Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum

Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Chris2 on June 04, 2007, 10:12:20 pm

Title: Can't get any games to run.
Post by: Chris2 on June 04, 2007, 10:12:20 pm

Right now, I'm trying to get Gauntlet to run on Mame 0.115, but no matter what I try typing into the command line, nothing works. So far, I've gotten this as my command:


C:\Documents and Settings\Christopher Deliz.CHRIS>desktop\mame gauntlet


whenever I attempt this, however, Mame boots, then tells me that none of the rom files are found, despite all of them being present in Mame's rom folder. All the folders that came with Mame have been extracted to one main folder, with all of the Gauntlet rom data files being stored in the 'Roms' folder. The Mame build is Mame 0.115, and the rom is Gauntlet(rev 14). Any advice at all?

Title: Re: Can't get any games to run.
Post by: SirPeale on June 04, 2007, 10:19:47 pm

do mame -rp C:\Documents and Settings\Christopher Deliz.CHRIS>desktop\mame\roms\ gauntlet and see what you get.

Title: Re: Can't get any games to run.
Post by: shorthair on June 04, 2007, 11:06:33 pm

What I've found is that I have to get to the directory first. For example, mine always starts in C:\documents and settings, so I have to change directories, which is usually [cd C:my documents\games\mame], press enter, then type [mame (game name)] and press enter.

Title: Re: Can't get any games to run.
Post by: SirPeale on June 05, 2007, 06:53:03 am

Oh  yeah, make sure you actually *have* a mame.ini file.  IIRC with .115 if you do

mame -cc

it generates a file 'mame' not 'mame.ini' and you'll have to append the '.ini' manually.

Title: Re: Can't get any games to run.
Post by: Chris2 on August 18, 2007, 03:13:04 pm

^Ah. That must be the issue. Anyone know how to create one? I try the createconfig command but get nothing. I'm trying the command
...\desktop\Mame\mame Gauntlet [-createconfig]

but to no avail.

Title: Re: Can't get any games to run.
Post by: Justin Z on August 18, 2007, 03:40:04 pm

Just type "mame createconfig" -- don't throw gauntlet in there.

Title: Re: Can't get any games to run.
Post by: Chris2 on August 18, 2007, 03:56:38 pm

Tried that, but I only got a list of the games whose names were most like the phrase createconfig.

Title: Re: Can't get any games to run.
Post by: severdhed on August 18, 2007, 04:27:57 pm

it has to be

mame -createconfig

Title: Re: Can't get any games to run.
Post by: SirPeale on August 18, 2007, 06:42:01 pm

Or if you don't want to type all that:

mame -cc

Much like I mentioned above.

Title: Re: Can't get any games to run.
Post by: mcfreak on August 18, 2007, 07:36:23 pm

Try moving it from your desktop to c:\mame...  That long path could be screwing you up.