Wow, this is starting out badly...

[Howtobefreaky]

Hi, I've decided to start building my own MAME cabinet, and I'm playing around with different front-ends and I've heard great things about MameWAH. So I download it and follow the directions by settings mame as emulator 1 and I set the games list. I follow the first 3 steps in the readme and I refresh the games list. Nothing. Not a single game is showing. The games list is Main and the emulator is set to MAME. I know that all the folders I put in are correct, but I don't get anything. I can also play the games through regular command prompt and mame. I've tried to find the answer but I just haven't found it.

[Howtobefreaky]

Okay, I got the list of games by doing Rom Folder Only even though it's not what I want in the long run.

But now when I hit "1" to play the game, it brings up a box saying:

Loading:

Mslug2 (for example)

And then the box goes away and it acts like I never did that.

[Howtobefreaky]

Oh, and if someone could please explain to me what a DAT file does, and how I can make one, that'd be much appreciated.

[KHAN]

i also have got same problem.....
but u can be one step forward to make a DAT file......
this file contains all the information of the mame.exe
supporting games,rom information etc.

u can make ur own dat file in simple steps.....
1)go to the dos promt .
2)c:/dmame -xml2info >dmame.dat
.......ok......

[Halo]

Can you paste up your EMU1 CFG File from Mamewah / Files / EMU1 .. maybe theres something in there we can pick out? I say this as I had exactly the same problem .. and I can't for the life of me remember what it was, but I'd like to try and help

I'm sure it was just a setting that was out ... nothing too complicated.

[Howtobefreaky]

i also have got same problem.....
but u can be one step forward to make a DAT file......
this file contains all the information of the mame.exe
supporting games,rom information etc.

u can make ur own dat file in simple steps.....
1)go to the dos promt .
2)c:/dmame -xml2info >dmame.dat
.......ok......

Tried that and when I tried /dmame it said that it was not recognized as an internal or external, operable program or batch file.

And when I tried it with just mame (no 'd's' in front) it said "Error: Unkown option -xml2info
Error while parsing cmdline"

Can you paste up your EMU1 CFG File from Mamewah / Files / EMU1 .. maybe theres something in there we can pick out? I say this as I had exactly the same problem .. and I can't for the life of me remember what it was, but I'd like to try and help

I'm sure it was just a setting that was out ... nothing too complicated.

Okay...I don't exactly get what you mean by this. Do you want me to just post what the names of the CFG files there are in that folder, or is there a way I open them up and post what's inside of them by notepad or something? I'm good at overcomplicating things

And just so you know, mame.exe is in my C:\ folder (so it's C:\Mame.exe) and my roms are in C:\roms.

[Halo]

No problem .. believe me, I've only just discovered this myself with the help of the good people here!

If you go into your Mamewah folder, then click 'Files', then open up the 1st 'cfg' file .. I think it's called 'EMU1' (I'm on a different PC) .. then just open it up with Notepad and paste about the top half. It just might be something someone can see easily.

[Howtobefreaky]

Okay thanks, that helped a lot. I'll put what it says in quotes so it's easier to read:

;MAMEWAH v0.97 EMULATOR 1 CONFIG

;LIST GENERATION SETTINGS
ROM Path = C:\ROMS
ROM Extension = ZIP
List Generation Method = 3

;EXECUTION SETTINGS
Emulator Executable = C:\MAME.EXE
Send ROM Path = False
Send ROM Extension = False
Use Long Filenames = False
Use Quotes around ROM Filenames = False
Show DOS Box = 2
Default Options =
Extra Options #1 =
Extra Options #2 =
Controls.dat Viewer Filename =
Controls.dat Viewer Default Options =
Launch Controls.dat Viewer before Game = True
IPC Filename / Path =

;MISC SETTINGS
Emulator Title = MAME
Artwork #1 Image Path = C:\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 =
Artwork #1 Filename to Replace =
Display Clone Info (in Custom Lists) = False

;SCREEN-SAVER SETTINGS
Type = 1
Wrapper Executable =
Wrapper Default Options =

[walls83]

Have you downloaded MAMEWAH SETUP?  If not get it.

http://www.mamewah-setup.co.uk/html/info_settings.html


Then go here for walkthrus on setting up almost all systems.

http://www.mamewah-setup.co.uk/html/info_settings.html

[SirPeale]

I'm guessing you're trying to use the latest version of Mame?

MameWAH doesn't *exactly* support it  That's coming in the next release.  To get the game names to show up, create a dat file with this command (using the Mame exe and xml2info)

mame -listxml | xml2info > mame.dat

that will create a dat file that MameWAH can read.

[Howtobefreaky]

Alright, I created a .dat file and I downloaded that setup program. Using that program, I succesfully got all the games to show up and their titles. Exactly what I wanted. They still don't play though. Is it supposed to not play since I'm using the latest version of Mame? If so, I'm happy because I'm finally where I'm supposed to be. Guess I'll just wait for the next version of MameWAH...

[Minwah]

Alright, I created a .dat file and I downloaded that setup program. Using that program, I succesfully got all the games to show up and their titles. Exactly what I wanted. They still don't play though. Is it supposed to not play since I'm using the latest version of Mame? If so, I'm happy because I'm finally where I'm supposed to be. Guess I'll just wait for the next version of MameWAH...

If it won't play then it sounds like your Emulator Executable or something else is not setup correctly...

[Howtobefreaky]

OH MY GOD. I am about to cry. I finally got it working. I just put everything in a main folder (C:\Mame) and then put the roms folder in there. Then I completely uninstalled MameWAH (like deleting the folder it was in) and installed it again. It works! Now I just need to figure out how to get Metal Slug 1 to work correctly, but that shouldn't be too hard.

[Tahnok]

Now I just need to figure out how to get Metal Slug 1 to work correctly, but that shouldn't be too hard.

Metal Slug needs the Neo Geo bios rom, neogeo.zip.

[Howtobefreaky]

Yea, I had those. I figured it out. The rom was just corrupted.

[Howtobefreaky]

Alright, I have another problem (let's just consider this Howtobefreaky's help topic, shall we?).
Since I moved everything (including MAME.exe and all it's components) I can't make a dat files anymore. I tried Peale's command that worked the first time, but this time it said:

error: Unknown option -listinfo
error while parsing cmdline
1::no element found

I have no idea what this means, but maybe you can make some sense out of it.

[Minwah]

error: Unknown option -listinfo
error while parsing cmdline
1::no element found

Go up & read Peale's commandline again...no 'listinfo' in sight

[Howtobefreaky]

Sorry, I typed it wrong when I was writing this message. I was typing exactly how he said (xml instead of info) and it said the same thing only it replaced -listinfo with -listxml

[Minwah]

Sorry, I typed it wrong when I was writing this message. I was typing exactly how he said (xml instead of info) and it said the same thing only it replaced -listinfo with -listxml

Make sure you have the correct mame executable, and you typed it right (copy + paste it from here to make sure).

[Howtobefreaky]

Alright, I finally am able to make dat files. MSlug is acting up again but I should be able to fix it.