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Front End Support => MaLa Frontend => Topic started by: cavepainter on April 26, 2012, 10:08:00 pm

Title: Mala will not add Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, others(?) to Game List
Post by: cavepainter on April 26, 2012, 10:08:00 pm: No matter what options I set in the Game Collection options, it will not add Donkey Kong to the game list. Mario Brothers is also not adding. I'm sure there are others it won't add, but haven't attempted to inventory every game it isn't adding.

Any ideas? Highly frustrating. :badmood:
Title: Re: Mala will not add Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, others(?) to Game List
Post by: cavepainter on April 26, 2012, 10:40:10 pm: Add Ghosts & Goblins. Argh.
Title: Re: Mala will not add Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, others(?) to Game List
Post by: MTPPC on April 26, 2012, 11:57:53 pm: I had this happen. I reinstalled MALA in another directory and then transplanted the newly generated gamelist to the old directory. Never figured out why it did it.
Title: Re: Mala will not add Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, others(?) to Game List
Post by: cavepainter on April 27, 2012, 07:46:07 pm: Quote from: MTPPC on April 26, 2012, 11:57:53 pm
I had this happen. I reinstalled MALA in another directory and then transplanted the newly generated gamelist to the old directory. Never figured out why it did it.

Just tried this, and it didn't work. Thanks, though.
Title: Re: Mala will not add Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, others(?) to Game List
Post by: NOP on April 29, 2012, 05:12:15 pm: Would this thing help?
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=101104.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=101104.0)

at least you could go in and manually add those games using this tool.

I've only ever created gamelists with external tools and kept mala out of it. the above and romlister can make lists that work in mala so you could end-around whatever this problem is.
Title: Re: Mala will not add Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, others(?) to Game List
Post by: Gray_Area on May 01, 2012, 05:10:09 pm: Are you sure your roms work for your version of MAME?
Title: Re: Mala will not add Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, others(?) to Game List
Post by: cavepainter on May 01, 2012, 09:42:53 pm: Quote from: Gray_Area on May 01, 2012, 05:10:09 pm
Are you sure your roms work for your version of MAME?

Yep. I'm running the newest version of mame and I've successfully tested the ROMs that aren't adding.
Title: Re: Mala will not add Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, others(?) to Game List
Post by: cavepainter on May 01, 2012, 09:44:34 pm: Quote from: NOP on April 29, 2012, 05:12:15 pm
Would this thing help?
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=101104.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=101104.0)

at least you could go in and manually add those games using this tool.

I've only ever created gamelists with external tools and kept mala out of it. the above and romlister can make lists that work in mala so you could end-around whatever this problem is.

Thanks, I'll definitely try this.
Title: Re: Mala will not add Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, others(?) to Game List
Post by: cavepainter on May 01, 2012, 10:01:48 pm: MYSTERY SOLVED, I BELIEVE.

When Mala was generating the mame.xml file for the first time I prematurely closed the command line window that opened and that wrecked my mame.xml.

Good to know!