MAME Hi-Score Display - A plugin for BigBox 5.1.0

This is a great plugin. I love this idea and I will definitely be looking to use it in my themes. (So much to learn and so little time). I was thinking that this would make a great addition to the pause screen. Any idea how to add this to the available options list? It would be so cool since launchbox allows us to make platform specific everything. I think that it would be nice to pause and check high scores every once in a while and add that option to the 'Arcade' specific pause screen.

Anyway. Great plugin and thanks for making it.

Hey @cemfundog.

At the moment you couldn't add it as a pause screen menu item but it is possible to add it as a custom user control. 

 

I'm not sure when mame updates it's hi-scores though. If it updates on game exit, then any hi-scores on the pause menu couldn't be updated til you quit the game and restart it.

 

If you know how to compile code. I'm sure as @JoeViking245 is a cool dude he wouldn't mind PMing you the source so you can modify it to how ever you like.

 

 

Edited November 11, 2019 by jayjay

12 hours ago, jayjay said:

Hey @cemfundog.

At the moment you couldn't add it as a pause screen menu item but it is possible to add it as a custom user control. 

 

I'm not sure when mame updates it's hi-scores though. If it updates on game exit, then any hi-scores on the pause menu couldn't be updated til you quit the game and restart it.

 

If you know how to compile code. I'm sure as @JoeViking245 is a cool dude he wouldn't mind PMing you the source so you can modify it to how ever you like.

 

 

Well I guess its time to learn User Controls. Thank you for your reply and help @jayjay. 

yup, pause screen feature would be awesome! Thank you for such a great plugin!

Another idea would to be allow for another marquee to show the scores while playing the game.

Pretty good plugin. Works well. Hope to see this expanded upon if possible. Maybe to work with retroarch mame cores? or making it appear on the game details portion of launchbox.next.

Thank you everyone!

High Scores appearing in Game Details is being looked at (for both LB & BB).  If/when that's done, then maybe someone can figure out how to transfer that to a marquee ( @midd ) .   

As for getting it to work with RA - MAME, @PlagueDox neither of us use RA for MAME.  If there's enough interest, we could possibly look into it.

Thanks guys! this works great!

Is there a way for this to show up as part of the game view? love to see high scores as I scroll through games

i think ive done something wrong, im using critical zone v2 and my textgamesview file looks different, i also have two of them.

35 minutes ago, putnamto said:

i think ive done something wrong, im using critical zone v2 and my textgamesview file looks different, i also have two of them.

Launchbox/Bigbox now has native support for MAME hi scores.

8 hours ago, neil9000 said:

Launchbox/Bigbox now has native support for MAME hi scores.

Yeah I know,  but that's for online leaderboards,  I'm looking for local leaderboards... Unless I'm missing something obvious

1 minute ago, putnamto said:

but that's for online leaderboards

Good point. lol

There is only one of these files.  (Look for the "s" after "Game")Can you show us what your TextGamesView.xaml file looks like?  At least the section that 'looks different'.  I assume you're taking about the top part (about the first 10 lines)

23 minutes ago, JoeViking245 said:

Good point. lol

There is only one of these files.  (Look for the "s" after "Game")Can you show us what your TextGamesView.xaml file looks like?  At least the section that 'looks different'.  I assume you're taking about the top part (about the first 10 lines)

i was adding the lines to the wrong file, i went back, removed the lines, then put them in the proper place, and now when i launch into a game detail page i get this

EDIT: ok i fixed that problem, but high score still isnt showing up
heres my .xaml file
top

and bottom
 

Edited June 1, 2020 by putnamto

Ya, error was in the 'bottom' part. Glad you found it.

Is save high scores enabled in MAME?
Does the game you're testing support saving high scores?
Does the game you're testing have a high score file saved?
   (You need to get on the leader board before a high score file will even be created)
When you start the game you've gotten onto the leader board, do your initials show in the games' high scores?

2 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

Ya, error was in the 'bottom' part. Glad you found it.

Is save high scores enabled in MAME?
Does the game you're testing support saving high scores?
Does the game you're testing have a high score file saved?
   (You need to get on the leader board before a high score file will even be created)
When you start the game you've gotten onto the leader board, do your initials show in the games' high scores?

in the mame ui plugins section of the settings menu i saw that hi score was off, i turned it on, later i will go get a hi score and see if that fixed it.

Very nice plugin. Thank you.

