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Title: Mamewah, Z26.. ugh.
Post by: DreamWeb on February 23, 2005, 01:47:49 am

OK folks.  I've searched for this answer..  and nothing has come up.

I'm using a good set of 2600 roms.  So, I know it's something that I've done wrong.. but, dang if I can figure it out.

Any file name that has a

• in it.. won't play (which is most of them, when you're talking the good2600 set.  If the file is walker.bin, then it plays fine.  If it's walker [!] [pal].bin .. then forget it.  It says it can't find the file.

I'm assuming that the []'s are screwing up the command line.

Anyone have a solution for me?  thanks guys!

d.

Title: Re: Mamewah, Z26.. ugh.
Post by: Brad on February 23, 2005, 05:51:14 am

Hmm not sure what your doing wrong as my setup is identical. I use this ini:

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### 02atari2600.ini (mamewah v1.61) ###

emulator_title                            Atari 2600

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  c:\a2600\roms
rom_extension                             bin
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           
list_generation_method                    rom_folder

### Execution Settings ###
emulator_executable                       c:\a2600\z26.exe
commandline_format                        "[rompath]\[name].[romext]"{nodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_1                  [name]
alt_commandline_format_2                  [name]
game_specific_config_path                 

### Artwork Locations ###
artwork_1_image_path                      c:\a2600\snap
artwork_2_image_path                     
artwork_3_image_path                     
artwork_4_image_path                     
artwork_5_image_path                     
artwork_6_image_path                     
artwork_7_image_path                     
artwork_8_image_path                     
artwork_9_image_path                     
artwork_10_image_path                     
movie_preview_path                       
movie_artwork_no                          1

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver               0
saver_type                                launch_scr
movie_path                                c:\mamewah\ssmovie
movie_fullscreen                          1
quit_delay                                30
wrapper_executable                       
wrapper_commandline_format                [name]
scr_file                                  c:\mamewah\ms_pacman.scr

### External Application Settings ###
ipc_file_or_path                         
app_1_executable                          c:\cpvw\cpvw.exe
app_1_commandline_format                  -b=c:\cpvw\images\atari2600.jpg
app_2_executable                          c:\cpvw\cpvw.exe
app_2_commandline_format                  -b=c:\cpvw\images\mamewah.jpg
app_3_executable                         
app_3_commandline_format                 
auto_launch_apps                         

### Additional Settings ###
music_path                                c:\mamewah\music
lcd_display_file_path                     
lcd_fe_text                               

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_list                              0

--------------------------------------

Brad

Title: Re: Mamewah, Z26.. ugh.
Post by: jcrouse on February 23, 2005, 09:17:33 am

In general (without more details) it sounds like a problem with spaces in the filemanes. Make sure you use Brad's configuration. The quotes (") are necessary around the path and file name parameters so the entire string is read as one.

John

Title: Re: Mamewah, Z26.. ugh.
Post by: DreamWeb on February 23, 2005, 11:03:54 am

Thanks guys!

I'll try this when I get home from work this evening.  I suspect I'll be able to get it working now!

I appreciate it!

d.

Title: Re: Mamewah, Z26.. ugh.
Post by: quarterstringer on February 23, 2005, 12:01:27 pm

I couldn't get it running either, until I changed the commandline_format to -

{8.3[rompath]\[name].[romext]}{nodosbox}{safelaunch}

BTW, what is the 8.3 for?

Title: Re: Mamewah, Z26.. ugh.
Post by: jcrouse on February 23, 2005, 12:53:08 pm

8.3 is a carry over from the old file naming convention during the DOS days. It meant a maximum of an eight character file name, a period and a maximum of a three character extension. It is still required for some code (emulators) that can't handle the longer filenames given to us when Windows 95 was released.

John