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| hickster:
Hi Everyone, I orginally posted this on the mameworld arcadeos/mamewah forum, but there isn't much activity over there.... I've hit a little snag in setting up MAMEWAH. When I reboot the PC, I get one game to run once, but then I get the following picture when I select any game (including the one that just ran): It appears to be the dosbox just hanging there against my windows desktop. hitting CTRL ALT DEL brings this: This picture shows that MAMEWAH and MAME are running, but the the 'transition' is not quite made. Hitting Alt-Tab allows me to select MAME and continue with the game. My PC specs are: PC Chips M760V Motherboard Soundblaster PCI card (CT4730) Onboard Video SiS6326 Pentium II 266 MHz 256MB PC100 RAM 10GB HD Windows 98SE (all updates installed from Windows Update) .NET 1.1 installed DirectX9.0C installed The games all run fine when typed from the command line. I have MAME 0.103 (Command Line version installed). I used the same .ini files on my main desktop pc (Barton 2500, 512MB, etc.) and it ran like a dream. Is 266MHz my problem? I have a 450MHz on the way from an eBay auction - maybe that'll help?? Any help you guys can provide would be greatly appreciated.I have read a lot of posts, but can't seem to make any progress with this - I'm ready to pull my hair out and I don't have a whole lot left. I have read up on other frontends, but MAMEWAH seems to be the most popular and therefore, I'd like to get it up and running before resorting to others. Sorry for the long first post, but I'm hoping the extra info will help solve my problem. Cheers! :) My 3 INI files are include below. Firstly, my mame.ini in c:\mame is as follows: ### MAME.ini ### ### Frontend Related ### ### Windows path and directory options ### rompath c:\mame\roms samplepath c:\mame\samples # inipath <NULL> (not set) cfg_directory c:\mame\cfg nvram_directory c:\mame\nvram memcard_directory c:\mame\memcard input_directory c:\mame\inp hiscore_directory c:\mame\hi state_directory c:\mame\sta artwork_directory c:\mame\artwork snapshot_directory c:\mame\snap diff_directory c:\mame\diff ctrlr_directory c:\mame\ctrlr cheat_file c:\mame\cheat.dat ### Windows video options ### autoframeskip 1 frameskip 0 waitvsync 0 triplebuffer 0 window 0 ddraw 1 direct3d 0 hwstretch 1 # screen <NULL> (not set) cleanstretch auto resolution auto refresh 0 scanlines 0 switchres 1 switchbpp 1 maximize 1 keepaspect 1 matchrefresh 0 syncrefresh 0 throttle 1 full_screen_brightness 0.000000 frames_to_run 0 effect none screen_aspect 4:3 ### Windows Direct3D 2D video options ### zoom 2 d3dtexmanage 1 d3dfilter 1 d3dfeedback 0 d3dscan 100 d3deffectrotate 1 d3dprescale auto d3deffect none # d3dcustom <NULL> (not set) # d3dexpert <NULL> (not set) ### Windows misc options ### sleep 1 rdtsc 0 high_priority 0 ### Windows sound options ### audio_latency 1 # wavwrite <NULL> (not set) ### Input device options ### mouse 0 joystick 0 lightgun 0 dual_lightgun 0 offscreen_reload 0 steadykey 0 keyboard_leds 1 led_mode ps/2 a2d_deadzone 0.300000 # ctrlr <NULL> (not set) paddle_device keyboard adstick_device keyboard pedal_device keyboard dial_device keyboard trackball_device keyboard lightgun_device keyboard digital none ### Mame CORE video options ### norotate 0 ror 0 rol 0 autoror 0 autorol 0 flipx 0 flipy 0 gamma 1.000000 brightness 1.000000 pause_brightness 0.650000 ### Mame CORE vector game options ### antialias 1 translucency 1 beam 1.000000 flicker 0.000000 intensity 1.500000 ### Mame CORE sound options ### samplerate 44100 samples 1 sound 1 volume 0 ### Mame CORE misc options ### artwork 1 use_backdrops 1 use_overlays 1 use_bezels 1 artwork_crop 0 artwork_resolution 0 cheat 0 debug 0 # debugscript <NULL> (not set) # playback <NULL> (not set) # record <NULL> (not set) log 0 oslog 0 skip_gameinfo 0 bios default # state <NULL> (not set) autosave 0 ### Configuration options ### readconfig 1 verbose 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Secondly, here is my mame.ini in c:\mamewah\ini ### 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_vs_listxml ### Execution Settings ### emulator_executable c:\mame\mame.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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Finally, here is my mamewah.ini file which is found in c:\mamewah ### 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 640x480 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| sc1103:
Im not sure if this will help much, if at all, but it is a known fact that MAMEWAH does not "like" to run on 98SE :P. I think Minwah may be able to diagnsoe the issue better than me, so Id suggest waiting for him. Additionally, check out the documentation on his page, as I think he talks about 98 a bit there. Searching the board for Windows 98 + Mamewah may also reveal some unseful information. |
| Minwah:
http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=64558&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1&new=1139687063 |
| Fat_Trucker:
Just double checking but you did also download and install the 'system files' zip as well as the mamewah one?. |
| hickster:
Thanks for the help everyone. Changing "{nosafelaunch}" to "{safelaunch}" as Minwah suggested in the link above worked like a charm! Thanks to all who helped! Cheers |
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