It would be nice if they added an agreement with iScored, or someone even made a paid connection with BB on a separate screen, that would be great🥰

24 minutes ago, KRI$85 said:

Very nice plugin. Thank you.

Thanks! 

 

43 minutes ago, KRI$85 said:

It would be nice if they added an agreement with iScored

There already is a Community Leaderboard for Arcade (MAME) games (that support high scores).  For pinball, there really isn't a huge following on the forums.  But you are able to at least see your personal scores for VPX with this:

 

iScrore looks to web based, so you'd either need to create a web interface or open a browser window.  Which you can already do.  

Just add a new game, give it a Title ("My iScore page"), set the Application Path to the web sites url, and be sure that in the Emulation section, 'Use an emulator...' is un-checked.  When you "Play" the game, the web site will open in your default browser.

 

I doubt LaunchBox is wanting to integrate a high score viewer (of sorts) since it already has one.  (But who am I say. lol)  I suppose you could register your own account and sharing your Public URL.  But kind of looks like anyone wanting to add their scores will need to purchase/register their own account.

WoW, I didn't know it was possible, I was planning to add a touch monitor to the tablet and now I'll definitely come up with something. Thanks.

It's a pity that they don't want to develop even a paid application or plug-in.
Ma OMG hehe I'm new to LB it probably only works with mom's games and not all of them but it's better than nothing

I dream of 2 applications:
Hi-score for all, most games, not necessarily online
And most of all, an application with moves for fighting games, etc., something like the Mk Moves apk
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR0qJRqIp0c4Fo5egDqRpZwF-GmERj_JjoLkQ&s

https://imag.malavida.com/mvimgbig/download-fs/mortal-kombat-moves-12795-2.jpg

https://img.utdstc.com/screen/166/5dc/1665dcae4b37298527ab71b1ccc0f9419e6ce05c9d238c69cbd7f64ce051245f:600

 only you can't add anything there and change anything, and when I asked how much it costs to create such an application, it's a good thing I was sitting there, otherwise I would have fallen over hehe

I understand that it's not easy (probably) but don't exaggerate

Edited June 8 by KRI$85

27 minutes ago, KRI$85 said:

It's a pity that they don't want to develop even a paid application or plug-in.

Didn't say they don't want to.  Mine was just speculation. 

You can always Request a Feature (top of the page Help & Support - Request a Feature)

 

30 minutes ago, KRI$85 said:

And most of all, an application with moves for fighting games, etc.

Something like this?

 

3 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

Didn't say they don't want to.  Mine was just speculation. 

You can always Request a Feature (top of the page Help & Support - Request a Feature)

 

Something like this?

oO cool, cool, but probably limited only to mom, but it's better than nothing
Damn, I'm blind, I was looking through plugins and didn't see it, I'm just adding useful plugins that are still available because you never know when they'll disappear, so I'll check it out and THANK YOU

And one more question - is it possible to customize the games and, most importantly, put them on a separate screen, tablet, monitor?

Edited June 9 by JoeViking245

46 minutes ago, KRI$85 said:

And one more question - is it possible to customize the games and, most importantly, put them on a separate screen, tablet, monitor?

I'm not sure what you mean.  Anything to do with game play etc. depends on the emulator and how you set it up.  If that's not what you meant or you need info about doing something with a specific emulator, should start a new thread so we don't stray too far off topic.

3 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

Didn't say they don't want to.  Mine was just speculation. 

You can always Request a Feature (top of the page Help & Support - Request a Feature)

 

Something like this?

Ah, I think I understand. Check what and how.
I see. Thanks

How does one get the highscore screen to display ontop of the image as I see it opening but it's behind my themes images? I'm using this theme:  I've attached the screenshot as it's behind the images when selecting roms.

 

Edited August 30 by rryanward

2 hours ago, rryanward said:

How does one get the highscore screen to display ontop of the image as I see it opening but it's behind my themes images? I'm using this theme:  I've attached the screenshot as it's behind the images when selecting roms.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention.  For some reason, somehow, that particular Theme is forcing its window on top of everything else, causing the hi-scores window to go behind.

This is the first time I've heard of a Theme doing that. 

Maybe @JaysArcade can fix his Theme.    jk Jay!  I'll have my team look into seeing if they can do something to accommodate themes like this.

Sorry guys, I have no idea. This is a community theme creator theme. Not sure if that has anything to do with it or not but maybe one of the theme creator dlls is interfering somehow with the hi-score plugin?