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bossyman15:
i read though the website and any read me i could find but nothing. the game list will not show up.
here's my mame.ini. are there any problem with it?

### mame.ini (mamewah v1.61) ###

emulator_title                            M.A.M.E.

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  F:\Games\illegal games\Arcade\Mame32\roms
rom_extension                             zip
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           F:\Games\illegal games\Arcade\Mame32\catver.ini
list_generation_method                    rom_folder_vs_listxml

### Execution Settings ###
emulator_executable                       F:\Games\illegal games\Arcade\Mame32\mame32.exe
commandline_format                        [name]{autodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_1                  [name]{autodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_2                  [name]{autodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
game_specific_config_path                 F:\Games\illegal%20games\Arcade\Mame32\cfg

### Artwork Locations ###
artwork_1_image_path                      F:\Games\illegal games\Arcade\Mame32\snap
artwork_2_image_path                     
artwork_3_image_path                     
artwork_4_image_path                     
artwork_5_image_path                     
artwork_6_image_path                     
artwork_7_image_path                     
artwork_8_image_path                     
artwork_9_image_path                     
artwork_10_image_path                     
movie_preview_path                       
movie_artwork_no                          1

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver               1
saver_type                                slideshow
movie_path                               
movie_fullscreen                          1
quit_delay                                30
wrapper_executable                       
wrapper_commandline_format                [name]{nodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
scr_file                                 

### External Application Settings ###
ipc_file_or_path                         
app_1_executable                         
app_1_commandline_format                 
app_2_executable                         
app_2_commandline_format                 
app_3_executable                         
app_3_commandline_format                 
auto_launch_apps                         

### Additional Settings ###
music_path                               
lcd_display_file_path                     
lcd_fe_text                               

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_list                              0
mahuti:
2 Things.

1. You still need to generate a list from the game list options screen within Mamewah itself.

2. To troubleshoot, I usually try to keep spaces out of my paths.
bossyman15:
damn at one point i thought i had it working but nope...

this is what i did

installed system files

used mame.ini from cpviewer site

made more changes

### mame.ini (mamewah v1.61) ###

emulator_title                            M.A.M.E.

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  F:/Games/illegalgames/Arcade/Mame32/roms
rom_extension                             zip
dat_file                                  F:/Games/illegalgames/Arcade/Mame32/listinfo.dat
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           F:/Games/illegalgames/Arcade/Mame32/catver.ini
list_generation_method                    rom_folder_vs_dat_file

### Execution Settings ###
emulator_executable                       F:/Games/illegalgames/Arcade/Mame32/mame32.exe
commandline_format                        "[rompath]\[name].[romext]"{autodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_1                  [name]
alt_commandline_format_2                  [name]
game_specific_config_path                 

### Artwork Locations ###
artwork_1_image_path                      F:/Games/illegalgames/Arcade/Mame32/cabinets
artwork_2_image_path                      F:/Games/illegalgames/Arcade/Mame32/snap
artwork_3_image_path                     
artwork_4_image_path                     
artwork_5_image_path                     
artwork_6_image_path                     
artwork_7_image_path                     
artwork_8_image_path                     
artwork_9_image_path                     
artwork_10_image_path                     
movie_preview_path                        c:\mame\videos
movie_artwork_no                          1

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver               0
saver_type                                movie
movie_path                                c:\mamewah\ssmovie
movie_fullscreen                          1
quit_delay                                30
wrapper_executable                       
wrapper_commandline_format                [name]
scr_file                                  c:\mamewah\ms_pacman.scr

### External Application Settings ###
ipc_file_or_path                         
app_1_executable                          c:\cpvw\cpvw.exe
app_1_commandline_format                  -r=[name] -c=[cloneof]
app_2_executable                          c:\cpvw\cpvw.exe
app_2_commandline_format                 
app_3_executable                          c:\histview\histview.exe
app_3_commandline_format                  -r=[name]
auto_launch_apps                         

### Additional Settings ###
music_path                                c:\mamewah\music
lcd_display_file_path                     
lcd_fe_text                               

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_list                              1


is everything ok?

oh yes i even generate a list within mamewah but no list show up...
brian23:
Follow these directions:

http://www.arcadecab.com/Projects/Mamewah-overview.htm
bossyman15:
what? i need DOS verison of mame for mamewah to run?
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