MAMEWorld Forums - News - Re: [Annc] MameUI64/32 .143.7 released.

> > May I ask, if it is possible to turn back on the play time / play count
> > functionality? It was removed some time after 0.141, in an attempt to improve load
> > times (made no difference in my end). I actually like those statistics.
>
> It makes a hell of a difference. If you want yours to have it, you can uncomment 2
> lines and compile it back in.
>
> mui_options.c
> static const options_entry perGameOptions[] =
> {
> // per game options
> // { "_play_count", "0", OPTION_INTEGER, NULL },
> // { "_play_time", "0", OPTION_INTEGER, NULL },
> { "_rom_audit", "-1", OPTION_INTEGER, NULL },
> { "_samples_audit", "-1", OPTION_INTEGER, NULL },
> // { "_extra_software", "", OPTION_STRING, NULL },
> { NULL }
> };
>
>
> to
>
>
> static const options_entry perGameOptions[] =
> {
> // per game options
> { "_play_count", "0", OPTION_INTEGER, NULL },
> { "_play_time", "0", OPTION_INTEGER, NULL },
> { "_rom_audit", "-1", OPTION_INTEGER, NULL },
> { "_samples_audit", "-1", OPTION_INTEGER, NULL },
> // { "_extra_software", "", OPTION_STRING, NULL },
> { NULL }
> };
>
> and compile.

Sadly I have 0 experience with compiling software. What software do I need for doing this? I could do it if it's as simple as downloading a compiler, dropping the source code in and getting an exe, but with all the compiler errors I've seen in the past for various software, I'm not getting my hopes up.