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Title: Game Launcher for mame cabinet not launching games
Post by: jspicher on March 22, 2012, 07:47:17 pm

I'm new to Game Launcher (http://www.dribin.org/dave/game_launcher/ (http://www.dribin.org/dave/game_launcher/)), and l am planning on using it on my next
little mame cab.

So l've got it set up and pointing to my mame directories properly it
pulls snaps when l mouse over etc, and everything is looking good...
But, when l click a game the screen goes black for a second and then
loads back into the game launcher menu.

Now if l open glaunch.cfg and change debug mode to "yes" and test l
get the prompts and it launches the game just fine; can anyone tell me
what l'm doing wrong here?

Thanks to anyone with experience that can give me some ideas on what l can try!

Title: Re: Game Launcher for mame cabinet not launching games
Post by: Le Chuck on March 22, 2012, 08:00:37 pm

I ran Dribin's FE back in 2004 and it was the bee's knees but already unsupported at that time.  If you like the way GL looks and feels you can make MALA do exactly that (there is even a GL layout you can install that is identical to the original) and MALA is supported and will run anything you throw at it.  I recall having a similar issue but can't remember how I got it fixed in GL, something about simplifying the file structure I think but again it's been 8+ years.  My advice is abandon GL and go with a supported FE that the community is currently using like MALA.  Having built cabs using both I will tell you that you will lose no sleep over making the switch.   

Title: Re: Game Launcher for mame cabinet not launching games
Post by: gonzo90017 on March 23, 2012, 05:16:48 pm

It's been a while since I last used it. Try not having any spaces in your folder names.

Title: Re: Game Launcher for mame cabinet not launching games
Post by: jspicher on March 23, 2012, 06:36:07 pm

Quote from: gonzo90017 on March 23, 2012, 05:16:48 pm

It's been a while since I last used it. Try not having any spaces in your folder names.

Hey thanks buddy that did the trick.
I moved mame to c:\mame (the default config for game launcher) and it did the trick.
Thanks so much man, l really appreciate it.

Title: Re: Game Launcher for mame cabinet not launching games
Post by: jspicher on March 23, 2012, 06:36:56 pm

Quote from: Le Chuck on March 22, 2012, 08:00:37 pm

I ran Dribin's FE back in 2004 and it was the bee's knees but already unsupported at that time.  If you like the way GL looks and feels you can make MALA do exactly that (there is even a GL layout you can install that is identical to the original) and MALA is supported and will run anything you throw at it.  I recall having a similar issue but can't remember how I got it fixed in GL, something about simplifying the file structure I think but again it's been 8+ years.  My advice is abandon GL and go with a supported FE that the community is currently using like MALA.  Having built cabs using both I will tell you that you will lose no sleep over making the switch.   

Thanks for the idea man, l tried the gamelauncher theme you describe above last night; but it's just not the same.
Got Game Launcher working though so all is well!