MAME Save States

[Spottedfeather]

I run MAME .236 for arcade games and .206 for Tiger handhelds. I don't know how to save state a game. I USED to know, but maybe my keyboard just doesn't work. Any ideas ? I've been tryin shift F7 plus a slot. Nothing happens.

[JoeViking245]

Make sure the input configurations didn't get changed.  It should be the same for both versions. 

• Open [standalone] MAME.
• Click either Configure Options or General Settings (depending on the MAME version)
• Then Click either General Inputs or Input Assignments (depending on the MAME version)
• Next click User Interface
• Scroll until you see Save State and Load State
• 
• Make sure (reassign as necessary) Shift+F7 and F7. Respectively.

If you're running the games through LaunchBox and have high scores enabled, save states are probably disabled.

[Spottedfeather]

14 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

Make sure the input configurations didn't get changed.  It should be the same for both versions. 

• Open [standalone] MAME.
• Click either Configure Options or General Settings (depending on the MAME version)
• Then Click either General Inputs or Input Assignments (depending on the MAME version)
• Next click User Interface
• Scroll until you see Save State and Load State
• 
• Make sure (reassign as necessary) Shift+F7 and F7. Respectively.

If you're running the games through LaunchBox and have high scores enabled, save states are probably disabled.

Man, I hate windows 10. I got it figured out. I have to press Shift AND the FN button, THEN F7. Doing that, it works just fine.

[aladrin]

Thank you very much I did not know about the save function