Cheat file does not work

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Rossco3333
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Cheat file does not work

Post by Rossco3333 »

Hi There,

Just got a new version of Mame .128 version 5 and have noticed that know matter what I do the Cheat file does not work.

Sorry but can someone help.

I have placed the file in the same directory as the .exe file and nothing happens. There is no option when you press TAB. This is also the new XML cheats too.

I must be doing something wrong and I have tried hundreds of games but nothing.

Thanks very much for everyone's time..

Hope to hear soon


Thanks

Rossco
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Post by Pugsy »

Well, not that it helps but it works fine here.

1. Does it work in earlier MAME releases of your chosen compile? If not are you sure you've enabled cheats in all the correct places?

2. Have you placed the cheat.zip that contains the xmls in the same dir as the mame exe? Note the ZIP should be over 18 megs in size (is it?)
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Post by etabeta78 »

more important, did you set "cheat 1" in your mame.ini? you have to turn cheats on for the cheats option to appear (see documentation)
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