HELP MAME32 & MAMEWAH / TRACKBALL

[topdawgg]

Alright guys I am pretty new to everything so I was hoping you guys could help me out.  I am trying to finish this by christmas... so any help will be great.

Let me start by saying that I am using mame32 & mamewah as my front end.  Currently the PC and the control panel work just fine in mamewah and I can play games.  The problems I am having is with the trackball and the games list.

If I double click mame32 there is a little window that comes up with a bunch of different folders of sorted roms that I have payed for.  One of these folders is called trackball, another is called available games.  I would like mamewah to show the name of the game like it does in mame32's gui.  Anotherwords, mame32 shows Wonder 3(japan version) and mamewah shows WNDR3 (which is the rom name)  I have tried different settings to no avail..

Lastly, if I double click 720 in the trackball folder my game launches and I am able to play 720 using the trackball...  If I start 720 from Mamewah the trackball does not work.  Any ideas?  See below for my mame.ini from mamewah, and mamewah.ini

Let me know if you need anything else.  I am running windows XP Pro.  Thanks for all your help!

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

emulator_title                            M.A.M.E.

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  c:\mame\roms
rom_extension                             zip
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           
list_generation_method                    rom_folder

### Execution Settings ###
emulator_executable                       c:\mame\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                 

### Artwork Locations ###
artwork_1_image_path                      c:\mame\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

Mamewah.ini

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

### (Global) Screen-Saver Options ###
delay                       300
slide_duration              3

### Audio Options ###
enable_sounds               1
sound_volume                100
music_path                 
enable_music                1
music_volume                100

### Movie Options ###
intro_movie_file           
exit_movie_file             
keep_movie_preview_aspect   game_aspect
delay_before_movie_preview  2
music_movie_mix             mute_movies
movie_volume                100

### Misc Options ###
layout                      Classic 800x600
ctrlr                       
wrap_list                   0
remember_current_game       1
keep_image_aspect           1
refresh_images              0
correct_orientations        horizontal
safe_mode                   0
show_cursor                 0
keyboard_led_states         -,-,-
winipac_file               
mamewah_ipc_file           
lcd_com_port                1
lcd_settings               
exit_action                 choice
app_to_run_on_exit         

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_emulator            mame
locked                      0
last_ipc                   

[brophog]

What exactly is it you're wanting. You're asking about 5 questions in one here and no one knows where to begin to answer you.

Do you want long file names? A trackball folder? What exactly is it you want.

1st thing, and I hope this answers it, is to make your list generation rom_folder_vs_listxml (mamewah's default for mame).

[topdawgg]

I know I was asking about 5 questions

First thing is first, The trackball does not work within MAMEWAH, it only works within MAME32 itself (when I double click the game name from mame32 gui).

[brophog]

mamewah is made to kill the mouse! You're not going to get a trackball in mamewah. I assume you're using command line mame for use in mamewah. To activate the mouse/trackball within commandline mame, go to your mame config file (c:/mame/mame.ini or similiar) and set mouse to 1.

You need to understand that mamewah is merely a front end. It lists games and you select them with the joystick and start keys. That's it. Everything game related is still controlled through your mame config files as before.

[topdawgg]

That makes perfect sense Brophog, but when I set mame gui to use mouse as input and apply the changes, the mouse would work in the mame32 games (when I double clicked the games from the gui) but not through mamewah. 

What I mean is that when i select my game IN MAMEWAH, and start to play lets say 720... i can not get the trackball to work.

I will go try changing the mame config file to set mouse to 1 and let you know what happened.

[topdawgg]

mamewah is made to kill the mouse! You're not going to get a trackball in mamewah. I assume you're using command line mame for use in mamewah. To activate the mouse/trackball within commandline mame, go to your mame config file (c:/mame/mame.ini or similiar) and set mouse to 1.

You need to understand that mamewah is merely a front end. It lists games and you select them with the joystick and start keys. That's it. Everything game related is still controlled through your mame config files as before.

Thanks man that worked.

[topdawgg]

Next problem.

I want mamewah to list the games not just by rom name.

[brian23]

use these files... put them in the mamewah\ini folder and name them mame.ini, mame-0.ini mame-1.ini.

--- mame.ini ---

### mame.ini ###

emulator_title                            M.A.M.E.

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  c:\mame\roms
rom_extension                             zip
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           
list_generation_method                    rom_folder_vs_listxml

### Execution Settings ###
emulator_executable                       c:\mame\mame.exe
send_rom_path                             0
send_rom_extension                        0
quotes_around_romnames                    0
long_filenames                            1
show_dos_box                              auto
default_options                           
extra_options_1                           
extra_options_2                           

### Artwork Locations ###
artwork_1_image_path                      c:\mame\snap
artwork_2_image_path                      c:\mame\marquees
artwork_3_image_path                      c:\mame\cabinets
artwork_4_image_path                      c:\mame\cpanels
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\previews
movie_artwork_no                          1

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver               1
saver_type                                slideshow
scr_file                                 
wrapper_executable                       
wrapper_options                           
movie_path                                c:\Mamewah\mpgs

### 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


---mame-0.ini---

### mame-0.ini ###

list_title                                All Games

### Games List Settings ###
cycle_list                                1

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_game                              511


--- mame-1.ini ---

### mame-1.ini ###

list_title                                Favorites

### Games List Settings ###
cycle_list                                1
list_type                                 normal
display_clone_info                        0
max_favorites                             0

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_game                              9

[brian23]

1st thing, and I hope this answers it, is to make your list generation rom_folder_vs_listxml (mamewah's default for mame).

Brophog answered your reply a few replies ago.. i just saw it

[topdawgg]

1st thing, and I hope this answers it, is to make your list generation rom_folder_vs_listxml (mamewah's default for mame).

Brophog answered your reply a few replies ago.. i just saw it

I tried that sir.  I get the list in mamewah but they are things like 720, wp3, tetris2,tetris3... etc.  Is there something else I must do?

[brophog]

Did you re-generate the list through mamewah after changing the ini? Are you on the filtered list or the all games list?

[topdawgg]

I tried both, i used the generate all games and refresh the list and the filtered list.

[brophog]

try rom_folder_vs_listinfo for your list generation method instead of rom_folder_vs_listxml


BTW, are your Roms merged? That's the other thing that could be doing this is if you are using merged roms. Merged roms means that instead of using a separate zip file for every rom, it will merge clones into the parent roms to create fewer zips.

Mame32 has no problem with merged roms. Mamewah does. If you have a full set of roms, are you getting a list of 5000+ items, or only around 3000+ ?

[topdawgg]

Damn bro, your amazing.  The listinfo worked... I think the first time that I tried all options I never refreshed the list.  Looks great now!!