

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Maybe I should have a peek at the Source Code if you're too busy? I was thinking about starting a MAME project anyways, and this would probably be more approachable than the other one I want to do. :)

If that offer still stands that is.

Check out this thread ;)

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