Need help opening rom files

[IG-88]

Anybody know of a program or have a batch file that will start my emu and launch the game and do the left right waggle to say ok then shut the game down and proceed to the next game and do the same all the way thru my entire list?

Or is the only way of getting this done is to do it "manually"?

[Bobulus]

A much easier way to do this would be to use a version of mame with no 'nag windows'...

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64298.0

[spauldingd]

The no-nag version suggestion is a good one.  Another reason to switch from the default version is to get one that keeps high scores.

If you want to stay with the version of MAME you have, I think it would be easier to try and figure out how MAME knows that you have opened the game and done the left right confirmation than it would be to attempt to do this for each game.  My guess is that MAME writes a file to a settings folder with the same name as the ROM.  Maybe look around the MAME folders and see what you can find after you do the confirmation thing on a given ROM.  If so, it would be pretty easy to write some DOS commands to create all these files with the appropriate names.

Otherwise, you probably could automate the left-right confirmation stuff with some somewhat complex DOS batch commands and a keyboard buffer stuffing program.

Dave in Des Moines

[FrizzleFried]

...or you could do as Bobulus suggested and compile your own version with the nags removed...

 

[IG-88]

Thanks for the help guys. I like the no nag version idea too. Its just finding the right version to fit my mame set. (V.107) checking the .ini files (or whatever) isn't a bad idea either. I'll take a look at it when I get home.

[u_rebelscum]

... my mame set. (V.107)...

Well, not as clean as no nag version, but... and this won't work for you exactly (I'm using a current cfg file for the example), but IIRC, something close will (if you you can open the cfg file in a text editor).

arkanoid.cfg connecting

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- This file is autogenerated; comments and unknown tags will be stripped -->
<mameconfig version="10">
    <system name="arkanoid">
    </system>
</mameconfig>Repeat for games you want, changing the name, both file and system inside the file.  You don't play all games, do you?

For awhile, having blank cfg files with the right name was fine.

[IG-88]

No, don't/won't play all the games. The kid may tho if he keeps at it.   

The main reason I was wanting this done is that my FE (Maximus) goes to running the games in a screen saver mode and since this is a new build and most games aren't played yet, when it goes to screensaver all it show's are the nag screens. It's not a major issue and can be a plus I guess if I look at it  from a perspective of "Hey there's a game I haven't tried yet!" 

Nice thing is once I play a game the nag is gone for good. Maybe I should just put up with it for a while.