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Where does MAME store save files?

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Where does MAME store save files?

MAME will create individual config files automatically when you run a machine and save any changes as . cfg file in the C:\Mame\cfg folder. However, this will only affect the specific game and won’t necessarily cover all the options available in the mame.

How do you load a save state?

While playing the game that you wish to load a previous save from, press START + SELECT to bring up the in-emulator menu. Using the controls, highlight and select Load State. It will bring up another menu with the Slots to load from.

How do I create a Mame INI file?

First, you will need to cd to the directory where you installed MAME into. If, for instance, you have MAME installed in C:\Users\Public\MAME you will need to type cd C:\Users\Public\MAME into the command prompt. Then you have MAME create the config file by typing mame -createconfig . MAME will then create the mame.

How do I pause Mame?

Pause the game. The screen will darken by a certain amount to indicated that you are paused. While paused, press Shift + P to advance the screen of the game by one frame.

What are save states?

savestate (plural savestates) (computing, video games) A file that contains an emulator’s or virtualizer’s state at the moment it was saved to disk. The file contains the contents of the memory, registers and other pertinent data that allows the user to resume the application from the moment the file was created.

How do I save controller settings in MAME?

Boot your fight game, lets pretend it’s sf2 :

  1. Set the controller the way you want in the mame ui and exit.
  2. At you cfg folder should be a sf2. cfg , open that into a text editor, look for system name=”sf2″ , remove sf2 and replace with default system name=”default” .
  3. Save this file as fight. cfg inside your ctrlr folder.

Where are MAME controller settings stored?

MAME includes a few sample controller configuration files in the ctrlr folder, designed to provide useful defaults for certain arcade-style controllers. Controller configuration files are an XML application, using the . cfg filename extension.

What is a CHD file?

A CHD file contains game data compressed with lossless CHD (short for “Compressed Hunks of Data”) compression and is supported by various emulators. It stores a compressed version of the entire contents of an arcade machine’s hard disk or compressed game data dumped from a CD-ROM.