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Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: deansatch on January 17, 2011, 06:17:07 pm

Title: Listing a particular game in mala - help!!!
Post by: deansatch on January 17, 2011, 06:17:07 pm

I have a couple of questions about mala front loader.

I have a game (street fighter 2 in this example) and if I list all games (not just the ones in the rom folder) I get about 20-30 different SF2 game options. A few of them work for me e.g. Street Fighter 2 Champ Edition (Rainbow set 1).
It is obviously no good listing every mame game as it is almost 10000 and I will probably only ever have about a hundred. If I check the option to display only roms in my roms folder, I get 1 SF2 option and it doesn't load due to missing files.
So...any idea how to cut my list down with that option but include the working file (I have to uncheck it and rebuild the list to get it back)


My second problem is; I have to use mame32.exe as my mame executable file in the setup to play SF2 but most of the other games I want to play need the latest normal mame.exe release. So at the moment I have to keep changing them and rebuilding lists etc... Just to switch between SF2 and Double Dragon (an essential favourite of mine)

Basically, is there a way for it to hold both mame files and choose the right one for the job?

Hope that makes sense 

Title: Re: Listing a particular game in mala - help!!!
Post by: drventure on January 17, 2011, 07:05:02 pm

Loadman might have to chime in on this one but I believe the typical way to handle this is to configure mala to run a BAT file for MAME games and then, in that BAT file, use an IF to run a specific version of MAME for a specific game, and then default to running the "normal" version of mame for all other games.

Here's another take on it
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=106657.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=106657.0)

And a variation of the bat file version

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=68419.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=68419.0)

Title: Re: Listing a particular game in mala - help!!!
Post by: deansatch on January 18, 2011, 07:46:35 am

Thanks for that. It all looks very complex so I will read it over and over and give it a try again tonight. If anyone understands my problem and can explain it better to improve my chances of solving it it would be appreciated.

Also...Sorry, I didn't notice there is a MaLa forum on here so if any mod reads this, could you move my thread to the MaLa forum please?  :)