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Front End Support => Maximus Arcade => Topic started by: DeLuSioNal29 on November 14, 2012, 11:05:27 pm
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Hi all,
I'm having a strange issue with Donkey Kong (dkong.zip US SET 1) and I'm wondering if anyone can help. For some odd reason, I cannot run Donkey Kong from within Maximus Arcade. It will start to load the game when I press the button, but then goes to black and nothing.
- Windows XP Pro
- Instant Sheller is on to hide Windows
- I'm running Mame32 .143
- Maximus Arcade 2.10 Final
- It works within Maximus if I use the original Mame.exe from .143 download.
- It does not work within Maximus if I use the hi score and no nag version of mame.exe.
Now here's the kicker... It works outside of Maximus Arcade if I run mame.exe and type in dkong and run it. Weird.
I tried the following to rectify it to no avail:
- Changed the directory path in the setting from short to long (no effect)
- Cleared the nvram folder in the mame directory (no effect)
- Cleared the cache folder in the Maximus directory (no effect)
- Rescanned the ROMS (no effect)
- I tried adding dkong0.zip (US Set2) and running that. Same deal.
Any ideas? My last resort is to image the drive as a backup and then remove Instant Sheller to see if that is what's causing the issue.
Thanks in advance!
DeLuSioNaL29
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Hi all,
After some trial and error I finally solved the issue. It turns out that newer versions of MAME do not like the extra Maximus Arcade default commands in the command line box (in preferences). :banghead:
The default is:
%file -skip_gameinfo -nowindow
To solve it I removed -skip_gameinfo -nowindow from the command line and Voila, the game loaded! I also noticed my games loaded a bit faster when you press a button to load the game from the menu. I'm guessing the cause was the invalid syntax caused by Maximus and MAME.
I'll keep this up for others to learn from. :applaud:
DeLuSioNaL29