MAMEUI help anyone?

PWLM · 08 March 2009, 11:16

Hi all, this is an odd question on an Amiga forum, but in the latest MAMEUI I have (129.6.0) I am totally unable to get the Cheat file to read. When opening a game I do not even get the option to activate/deativate cheats. I have MAME 0.123 on another computer running through DOS and the cheats are working fine there. Can the Configuration setting sbe changed to recognise the cheat.dat file or is this a known problem? Please point me in the right direction if this is answered elsewhere. Cheers!

lilalurl · 08 March 2009, 12:09

I had the same problem some time ago.
The answer is that the cheat engine was rewritten recently and now uses individual xml files.
You can grab a new version and have an explanation here.

However, I advise, if you still have, to keep an old MAME version around (with cheat.dat) because sometimes the MAME team seems to like to make changes that break (temporarily) the cheats (see page 4 of the link).

And btw, read the instructions, you don't need to extract the xml files from the cheat.zip archive (happened to a lot of people so I prefer warning you just in case). All you have to do is extract cheat.zip from the archive you download.

PWLM · 08 March 2009, 12:26

You are a God among men, thank you so much. My own fault for not reading the update notes when I download the newest version (naughty boy!!) Thanks again!

08 March 2009, 11:16	#1
PWLM He found it at the zoo.. Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Townsville / Australia Posts: 151	MAMEUI help anyone? Hi all, this is an odd question on an Amiga forum, but in the latest MAMEUI I have (129.6.0) I am totally unable to get the Cheat file to read. When opening a game I do not even get the option to activate/deativate cheats. I have MAME 0.123 on another computer running through DOS and the cheats are working fine there. Can the Configuration setting sbe changed to recognise the cheat.dat file or is this a known problem? Please point me in the right direction if this is answered elsewhere. Cheers!

08 March 2009, 12:09	#2
lilalurl Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Posts: 3,289	I had the same problem some time ago. The answer is that the cheat engine was rewritten recently and now uses individual xml files. You can grab a new version and have an explanation here. However, I advise, if you still have, to keep an old MAME version around (with cheat.dat) because sometimes the MAME team seems to like to make changes that break (temporarily) the cheats (see page 4 of the link). And btw, read the instructions, you don't need to extract the xml files from the cheat.zip archive (happened to a lot of people so I prefer warning you just in case). All you have to do is extract cheat.zip from the archive you download. Last edited by lilalurl; 08 March 2009 at 12:14.

08 March 2009, 12:26	#3
PWLM He found it at the zoo.. Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Townsville / Australia Posts: 151	You are a God among men, thank you so much. My own fault for not reading the update notes when I download the newest version (naughty boy!!) Thanks again!

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