There is currently no faq in the forum/page with regards to making an xml file. For know you can look at the files for examples - xml files are just text files which you can open and edit in any text editor (eg notepadplusplus).pepinos wrote:thanks stephh for your responce
can you tell me also, how i can make an xml file?
is there any faq link in the forum?
Well it's not actually a bug at the moment...as I see it it's just something that's not been coded (yet?). Like:-stephh wrote:Pugsy can't fix it (he only works on the cheats, not on the functionalities), but he could report the bug on MAME Testers so Aaron can have a look ..pepinos wrote:Pugsy
the F6 button doesnt work, if i want to deactivate the cheats of every game
can you fix it?
how true the above is, i don't know....That is entirely untrue. There is a debugger which can be used at any time with the normal builds (-debug). With observation and use of this debugger and it's integrated find and watchpoint commands - it's not difficult to find many basic + advanced cheats. In fact, all the new format cheats are essentially the same as actual debugger commands and it appears that the finder will be likely integrated into this debugger, not into the normal MAME menu:
I think I found what is missing ... I'll try to find a "valid" way to code this tomorrow ... In the meantime, it could be mentionned somewhere as a reminder ...Pugsy wrote:Well it's not actually a bug at the moment...as I see it it's just something that's not been coded (yet?).stephh wrote:Pugsy can't fix it (he only works on the cheats, not on the functionalities), but he could report the bug on MAME Testers so Aaron can have a look ..pepinos wrote:Pugsy
the F6 button doesnt work, if i want to deactivate the cheats of every game
can you fix it?
I still don't know if we'll have to convert them to comment cheats one day ... BTW, have you checked Aaron's answer about the UI bug ?Like:-
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I guess this won't be done as it would completely change the UI (mainly the "Analog Controls" menu where values must NOT wrap ...Non-wraparound select cheats
Again, this is specific to cheats and would "break" the UI handling ... It's just a question of (new) habit to learn ...Select cheats (temp and perm) not operating as the old way with regards to pressing return to activate Set cheats
Wait and see here ...Cheat finding
Steph from The Ultimate Patchers 
You first need to also activate the "Skip RAM/ROM Checks" cheat, then activate your boss cheat(s), then reset the game ...ancients wrote:hi everybody, I've found some bugs in king of fighter 2003, 2002,2000, 97 and in last blade2:
kof2003: every time you choose to play with a boss character you will find a rom error:
kof2002: rom don't work when the cheats are active
kof2000: rom don't work when cheats are active
kof97: rom don't work when cheats are active
lastblade2: rom don't work when cheats are active
Steph from The Ultimate Patchers I have activated the "Skip RAM/ROM Checks" and now the rom works, but when I activate a boss code it automatically choose a non boss player, maybe the code is wrong.You first need to also activate the "Skip RAM/ROM Checks" cheat, then activate your boss cheat(s), then reset the game ...
The cheat engine uses debugger expressions rather than commands as it's not possible to use a command like "bp 1234,1,{pc=1250;g}" afaikZED ZED wrote:anyway, I get told that cheat finding functionality is there! see quote below:-
Yes, it is 'possible' to find cheats with just the debugger. But, it is actually difficult with the debugger alone ..there's no NOT in there. It requires knowledge of the cpu assembler and a lot of work looking through the code for even relatively simple cheats like select character/infinite time where you don't have any certainty on how it's been coded. Lives is easier as you can make a reasonable guess at the start value and use successive finds but as there's no copy in the debugger window you have to compare the lists manually to find the commonality that points to the suspect addresses. And there can be several thousand addresses to compare (not easy).That is entirely untrue. There is a debugger which can be used at any time with the normal builds (-debug). With observation and use of this debugger and it's integrated find and watchpoint commands - it's not difficult to find many basic + advanced cheats.
There are other methods that can be used to find cheats in MAME using external programs but the amount of work involved can still be relatively massive compared with the typical 30 secs it takes to make a simple RAM cheat with the old cheat engine.
ZED ZED wrote:how true the above is, i don't know....In fact, all the new format cheats are essentially the same as actual debugger commands and it appears that the finder will be likely integrated into this debugger, not into the normal MAME menu:
it appears we'll just have to wait and seeThere will be new cheat-specific debugger commands added, specifically the ones involving taking snapshots and looking for values. I suspect when I'm done, they will be far more powerful and flexible than the previous ones. And certainly less hacky.
Whether or not we develop a fancy new UI for them has not been decided, but that will come later, if at all. Worrying about it at this point is silly. I know the desired functionality and it will be back in one form or another eventually.
Send me the cheats you want converting...if they are good enough to add to the cheat dat file I will do so. I will convert whatever cheats I don't add into a large xml file for you to add manually.pepinos wrote:pugsy
the conversion of old cheat.dat, how i can make it into the new cheat format?
because i have some cheats too, that either have been deleted here, or they havent been released here
What's the cheat called exactly and what game is it? 'Boss code' is not enough infoancients wrote:I have activated the "Skip RAM/ROM Checks" and now the rom works, but when I activate a boss code it automatically choose a non boss player, maybe the code is wrong.You first need to also activate the "Skip RAM/ROM Checks" cheat, then activate your boss cheat(s), then reset the game ...
This is related to this Mame Testers bug report:-Cibomatto2002 wrote:This game will not boot up all the way with the Cheat.zip in the MAME folder.
I get RAM OK ROM 01
Now if I take the cheat.zip out of the folder the game will run.
These are likely to be both related to the same cheat engine bug/feature too. Hopefully there will be a fix in u3.ferlanga wrote:Theres another bug in Last Blade 2: both characters have 3 win marks each (just a graphical bug, doesnt affect the gameplay)
EDIT: found another bug in Asura Blade concerning cheat.zip; the game completely skips the character selection screen.