MAME32 0.96 not working?

[RayB]

Has anyone tried MAME32 0.96?
I just installed it and games won't run. I had MAME32 0.77 previously, and it worked.

!?!?

[tommy]

Why isnt crusin usa working. 

[Arcadiac]

None of the Metal Slugs are running, haven't looked much further tho'.
Could be a buggy release?
ARCADIAC!

[markrvp]

This comes up frequently on the Mame32 board.

[Joystick Jerk]

Why isnt crusin usa working. 

Works for me!

[dabone]

Did you update your roms?



Later,
dabone

[RayB]

Did you update your roms?
Later,
dabone

No, but some ROMs are fairly recent, while others are old. I tried "audit" and there are NO errors. I double-click a game, as usual, the screen where it unzips/audits the ROM appears, then when it's done, usually the game would start. But now instead nothing at all happens. It's like it just quits.

 

[RayB]

OK I figured it out. I didn't touch anything in the options, so I guess it had not written itself an INI file (or it was trying to use the old v.77 file). I change ONE thing in the options and bingo, back to working status.

[Arcadiac]

Ok RayB exactly what was your solution for all us MAME32 impaired gamers?  Thanks in advance!
ARCADIAC!

[RayB]

I just copied the files on top of my old install...
Then I went into the options, and there's one option checkbox called "developer error log". I checked that on.

By doing that it re-created some file I guess. Cuz after I saw the games worked again, I went back and unchecked that box and the games are still working.