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Title: MameWah Woes - Solved
Post by: starnix17 on July 08, 2005, 12:34:47 pm

Ok... I've been trying to hook up MameWah and it doesn't want to launch my games. When I generate the list it finds them fine, but it won't launch them (a command prompt window just pops up for a few seconds). I can open up a command prompt and run the games fine.

Here's my mame.ini file (well... the parts that you would need to see):

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### mame.ini (mamewah v1.61) ###

emulator_title                            M.A.M.E.

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  c:\roms
rom_extension                             zip
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           
list_generation_method                    rom_folder_vs_listxml

### Execution Settings ###
emulator_executable                       c:\mame\mame.exe
commandline_format                        [name] {autodosbox} {nosafelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_1                  [name] {autodosbox} .\{nosafelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_2                  [name] .\{autodosbox} .\{nosafelaunch}
game_specific_config_path                 
And here's what I find in the MameWah log file:

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7/8/2005 12:28:35 PM Desktop colour: 10841658
7/8/2005 12:28:35 PM Wallpaper filename:
7/8/2005 12:28:35 PM Display mode: 1024x768 @ 60Hz, 16 bit colour
7/8/2005 12:28:35 PM Decimal symbol: '.'
7/8/2005 12:28:35 PM Games list read: mame-0.lst
7/8/2005 12:28:36 PM Layout selected: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\mamewah_v161\layouts\Classic 640x480\layout.lay
7/8/2005 12:28:37 PM Ctrlr file selected: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\mamewah_v161\ctrlr\default.ini
7/8/2005 12:28:48 PM Commandline run: CMD.EXE /c c:\mame\mame.exe DKONG -verifyroms > C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\Desktop\MAMEWA~1\files\verify {flags=17}
7/8/2005 12:28:50 PM Commandline run: c:\mame\mame.exe DKONG   {flags=12}
7/8/2005 12:29:39 PM MAMEWAH quit



Title: Re: MameWah Woes
Post by: ahmer on July 08, 2005, 08:15:47 pm

May be ur missing something.
Do you have installed mamewah system files?
Check for Directx,does it works correctly?

Just put all ur Mame and Mamewah stuff in a single folder, like

c:\mame

delete all the INI files from INI folder and regenerate the gamelist.

Title: Re: MameWah Woes
Post by: mccoy178 on July 09, 2005, 12:26:23 am

I really don't have a clue, but could it be that your orientation is wrong for mame in use of mamewah?
1024x768 doesn't work well in my mamewah setup.  Everything I have is 800x600. 

Trust me, I know I sound like an idiot on this one, just throwing out an idea.

Title: Re: MameWah Woes
Post by: NinjaEpisode on July 09, 2005, 06:39:48 pm

Your ini file looks wrong.

It doesn't look like you have the path to your roms:

### Execution Settings ###
emulator_executable                       c:\mame32\mame.exe
commandline_format                        "[rompath]\[name].[romext]"{autodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_1                  [name]
alt_commandline_format_2                  [name]
game_specific_config_path                 

Title: Re: MameWah Woes
Post by: starnix17 on July 09, 2005, 08:40:20 pm

Yup.... that was it! Thanks a lot for the help  :D.