Umm, how do I configure a single game?

[RayB]

This is really a noobish question, so feel free to flame me guys!

[Buddabing]

Make a folder named ini in your mame directory.

In that folder, create gamename.ini, with one line in it:

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artwork 0

gamename.ini would be defender.ini, pacman.ini, or whatever.

You must be using an older version of mame. Newer versions have editable .cfg files. The newer cfg files are for controls.

Regards,
Buddabing

[SirPeale]

Copy your 'mame.cfg' or 'mame.ini' file.  Make necessary changes.  Save as 'gamename.ini' or cfg.

[jcrouse]

You also need to go into your mame.ini file and make sure the "path" for ini (in the top section) is not commented out and is correct.

John

[tray262]

I'd like to add to the question if I can. I'm using the lastest mame 1.01 I think. I found out to make the mame.ini, I had to command line run mame -cc   "create config file". Now I also want to create game specific controls. i.e. my controls are set-up with 6 buttons. It's basically the Street Fighter set-up, now Mortal Kombat does not play correct with my buttons, I want to change the controls for that one game, How do I go about doing this ? I read above to create a ini folder and make the mk2.ini in there. OR with the new mame do I need to make a cfg file. If ini will still work that's fine. If I have use a cfg file can someone help me out with this file. As I don't really know how these files work. Thanks..

ps. not trying to highjack the thread, I just think we are trying to get the same results.
Tray

[RayB]

Thank you peeps.
* added to my post that I am using 0.78 and 0.55

[tray262]

Anyone ?

[RayB]

I just want you guys to know that INI files do not work with DOS MAME 0.78

They aren't even mentioned in the documentation, but I found that it IS mentioned in the documentation for the Windows version of 0.78. ( "inipath" )

I'm not sure what I'll do now.

[u_rebelscum]

I'd like to add to the question if I can. I'm using the lastest mame 1.01 I think. I found out to make the mame.ini, I had to command line run mame -cc   "create config file". Now I also want to create game specific controls. i.e. my controls are set-up with 6 buttons. It's basically the Street Fighter set-up, now Mortal Kombat does not play correct with my buttons, I want to change the controls for that one game, How do I go about doing this ?

Don't confuse the .ini and .cfg files*.  The ini files contain mame options, the cfg files hold input controls and the such.  MameFAQ talks about remapping.

*OTOH, dmame, which RayB is using, doesn't have ini files, but a different type of cfg file that does almost the same thing as mame's ini files.  So for dmame, it should say "Don't confuse the 'mame.cfg' and the game cfg files."

I just want you guys to know that INI files do not work with DOS MAME 0.78

If you let us know you were using dmame, we could have told you that.

[RayB]

If you let us know you were using dmame, we could have told you that.

Yeah I know that now. I assumed both versions were identical but just compiled for the different platform. I was wrong!