Grabbed a copy of Mame.66b

[CitznFish]

for windows.  I thought for some reason I needed to compile this? Do I? I can't find instructions on mame.net or mameworld. When I look in the zip file I see mame.exe, so i am confused. Why do I need MinGW?

unfortunately I have always used Mame32, but I think I'd prefer Mamew and an FE after i complete  my cabinet, so I might as well learn how to do this the correct way now.

TIA!

[CitznFish]

do you have to install directX headers to compile MAMEW? I found instructions and it says I need directX 6.1 headers, but that seems old to me. I really don't know what i am doing, just trying to follow these instructions:


http://www.logiqx.com/HowTo/WinMAME.shtml

[SirPoonga]

You grabbed mame066b.zip or mame066s.zip?

s is source, b is binary.

sicne you grabbed b oyu have the binary.

It's commandline, not gui like mame32.

[CitznFish]

Thanks SP.  I figured it out, so i don't need to compile it. Is there an advantage to compiling your own exe? I think I read somewhere on this forum about editing the source so that it skips the OK and Press Any key messages...

Now I have a wierd problem.. if I want to run a game I see i type mame (romname) but when i try this for pole position I just get a list of best matches instead of running the game... What's that all about??

I havew been looking for teh anser to this, but no luck in finding documentation. Pole Position works in Mame32 though...

[SirPoonga]

some people compile their own things into mame, like testdrivers and such.


You ran polepos right?

[CitznFish]

of course not, I ran 'mame polpos' if I ran 'mame polepos' it would work.  How dumb can i be today?/ (Don't answer that!)