Just a small question.

Camo_Yoshi · Post by **Camo_Yoshi** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:06 pm

Snes9x will do this if you load a different ROM while another is running. TO prevent this from happening, close Snes9x then reopen it to load a different ROM.

Camo_Yoshi · Post by **Camo_Yoshi** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 12:20 am

To be honest, I have no idea what they are for, but I do notice they tend to make games load/reset faster when the *.OOPS files are present.

kaenm · Post by **kaenm** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:48 am

Camo_Yoshi wrote:To be honest, I have no idea what they are for, but I do notice they tend to make games load/reset faster when the *.OOPS files are present.

According to the docs, these are made in certain cases or when you (for example) interrupt progress without having saved state in a long time. The oops file is basically an auto-save so you won't potentially lose all that progress.

I agree though -- the file extension makes it sound like a crash dump or something.

kaenm · Post by **kaenm** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:05 am

PS -

PLEASE write a useful, descriptive subject line next time (and every time) you ever make a post on any forum. :]

OV2 · Post by **OV2** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:05 pm

An .oops file is created if you reset the game more than 5 minutes after the last freeze or reset. As kaenm pointed out it is basically an auto-save feature. It is somewhat useless to create one for the new rom when loading a new file - maybe we can do something about that in the next version.

You can turn it off in the newest windows version by adding

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DontSaveOopsSnapshot      = TRUE

to the [Settings] section of the config file.

Camo_Yoshi · Post by **Camo_Yoshi** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 5:12 pm

So that's what they're for. Cool!

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:03 pm

kaenm wrote:PLEASE write a useful, descriptive subject line next time (and every time) you ever make a post on any forum. :]

Writing a description of the problem in the OP is fine too. Which he did that.

So, no harm, no foul. PLEASE leave the moderation to the moderators/admins.

kolechovski · Post by **kolechovski** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 11:27 pm

"PLEASE write a useful, descriptive subject line next time (and every time) you ever make a post on any forum. :]"

Actually, that ain't moderation, but a useful suggestion anybody should follow when making topics on any forum, anywhere. Part of Forums 101 teachings, so I see no harm with his suggestion.

As for the OOPS files, I can understand it in the event of a reset at most, but indeed, upon loading a new ROM really ain't necessary, as it's hard to do that by accident. And this leaves me with another set of questions about 1.52, but I'll edit the post where I already inquire about that version.

kaenm · Post by **kaenm** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:05 am

adventure_of_link wrote:Writing a description of the problem in the OP is fine too. Which he did that.

So, no harm, no foul. PLEASE leave the moderation to the moderators/admins.

Actually it's extremely poor form (indeed, a "foul") to use "Question" or "Help!" or any other 100% content-free subject line, as was done here with "Just a small question". How can anyone know if the post is relevant to their search, or if they will be able to answer any request for help contained within, if the subject line has ZERO information? They won't, and will be forced to click-through in order to discover what the post is actually about. As kolechovski points out, this is just Forums 101.

If making that friendly suggestion to the OP as I did offended someone, I apologize, though I'm not sure why it would as it's just some simple, 100% sound advice. (I even gave it with a smile! XD)

kolechovski wrote:Actually, that ain't moderation, but a useful suggestion anybody should follow...

Thanks for backing me up

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Cheers.