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Title: Dam these layout files
Post by: Predator on November 08, 2004, 08:02:40 am

Hi all
Newbie here, I have setup mamewah and mame and they work Fine. I now want to change the look and have D/Led a new Layout from http://home.comcast.net/~cpviewer

I have read http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=9717&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1&new=1098083008

And still no new layout .... it does not even try to load, all i get is the default one..

PLease help .....Thanks

Title: Re:Dam these layout files
Post by: zaphod on November 08, 2004, 08:43:19 am

Did you change the directory mamewah.ini points to to get the new layout?

Title: Re:Dam these layout files
Post by: Predator on November 08, 2004, 08:52:01 am

yep sure did

Title: Re:Dam these layout files
Post by: Goz on November 08, 2004, 09:08:16 am

Has the layout file name been renamed to match the emulator name (assuming you are using mamewah 1.5+)? If so, you may need to look in the layout file for paths to grahoics, etc as well.

-Goz

Title: Re:Dam these layout files
Post by: Minwah on November 08, 2004, 09:52:08 am

Quote from: Predator on November 08, 2004, 08:02:40 am

And still no new layout .... it does not even try to load, all i get is the default one..

Sounds like you have something wrong to me.  Read \mamewah\docs\layouts.txt & see if that sheds any light.

Also, read \mamewah\mamewah.log to see if any problems have been recorded there.

Title: Re:Dam these layout files
Post by: papaschtroumpf on November 08, 2004, 10:32:47 am

all you should have to do is rename thes file properly, see the doc Minwah mentions.
In a few instances of my own layouts, the background picture was specified inside the layout itself, so i had to edit the .lay file with notepad and change the name there, but that was about it.

Title: Re:Dam these layout files
Post by: jcrouse on November 08, 2004, 10:55:32 am

Read this!

http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=9717&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1&new=

Good Luck,
John

Title: Re:Dam these layout files
Post by: Crazy Cooter on November 08, 2004, 08:28:53 pm

Have you searched here for the MAMEWAH FAQ?

Title: Re:Dam these layout files
Post by: Tritoch84 on November 11, 2004, 11:06:26 am

I'm having this same problem, and it's driving me nuts, I'm new to mamewah, so forgive me if I'm doing something retarded.

I just made one up in it's editor, saved it, told mamewah's ini file where to find it, and it won't work. at all. all I get is that annoying default layout.

Title: Re:Dam these layout files
Post by: Minwah on November 11, 2004, 04:30:13 pm

Quote from: Tritoch84 on November 11, 2004, 11:06:26 am

I just made one up in it's editor, saved it, told mamewah's ini file where to find it, and it won't work. at all. all I get is that annoying default layout.

I can't really say anything that hasn't been said already...

But make sure you are not pointing to the .lay file in 'layout' part - just the folder name, eg 'myskin' which should look as follows:

\mamewah\layouts\myskin\layouts.lay

Title: Re:Dam these layout files
Post by: Crazy Cooter on November 11, 2004, 05:48:46 pm

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=25533;start=msg216810#msg216810 (http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=25533;start=msg216810#msg216810)

And read the docs too.  It's all right there.