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can't get genre to display
« on: January 24, 2009, 11:33:42 am »
Any idea why I can't get genre to display for mame games?  In the layout editor I have it defined as:

"Text4: ~g_genre"

and nothing is displayed when using the Mala.

I've got other text stuff defined, such as manufactuerer and year, and they display just fine, just not genre. 
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Re: can't get genre to display
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2009, 01:53:55 pm »
Check the screenshot below and make sure you have catver.ini defined and the file actually exists.  If you don't have catver.ini, you can download it at http://www.mameworld.net/catlist/ . 

Only other thing I can think of is if you are using a black text on a blackground with that text field (or something similar).
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Re: can't get genre to display
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2009, 05:51:33 pm »
Quote from: SGT on January 24, 2009, 01:53:55 pm
Check the screenshot below and make sure you have catver.ini defined and the file actually exists.  If you don't have catver.ini, you can download it at http://www.mameworld.net/catlist/ . 

Only other thing I can think of is if you are using a black text on a blackground with that text field (or something similar).

Thanks!  That did it.  Been trying to figure this out for awhile now.  I knew it had to be something obvious like this. 
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Re: can't get genre to display
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2009, 08:23:20 pm »
Thanks James Bond
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