MAME cheats only have Autofire as option

[jruizleon]

placed the Zip file in the cheats folder, enabled cheats, but only have Autofire as an option

[JoeViking245]

24 minutes ago, jruizleon said:

placed the Zip file in the cheats folder, enabled cheats, but only have Autofire as an option

The zip file goes in the same folder as mame.exe.

Individual game custom xml files go in the /cheat/ folder.

Autofire is a MAME plugin.

[jruizleon]

34 minutes ago, JoeViking245 said:

The zip file goes in the same folder as mame.exe.

Individual game custom xml files go in the /cheat/ folder.

Autofire is a MAME plugin.

Ok, cheat in MAME folder, still just autofire

[JoeViking245]

Is the cheats file compatible with the version of MAME you're using (looks like 0.279 is the most recent)?  You're using stand-alone MAME. Correct? Or MAME via RetroArch?  Are you using MAME from MAMEDev? Or a derivative of MAME (like MAMEUI)?  Which version?

 

Just tested here with cheats 0.279 and MAME 0.284.  Placed "cheat.7z" in the same folder as "mame.exe".  Started MAME and enabled Cheats (and Autofire) in General Settings - Plugins.  Exited and restarted MAME.  Started "1942", pressed Tab and selected Plugin Options and both Cheats and Autofire were showing.

 

Maybe the game you're testing doesn't have cheats available for it. Not really sure how that works as I don't use it.