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MAMEWAH v0.97 Released!
Minwah:
--- Quote from: mugwump on May 17, 2004, 01:36:01 pm ---I upgraded to the latest edition of MAMEWAH and everything works fine except for the screensaver. I'm using Slide Show mode and now most slides list the game name but show only the default MAMEWAH placeholder graphic while a handful of games show screenshots from the wrong game. I've double-checked that my layout files didn't get mucked up and they appear to be fine. What's odd is that each game's correct screenshot shows up just fine on the main screen -- it's only the screensaver that can't seem to locate them.
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I don't know what the problem is here, but I'm 99% sure it's a config issue since I haven't changed the screen-saver code, and it works fine for me.
Check all your Artwork #? Path's and check the Layout (Artwork #'s) of the screen-saver form for starters...
mugwump:
I tried a clean install and the program still had issues so I've gone back to v9.63. No big deal. I suppose I should be happy that anything runs well on my old Win98 rig. Just not enough horsepower to make the jump to XP. Thanks for all your hard work on this FE -- it really is appreciated.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: mugwump on May 17, 2004, 07:35:59 pm ---I tried a clean install and the program still had issues so I've gone back to v9.63. No big deal. I suppose I should be happy that anything runs well on my old Win98 rig. Just not enough horsepower to make the jump to XP. Thanks for all your hard work on this FE -- it really is appreciated.
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Are you sure you haven't altered something (order of emulators?) that could make this problem happen? Seriously I can't think of anything I have changed that would affect how the slide-show works ???
Glad it works well on '98 btw, good to hear :)
mugwump:
--- Quote ---Are you sure you haven't altered something (order of emulators?) that could make this problem happen? Seriously I can't think of anything I have changed that would affect how the slide-show works
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Nope, I only use one emulator (MAME) and did a clean install and the problem still happened. I noticed some serious lag issues when using system sounds as well and the program started to hang whenever I tried to exit to Windows so I just gave up at that point.
The problem with the Slide Show seemed like it might be due to system speed. Almost as if MAMEWAH was rendering the slideshow screens faster than the system could keep up hence the missing or incorrect graphics popping up.
I think I'll officially lock-down this system and not attempt any upgrades until I move to an XP box later this year.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: mugwump on May 18, 2004, 08:45:23 am ---Nope, I only use one emulator (MAME) and did a clean install and the problem still happened. I noticed some serious lag issues when using system sounds as well and the program started to hang whenever I tried to exit to Windows so I just gave up at that point.
The problem with the Slide Show seemed like it might be due to system speed. Almost as if MAMEWAH was rendering the slideshow screens faster than the system could keep up hence the missing or incorrect graphics popping up.
I think I'll officially lock-down this system and not attempt any upgrades until I move to an XP box later this year.
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Well sorry to hear you running into so many probs. The sound / 'hang' problem is a known issue under '98 (disabling sounds altogether is the only real fix).
I can't think what could be wrong with the screensaver, but I'll keep an eye on it and see if anyone else pipes up with the same issue. Unfortunately (for '98 users) it does just run better in XP. This isn't due to any XP bias or optimisations (there aren't any), but things just seem to work 'right' in XP, where '98 seems to have a few hiccups at times :(