GreatStoneEx
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4 years ago 5 possible cases :)
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if the log file shows that LaunchBox does not detect nvram nor .hi files saved by mame with the scores, it is a mame emulation or hiscore plugin issue: this hiscore saving system is not 100% accurate. nothing hi2txt utility can do here (it is just decoding what is saved)
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if the log file shows a message like "WRONG SCORE value", it means that mame emulation or hiscore plugin has saved corrupted data in the nvram or .hi file: this hiscore saving system is not 100% accurate. nothing hi2txt utility can do here (it is just decoding what is saved)
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if the log file shows that LaunchBox does detect nvram/hi files, is calling hi2txt, hi2txt displays hiscores but not your new hiscores, back to case 1: hiscores not saved by mame.
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if the log file shows that LaunchBox does detect nvram/hi files, is calling hi2txt, hi2txt displays no scores: hi2txt filters hiscores for some games if values = 0 and do not display them. Back to case 1: hiscores not saved by mame.
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only 30% of the mame games are currently supported by hi2txt: if the log file shows the message "No XML description found", the game is not yet supported and any contribution is welcome to provide an XML to decode it :) In this case, it is not random but systematic for the game.
Analysis for provided logs
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1st log with "airass" is in case 3.
2nd log for "altair" is in case 2.
Nothing hi2txt can do in these cases.
Anyway, thanks a lot for the time taken to report it: it will help it to be more robust.
Randomly, whenever i beat a hi-score, it's not updated. According to Jason Carr, regarding the log files i submitted, it's a Hi2txt problem. Here are 2 log files i submitted, but it happens randomly on random games....
Debug 2020-05-05 10-30-07 PM.log Debug 2020-05-05 06-37-21 PM.log