> you are mixing up save states with the autosave option
>
> in both cases you get a .sta file inside the sta/ folder, but save states do not need
> any enabling in MAME/MESS, you just press Shift+F7 (by default, but you can remap it)
> and you are prompted with the possibility to save the state of your progresses
>
> OTOH, autosave needs to be enabled (with the -autosave option, or in the mame.ini, or
> through the MAMEUI/frontend panels) and automatically saves the progresses when you
> quit
Oh, not exactly. I was focusing more on the elements of saving states that I feel are important. Occasionally I'll manually save a state, but that's only because I have to leave and want to return to the game later, versus continually returning or jumping to levels, etc.
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