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Title: Help creating INI file.
Post by: langlem on September 23, 2015, 07:54:26 pm

Hello,

Getting back into MAME and am very rusty.  I am building a cocktail cab and am 95% done.  I have an old Dell Optiplex computer and only loading like 20-40 classic arcade games.  I have nearly completed the control panel with a SH usb trackball.  Computer recognizes it but mame does not.  So I go to tne MAME32 folder to open ini file and its not there.  I have an old version 32bit .144 nonag and hi score which works fine on a different computer.

I can open the command line and everything but when I get to the -cc or create config step I get a message on the next line that reads ""desktop\mame32-createconfig is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Can someone remind me or help me out here.  I am sure it is beyond simple...i just can't figure it out.

Thanks!

Matt

Title: Re: Help creating INI file.
Post by: PL1 on September 23, 2015, 08:16:07 pm

1. You need to be in the same folder as the executable when you enter the command.

2. There should be a space between the MAME executable filename (mame32.exe, right?) and "-cc".

Typing "mame32 -cc" into the command line while in the same folder as the executable should do the trick.   ;D


Scott

Title: Re: Help creating INI file.
Post by: langlem on September 23, 2015, 08:54:33 pm

Thanks for the reply!  I am missing something simple here... And am stunned tnat I have been screwing with this for THREE hours now.  Should take 2 minutes.

Can you help me step by step... And its ok to talk to me like a 2nd grader because thats about how smart I feel.  I mean I have gotnmy Hyperspin working perfect...computer decased and mounted...cab put together and I can not get the damned trackball working.  Its Budweiser time!

Im not sure by what you mean... In the exe folder.  How do i get there from the black command prompt box??

Sorry...its been years since I played around with this...very much appreciated!

Title: Re: Help creating INI file.
Post by: PL1 on September 23, 2015, 09:25:49 pm

Quote from: langlem on September 23, 2015, 08:54:33 pm

Im not sure by what you mean... In the exe folder.  How do i get there from the black command prompt box??

Here's the easiest way AFAIK:

1. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to your MAME folder and find the "mame.exe" or "mame32.exe" file so you know what filename to use in step 4.

2. Shift + right-click on a blank part in the right-half Windows Explorer window -- not on a file or folder.

3. Select "Open command window here".

4. Type "mame -cc" or "mame32 -cc". (executable filename without the .exe plus the -cc)


Scott

Title: Re: Help creating INI file.
Post by: langlem on September 23, 2015, 10:48:06 pm

Got it!  Thanks for the help!

As I said....pretty rusty on all of this!!

Have a good one!

Matt

Title: Help creating INI file.
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on September 27, 2015, 08:22:02 pm

Another quick way to do it is to create a shortcut of the MAME executable on your desktop by right clicking it.

Then right click on the shortcut, select properties and add -cc to the command line at the end. Click OK. Double-click the shortcut. Boom!

Then feel free to kill the shortcut.