JoeViking245 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 View MAME High scores in Game Details - A plugin for LaunchBox/BigBox View File View MAME High scores in Game Details - A plugin for LaunchBox/BigBox Use this plugin to see a games top 3 high scores in the Game Details. Features Shows high scores for most games in your Arcade platform in the Game Details. After playing a MAME Arcade game that saves its' high scores [and is supported by the included hi2txt program], this adds a Custom Field called "Hi-Scores" to the game. It will store 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and appear in the Game Details when the game is selected. What's needed (3) files that are included in the downloaded zip file (the plugin) One file that is included in the Version 3.0 downloaded zip file MAME configured to save high scores Saved high score files (These are automatically generated by MAME [once configured to save them] in the "hi" and/or “nvram” subfolders of your MAME emulator) What it won't do Show high scores for games using emulators other than MAME. MAME does not save high scores for all arcade machines, so not all games are supported by this plugin. Contributors @jayjay and @JoeViking245 A HUGE Special Thanks goes to GreatStone’s utility “hi2txt”. This utility converts MAME’s high score files into a readable format which ultimately makes this plugin possible!! http://greatstone.free.fr/hi2txt/index.html Installation and setup instructions: Step 1: Installing the Plugin Step 2: Making sure MAME is set up to save high scores Installing the Plugin: Download the plugin, LB-BB_Hi_Scores_v1.0.zip, from the LaunchBox download section After you’ve downloaded the zip file, be sure to unblock it in Windows by right clicking it, selecting Properties, and clicking Unblock Open the zip file and extract/copy the "Hi_Scores" folder into ..\LaunchBox\Plugins e.g D:\LaunchBox\Plugins\ If you have previously installed “MAME Hi-Score Display - A plugin for BigBox”, you will only to copy the “HiScoreCustomField.dll” file into that same folder. Otherwise all 3 files are required. (Only one file is required with version 3.0) The 2 plugins will not conflict with each other. Setting up MAME to save high scores: Using a recent official MAME release – By default, plugins are enabled in MAME. You can verify this by looking at the “mame.ini” file located in the root MAME install folder. Open “mame.ini” and scroll down to (or press Control + F and search for) “Scripting Options”. “plugins” should be set to 1. If it’s 0 (zero), change it to 1. Next, open “plugin.ini” also located in MAME’s root directory and change “hiscore” to 1. If you have an older release of MAME, you may need to do the following steps. Go to this website: http://www.mameworld.info/highscore/download.htm and download a copy of the file hiscore.dat that corresponds to your version of MAME. The file (hiscoredat.zip) will need to be unzipped. Place the file hiscore.dat in your MAME/Plugins folder Open up your MAME.ini file in a text editor. In newer versions, this file will be in the same directory as the MAME.exe Press control + F and search for “Scripting Options” Next to the word Plugins, type “1” no quotes Next to the word Plugin, type “hiscore” no quotes It will look like this: How to use: Start LaunchBox or BigBox Go into the "Arcade" Platform Select a game, run it, then close it Now select a different game, then go back (poor man’s version to refresh the Game Details) If the game has saved high scores, they will now appear in that game’s Detail pane Depending on the BigBox theme you use, the amount of data shown in the Game Details may be limited. So you might need to go into Options, Game Details and deselect some of the Details. Be sure that “Custom Fields” is checked. Submitter JoeViking245 Submitted 12/04/2019 Category Third-party Apps and Plugins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krakerman Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Will this display the hi-scores in LaunchBox as I did all the above and don't see hi-scores in LB Game Info box as I am checking games that have hi-scores saved such as asteroids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 8 hours ago, Krakerman said: Will this display the hi-scores in LaunchBox as I did all the above and don't see hi-scores in LB Game Info box as I am checking games that have hi-scores saved such as asteroids. It does work. You said you did follow the steps towards the bottom of the plug-in description right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeViking245 Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) Problem solved. As it turns out, Asteroids is one of the few, if not the only game that saves a high score ("hi") file with no actual high scores in it. It's just a matter of finishing your 1st game and entering your initials. Edited December 5, 2019 by JoeViking245 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Good to see high score creative naming it still alive. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krakerman Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) Yeah talked with JoeViking245 today on discord and got it working ?Very cool plugin! Edited December 5, 2019 by Krakerman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 you better hope Vik and Ing don't get better they may get that high score 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredpd Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 I'm having an issue getting this setup. I'm running Mame through RocketLauncher instead of straight through LaunchBox, so I think that's my issue. Is there a way to point this at my actual Mame folder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeViking245 Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 @fredpd Yes. Using RocketLauncher is the issue. I've never used RocketLauncher, but it's my understanding you 'point' your games to RL and it then redirects the game to MAME. The plugin looks for the emulator's folder used to launch your Arcade games which is assumed to be MAME. From there, it drills down to find the "hi" and "nvram" folders (where the high scores are saved). Which of course, it won't find inside RL's folder. At this point, we don't have plans to modify the code to account for RocketLauncher. But from what I've read, the features that originally made RocketLauncher so sought after are pretty much all available these days in LaunchBox. That said, if we get enough hate mail requests/interest to account for RocketLauncher, we’ll look into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredpd Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 You are exactly right, my "hi" and "nvram" folders are not in the RL folder, they are in Mame. It sounds like it might be time to move everything over to LaunchBox directly, it's just years of Hyperspin holding me back. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrailerVert Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Has anyone got this to work with mame64 0218? Mame hi scores are saving in game. Both Hi and nvram games work, but nothing in LB or BB. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexryan Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I have this running great within Launchbox, However in BigBox with the Refried theme I can't get it to work. I have tried editing the XML exactly like I've seen in another post but with no luck.So if anyone has gotten it to work please share your secret...Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeViking245 Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 @TrailerVert Do you have Save States turned on?If so, try turning that off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed20910 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 i have it working with MAME .201 using the refried theme with the addons. i had to edit the Arcade.xml in the \Themes\Unified Refried\Views\TextGamesView folder in order to get it to work. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexryan Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Would you be kind and send the xml privately so i could see it..Thanks for the reply.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeViking245 Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 (edited) @rexryan Make sure you have the BigBox version installed (as well as the LaunchBox version from this post). See above for link to the BigBox version. Edit for "Arcade.xaml" As @ed20910 indicated, for the Refried Theme, be sure you edit "Arcade.xaml" located in the "TextGamesView" folder. (Note the "s" in "Games") If the theme you're using shows Game Details (I don't have Refried), in BigBox, be sure to have "Show Custom Fields" checked under "Options", "Games Details". Also depending on the Theme, if there are too many "Details" checked, it may not show. If your Theme doesn't show Game Details [circled in red], there should also be (assuming the correct xaml is edited) a "View Hi-Scores" item in the menu [highlighted blue]. And of course, none of these will show if there are no saved high scores for the particular game. Edited February 18, 2020 by JoeViking245 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexryan Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 @JoeViking245 It was the missing BB plugin I missed ill edit the XML from a post you did..Im on the right path thanks.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeViking245 Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 @rexryan I edited my post to reflect that for the Refried Theme, you will need to edit "Arcade.xaml". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexryan Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 minute ago, JoeViking245 said: @rexryan I edited my post to reflect that for the Refried Theme, you will need to edit "Arcade.xaml". Thanks i realize that..It is working perfectly thanks for help..I love the Plug in.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousMOS Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I just noticed the plugin doesn't seem to be updating the custom field anymore. I have new high scores on a couple games, but the scores haven't changed in the game details panel. It still has my old scores there. It's also not showing scores from games that save high scores that I've played for the first time and set a high score. I have LB 11.6. Thanks for any help! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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