The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Consoles => Topic started by: max.r.mccarty@gmail.com on July 01, 2020, 02:08:50 pm
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Is there a way to bypass the system spec window that shows up when you launch (specifically MAME roms)? The one that shows game name, CPU, sound and Video Info - where you have to click past?
This might seem trivial, but hosting this in an arcade cabinet it's unappealing every time you start a game.
Trying to google this question, you get everything about system specs and system requirements and nothing about how to bypass (if possible).
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You'll need one of the various builds of mame that incorporate a "No Nag" feature.
GroovyMAME supports this, as do many others. You can learn more about that particular build in it's subforum here:
http://newforum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/board,52.0.html
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Just remember if you do start using a no-nag build - if you run into problems with certain games you will not get the warnings that would normally tell you what the problem is - SO best to use them after you already have your game list set and working before using it - or use a stock build for testing newly added roms that you are not sure of their status before asking for help if they are not working properly ! :cheers:
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Actually the info screen goes away after the first time you play the game unless it's a game with preliminary drivers or has something wrong with it... aka an info screen you SHOULDN'T skip. So it's best to use stock mame... those screens are there for a reason.
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Just ran a stock Mame build and the info screen, NOT warnings, appeared each time I launched a game. It didn't go away after the first time.
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Then you don't have it turned on in the mame.ini
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Then you don't have it turned on in the mame.ini
Which is exactly what the OP is asking how to do.
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Is there a way to bypass the system spec window that shows up when you launch (specifically MAME roms)? The one that shows game name, CPU, sound and Video Info - where you have to click past?
Pretty sure the option you're looking for in mame.ini is "skip_gameinfo".
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# CORE MISC OPTIONS
#
skip_gameinfo 1
Open mame.ini in Notepad to edit it.
- "0" = disabled
- "1" = enabled
If you don't have a mame.ini file, run the mame executable with the "-cc" (create config) switch. i.e. "mame64.exe -cc"
Scott
EDIT: Other .ini files that override mame.ini may have "skip_gameinfo 0" (disabled) so look there if properly dumped and working games still have the system info popup window.
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Is there a way to bypass the system spec window that shows up when you launch (specifically MAME roms)? The one that shows game name, CPU, sound and Video Info - where you have to click past?
Pretty sure the option you're looking for in mame.ini is "skip_gameinfo".
#
# CORE MISC OPTIONS
#
skip_gameinfo 1
Open mame.ini in Notepad to edit it.
- "0" = disabled
- "1" = enabled
If you don't have a mame.ini file, run the mame executable with the "-cc" (create config) switch. i.e. "mame64.exe -cc"
Scott
Thanks for posting Scott. :cheers:
I thought this was only possible with a no-nag version (which I never tried due to caveats like that from Howard)
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The OP might want to consider NOT using his email address as a Nickname - you're inviting all the spammers into your inbox.
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Thanks for posting Scott. :cheers:
I thought this was only possible with a no-nag version (which I never tried due to caveats like that from Howard)
Glad to assist. ;D
Also, forgot to mention that other .ini files that override mame.ini may have "skip_gameinfo 0" (disabled) so look there if properly dumped and working games still have the system info popup window.
Scott