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Title: Mala 174 and newer versions of MAME (0 games found error)
Post by: immortalsoule on October 06, 2017, 07:28:03 pm


I keep getting "0 games found" (when, in older versions of MAME, it does find the roms) and i get a code of >82 about the XML.

What's the work around or setting that corrects this?

I've been trying MAME 0.182 and up and having this issue.

I would rather not use the beta of Mala until it's ready and all the bugs works out of 0812 version.

Title: Re: Mala 174 and newer versions of MAME (0 games found error)
Post by: PL1 on October 06, 2017, 08:04:25 pm
Sounds like the XML change made in 0.162.

There's a workaround at http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,145865.0.html (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,145865.0.html).


Scott
Title: Re: Mala 174 and newer versions of MAME (0 games found error)
Post by: immortalsoule on October 07, 2017, 12:05:23 am
Quote from: PL1 on October 06, 2017, 08:04:25 pm
Sounds like the XML change made in 0.162.

There's a workaround at http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,145865.0.html (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,145865.0.html).


Scott


Thanks for the help and forgive me for saying so but.....why don't they just alter the Mala code if all new copies of MAME deal with this? I mean, even if it's been fixed in the BETA....why not just fix the existing 0174 stable?

Title: Re: Mala 174 and newer versions of MAME (0 games found error)
Post by: big10p on October 07, 2017, 07:25:02 am
Quote from: immortalsoule on October 07, 2017, 12:05:23 am
Quote from: PL1 on October 06, 2017, 08:04:25 pm
Sounds like the XML change made in 0.162.

There's a workaround at http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,145865.0.html (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,145865.0.html).


Scott



Thanks for the help and forgive me for saying so but.....why don't they just alter the Mala code if all new copies of MAME deal with this? I mean, even if it's been fixed in the BETA....why not just fix the existing 0174 stable?
Because Mala hasn't been updated in a long time, and the source code isn't available for others to fix. This has been asked for many times, but there are copyright issues involved, or something. Shame really.
Title: Re: Mala 174 and newer versions of MAME (0 games found error)
Post by: bosco on October 07, 2017, 07:52:16 pm
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Because Mala hasn't been updated in a long time, and the source code isn't available for others to fix. This has been asked for many times, but there are copyright issues involved, or something. Shame really

I don't quite understand it.  I don't think swindus would care if the source was released.  I thought he would be contacted so it could be.  Mala is old, outdated and useless.  Loadman seems to be to busy to update it to make it usable.  I guess we just need to be happy with "dead" software".  It's a shame but it doesn't seem like anything will change anytime soon.