Silly question maybe...were do I get a "mame.dat" file!?

[link2005a]

I am setting up mamewah, and it's asking for my "mame.dat" file. Is this something I have to create (if so, how) or can I get it somewhere? I tried to do a search for it, but searching for something with a "." kindof gets messed up.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks.

[daywane]

info.dat here http://www.mameworld.net/mameinfo/
history.dat here http://www.sys2064.com/utilities.htm
cheats here http://cheat.retrogames.com/
high scores here http://www.mameworld.net/highscore/
were did I find this? here http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/

[link2005a]

info.dat here http://www.mameworld.net/mameinfo/
history.dat here http://www.sys2064.com/utilities.htm
cheats here http://cheat.retrogames.com/
high scores here http://www.mameworld.net/highscore/
were did I find this? here http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/

Right now I am running mame w/o a .dat file, but all my games showup on the mamewah screen listed under the same name as their ZIP file name. Would a mame.dat file correct this so they showup as their actual program name (IE 'Ikari Warriors II' would showup as such instead of 'ikari2')?

[daywane]

I just posted on your question about mamewha and mame 32.
Is this the same PC?
are you running mame 32?
I just fired up my mame 32, NO other Frontend.
on the top of the screen hit view. change those settings to what you like.
are the lists allright with just mame 32?
and all changed in mamewha?
I did not have this problem. try atomic frontend and see if that helps.
Very EZ to set up.
what version of mame 32 are you using?
I do not think older versions of mame 32 will work with other frontends
( I could be wrong about that)
I have mame 32 version 78 on this PC
mame 32 version 56 on my cab, no other frontend.

[Hoagie_one]

i forget now but isnt mame.dat something you have to generate via command line?

[JoyMonkey]

I've never used MameWah, but I think this post looks like it would be helpful:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,34509.0.html

Looks like Screaming has made a utility to generate the MameWah config files for you.

[vibez]

from commandline

mame -listxml >mame.xml

then rename to mame.dat if needed

[jfunk]

If you're using MAMEWAH, you shouldn't need the dat, anyways..  Just set your game listing to ROMDIR_VS_LISTXML or whatever it is (don't have it with me) rather than DATFILE...?

[jcrouse]

Vibex is correct. For versions of Mame 0.84 and newer:

c:\mame\mame.exe -listxml|xml2info > c:\mame\mame.dat

For versions of Mame pre 0.84:

c:\mame\mame.exe -listinfo > c:\mame\mame.dat

The ">" is whats called a redirect. Instead of outputting the results to the screen (while in a dos window) it sends it to the specified file.

Good Luck,
John

[link2005a]

If you're using MAMEWAH, you shouldn't need the dat, anyways..

[jcrouse]

If you don't have a mame.ini file in your mame folder go to a command prompt (form within the mame folder) and type:

mame -cc

This will create the file. Look near the bottom for three lines, skip_disclaimer, skip_validitycheck and something else (the wording may be slightly different) and change them from 0 to 1.

John

[link2005a]

If you don't have a mame.ini file in your mame folder go to a command prompt (form within the mame folder) and type:

mame -cc

This will create the file. Look near the bottom for three lines, skip_disclaimer, skip_validitycheck and something else (the wording may be slightly different) and change them from 0 to 1.

John

Cool thanks! That worked great!

Any idea how to get rid of that little windows screen that appears for 2-3 seconds right after I select a game?

And how to make it so my games showup as their actual full title instead of file name?

[jelwell]

Vibex is correct. For versions of Mame 0.84 and newer:

c:\mame\mame.exe -listxml|xml2info > c:\mame\mame.dat

For versions of Mame pre 0.84:

c:\mame\mame.exe -listinfo > c:\mame\mame.dat

The ">" is whats called a redirect. Instead of outputting the results to the screen (while in a dos window) it sends it to the specified file.

Good Luck,
John

I don't know why, but this didn't work for me either (it could have been specific to my build). I exported the dat file from Clrmamepro. You can export the cleaned version of the datfile with settings->export.
Joseph Elwell.

[jcrouse]

And how to make it so my games showup as their actual full title instead of file name?

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  c:\mame\roms
rom_extension                             zip
dat_file                                  c:\mame\mame.dat
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           c:\mame\catver.ini
list_generation_method                    rom_folder_vs_dat_file

This works for me!
John

[link2005a]

And how to make it so my games showup as their actual full title instead of file name?

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path

[jcrouse]

For mame go to http://www.classicgaming.com/mame32qa/ and for consoles go to www.screenshotarchive.com

John