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Title: mess, mamewah and bat files
Post by: btoddkelley on April 13, 2004, 04:14:31 pm

I am trying to set up mamewah to use mess for coleco and Atari 7800 games and I have made a foolish mistake.
Here is my bat file for coleco:

start /wait C:\Emulators\mess\mess.exe a7800 -cart %1
exit

And atari 7800:

start /wait C:\Emulators\mess\mess.exe a7800 -cart %1
exit


When i try to start a game  a box opens and closes very quickly and I am back to the game select screen.
Any idea where my mistake is in the dat files?

Thanks
Todd

Title: Re:mess, mamewah and bat files
Post by: Minwah on April 13, 2004, 06:25:07 pm

Firstly your commandlines are both the same ;)  I guess that's just a mistake in your post but could cause problems if you're trying to load a coleco rom with a7800 hardware...

Set Show DOS Box to Yes, and right-click the batch files' properties and uncheck 'Close on Exit'.  Then when you try to launch a game the DOS box which pops up should remain visible so you can read what it says...

Title: Re:mess, mamewah and bat files
Post by: btoddkelley on April 13, 2004, 11:18:12 pm

Yea the first bat file reads:
start /wait C:\Emulators\mess\mess.exe coleco -cart %1
exit
I do not have a "close on exit" tab when I right click on properties. I have a general and compatability tab. niether contain that box. Am I looking in the wrong place???

Thanks
Todd

Title: Re:mess, mamewah and bat files
Post by: Minwah on April 14, 2004, 06:17:16 am

Quote from: btoddkelley on April 13, 2004, 11:18:12 pm

Yea the first bat file reads:
start /wait C:\Emulators\mess\mess.exe coleco -cart %1
exit
I do not have a "close on exit" tab when I right click on properties. I have a general and compatability tab. niether contain that box. Am I looking in the wrong place???

No my mistake I think, maybe you only get the 'Close on Exit' tickbox for DOS programs and not batch files  :-\

OK Another thing you could check is the debug.log file (in the MAMEWAH folder).  It is re-written each time you launch a game - you should be able to use it to identify what is wrong with the commandline MAMEWAH is using...

Title: Re:mess, mamewah and bat files
Post by: btoddkelley on April 14, 2004, 11:11:02 pm

The log just shows what I thought was the correct command line and the rom name. I am starting to think the problem is with mess. The version I downloaded includes the mess gui. I cannot seem to find a version that does not have the gui. Does the gui version not work with mame wah?


Thanks
Todd

Title: Re:mess, mamewah and bat files
Post by: Minwah on April 15, 2004, 07:25:22 am

Quote from: btoddkelley on April 14, 2004, 11:11:02 pm

The log just shows what I thought was the correct command line and the rom name. I am starting to think the problem is with mess. The version I downloaded includes the mess gui. I cannot seem to find a version that does not have the gui. Does the gui version not work with mame wah?

I don't know, I don't use MESS personally...

Try running the commandline string from debug.log from a command prompt to see what happens.  I believe you can get the normal commandline version from http://www.mess.org/download.html

Title: Re:mess, mamewah and bat files
Post by: btoddkelley on April 15, 2004, 08:58:09 pm

Thanks for your help min. I got it working by creating a new config file.

Todd