Game Launcher (pause) problem

[lint]

Hi all. Im running XP and trying to get GL up and running on my main computer as a test run until i get my pc into my cab. So this is the issue.

If I dont have debug turned on in the glaunch.cfg file i select a game, and the screen flicks and returns to game launcher. If I turn it on, I can see this info hanging on the dos screen (below) and can hit any button to unpause it and start the game. However when I exit the game, I get another pause, and hit a button, then can return to GL.

I dont know where this pause command is coming from. i use the TSGameLauncher tool to config mame, and the mame.cfg file looks fine. Im not trying to pass any post or pre commands to mame, etc.

after I try running a game and go through this pause issue I can examine the leftover .bat file and this is what is included:

@echo on
cd C:\Program Files\Mame
echo Will run: "mame.exe batsugun  "
pause
mame.exe batsugun  
cd C:\Program Files\Mame\glaunch
pause

so again, I dont know how this 'pause' is getting in there. Is it the extra spaces after the rom name? Im not sure where those are slipping in if its the case....

ANY help would be appreciated.

[ErikRuud]

The Pause command is appearing b ecause you turned on debug.  That is what debug does, it uses the pauses so that you can see the commands as they are issued.  This allows you to read the command line and see if there are any errors in it.

GameLauncher is really a DOS based frontend, and even the windows version has some bad DOS habits.  It does not like directory names with spaces.  In the GLaunch.ini (or .cfg) file change the emulator path to c:\progra~1\mame and see if it will work that way.  You could also try moving the entire mame directory into the root directory.  That is where most people put it anyway.  Then your emulator path would be c:\mame

[lint]

thanks for the help. changing the path to the old 8.1 format didnt help, but moving mame to the root of c:\ fixed the issue. m glad too cause i really like this simple frontend.

Thanks again...

lint