Different versions of mame within mamewah

[Scoobie]

I'm running three different versions of mame, v. 061, v. 083 & v.092.  I would like to run different games from each version, but would like to select them within one layout in mamewah.  The main reason being to run something like the galaga speed hack in v.061 and the GT games in v. 092.

Any help on this is greatly appreciated...Thanks!

[jcrouse]

Currently the only way to accomplish this in MameWAH is by using three seperate layouts (ini files). It's not currently possible to combine games from different emulators (essentially what your doing) into one unified game list. I believe however, that there are a couple of other front ends that will accomplish this.

John

[Scoobie]

Thanks for the reply.  I might try this with different layouts if I don't go with another FE.

Does anyone know which FE's can accomplish different versions of mame within a single layout?

[jelwell]

I have a hack that will allow this.

Basically setup your MAME list using the newest version of MAME, then point mamewah at this bat file instead. You'll need to modify the bat file to your system though.

Basically the bat file runs all the games on one version of MAME and then runs other games, by exception, on another version of MAME, or even Zinc!
Joseph Elwell.

[screaming]

There's also this solution. F Y I.

-sab 

[jelwell]

For starters my batch file is attempting to fix the problem of using more than one mame in a single list, not more than one emulator. It just so happens that Zinc can pretend to be mame since it uses the same rom files.

There's also this solution. F Y I.

-sab

[screaming]

For starters my batch file is attempting to fix the problem of using more than one mame in a single list, not more than one emulator. It just so happens that Zinc can pretend to be mame since it uses the same rom files.

  Woah, hang on there buddy. I wasn't attacking you, I was just letting the guy know he had other options!

have a solution (for daphne) that wouldn't disappear every time I regenerate my list though.

  Maybe your solution is the best for that then. The other solution I have (still testing) is a lot cleaner and requires less support files than my old solution, but it will still require extra steps when you regenerate your game lists.

Did you ever test it with 1.6+?

  Nope, I have a better answer in the works for MAMEWAH 1.61.

-sab

[jelwell]

For starters my batch file is attempting to fix the problem of using more than one mame in a single list, not more than one emulator. It just so happens that Zinc can pretend to be mame since it uses the same rom files.

[jelwell]

I have a hack that will allow this.

Basically setup your MAME list using the newest version of MAME, then point mamewah at this bat file instead. You'll need to modify the bat file to your system though.

Basically the bat file runs all the games on one version of MAME and then runs other games, by exception, on another version of MAME, or even Zinc!
Joseph Elwell.

This bat file needs to be mofdified. right before you run any instance of mame add a line like this:
cd c:/progra~/mame/

so that the bat file changes it location to be the same as the version of mame. Mame doesn't like being run from a location other than where it's installed. You could end up trouncing your configuration files.
Joseph Elwell