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Title: "Using Command Line......."
Post by: Moorthy on April 29, 2002, 04:48:34 pm

Is there any way of getting rid of the Mame loading messages that pop up when a game is launched?


Using Command Line c:\mame\dmame.exe asteroids -noscanlines.......    Rom 1A.2B.3C.... etc.

I'm using DOS Mame and the Arcade @ Home frontend

Title: Re: "Using Command Line......."
Post by: Rocket2600 on April 29, 2002, 07:45:22 pm

You can't block out the "nag ok screens" with command lines. You either have to press left and right with a joystick, or compile Mame yourself and take out the screens. You can find info on compiling at www.mame.net
Good Luck and Game On!
~Rocket2600

Title: Re: "Using Command Line......."
Post by: Moorthy on April 29, 2002, 08:02:16 pm

I have recompiled Mame to get rid of the usual nag screens.

What continues to bug me is the "Using command Line...." notification, as well as the "loading rom 1a, 2b, 3c, etc...."

Please help if you know how to get rid of this.....

I'd like to launch a game and have it come up without any extra information.


  :P

Title: Re: "Using Command Line......."
Post by: Howard_Casto on April 29, 2002, 09:26:16 pm

nope, unfortunately not possible that i know of.  

Title: Re: "Using Command Line......."
Post by: buzz datt on April 29, 2002, 11:16:56 pm

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I have recompiled Mame to get rid of the usual nag screens.

What continues to bug me is the "Using command Line...." notification, as well as the "loading rom 1a, 2b, 3c, etc...."

Please help if you know how to get rid of this.....

I'd like to launch a game and have it come up without any extra information.

Title: Re: "Using Command Line......."
Post by: Moorthy on April 30, 2002, 07:13:41 am

Fantastic. Which source file should I edit?

Thanks!




MAME Dos and the command-line version write this information to stdout; if you are using one of these versions, you can just redirect the output, ie

mame dkong > nul

I just tried this for dmame and mamepp, it worked as expected (no screen output).

enjoy
Buzz

Title: Re: "Using Command Line......."
Post by: buzz datt on April 30, 2002, 10:36:58 am

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Fantastic. Which source file should I edit?

Thanks!

This is not a change to the source at all, but rather a change to how you call the executable itself.  So, instead of typing in "dmame dkong" to start donkey kong, you would type in "dmame dkong > nul" - this redirects the text that would normally go to the screen to a special file called nul (which sends it to oblivion).  If you are using a shortcut under windows to launch mame, you would make a similar change to the shortcut.

Make sense?

Buzz