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Title: MameWah Config Help (rom path)
Post by: commandcom on November 12, 2005, 04:44:28 pm

Ok, I've RTFMed multiple times, but I don't see what I'm doing wrong.  In mame.ini I've set the rom_path to:

C:\Program Files\Mame32\roms

which is where all my roms live.

The emulator_executable is set to:

c:\Program files\mame\mame.exe

which is where the command-line verison of MAME lives.

When I try to run a game, the "loading" screen appears, then shuts down but there's no game.  Checking the log file it seems like MAMEWah is ignoring the rom_path setting:

11/12/2005 4:18:09 PM Commandline run: c:\PROGRA~1\mame\mame.exe ARKNOID2 {flags=9}

There no path information for the rom.  I'd expect to see something like:

c:\PROGRA~1\mame\mame.exe "c:\program files\mame32\roms\ARKNOID2" {flags=9}

(which does work if I run it at the command line)  Any ideas as to what might be wrong?  Thanks.

Title: Re: MameWah Config Help (rom path)
Post by: cdbrown on November 13, 2005, 08:02:30 pm

How have you got the list to generate?  Is it based on (paths different of course)
### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  f:\MAME\roms
rom_extension                             zip
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           f:\MAME\catver.ini
list_generation_method                    rom_folder_vs_listxml

This should display the games you have.  Perhaps the list generation was not done right.  What does the log say after the {flags=9} - give any reason for the shutdown?  Mine has the following (notice it has different flags - not sure why)

13/11/2005 6:41:44 PM Layout selected: D:\Mame progs\mamewah_v161\layouts\Classic 800x600\layout.lay
13/11/2005 6:41:45 PM Ctrlr file selected: D:\Mame progs\mamewah_v161\ctrlr\default.ini
13/11/2005 6:41:46 PM Commandline run: CMD.EXE /c f:\MAME\mame0100.exe 1942 -verifyroms > D:\MAMEPR~1\MAMEWA~1\files\verify {flags=17}
13/11/2005 6:41:46 PM Commandline run: f:\MAME\mame0100.exe 1942 {flags=12}
13/11/2005 6:41:57 PM MAMEWAH quit


EDIT - forgot that rom_path (mame.ini) in the mamewah folder is only for mamewah functions -list generation etc.  mame.ini in your c:\Program files\mame\ folder tells mame.exe where your roms are - so you'll need to have it set in there.

### Windows path and directory options ###
rompath                 C:\Program Files\Mame32\roms