Newbie Help Appreciated

[phloogens]

Hello all!  Long time lurker, but finally found one that I am stumped on, so I made a login and would love your help!  I am currently running MAME command line version .149 on the latest version of Maximus Arcade (2.10) on my pc.  (Pentium D, 4GB memory, intel onboard graphics, Windows 7)  I am unable to launch into MAME from Maximus.  I can place roms in the Mame folder, and run them from there, but I get a blank screen and no sound when I attempt to launch from the front end.  My Microsoft Direct X has been recently updated, as has all of my drivers.  Is there anything I can try?  Thanks in advance!!!

[Slippyblade]

If you are using onboard graphics then you may be experiencing  something I ran into.  MAME defaults to using Direct3D and some onboard video sets do not support that.  I ended up using a command line switch to force MAME into DirectDraw mode.

Go into your settings and tack on "-video ddraw" at the end of you command string.  See if that works.

[phloogens]

Thanks for your help!  Actually, I've tried that, both in the MAME config file, and the MA preferences.  Also tried these commands, with no luck:  -video gdi, -no hlsl_enable.  Totally stuck over here.  :-/

[thomas_surles]

I use mame32. Have you tried another version?

[phloogens]

Well, for better or worse, I installed GameEx and it runs great!  Not sure what the deal was, but I guess I saved $25 in the process!  Thanks for the input folks!

[jaharr01]

gameex is buggy too. If u want to try to give MA a try load mameui32 and u shouldn't have the problem.