first timer here need help getting game list for mamewah

[bossyman15]

i read though the website and any read me i could find but nothing. the game list will not show up.
here's my mame.ini. are there any problem with it?

### mame.ini (mamewah v1.61) ###

emulator_title                            M.A.M.E.

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  F:\Games\illegal games\Arcade\Mame32\roms
rom_extension                             zip
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           F:\Games\illegal games\Arcade\Mame32\catver.ini
list_generation_method                    rom_folder_vs_listxml

### Execution Settings ###
emulator_executable                       F:\Games\illegal games\Arcade\Mame32\mame32.exe
commandline_format                        [name]{autodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_1                  [name]{autodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_2                  [name]{autodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
game_specific_config_path                 F:\Games\illegal%20games\Arcade\Mame32\cfg

### Artwork Locations ###
artwork_1_image_path                      F:\Games\illegal games\Arcade\Mame32\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                     
movie_preview_path                       
movie_artwork_no                          1

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver               1
saver_type                                slideshow
movie_path                               
movie_fullscreen                          1
quit_delay                                30
wrapper_executable                       
wrapper_commandline_format                [name]{nodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
scr_file                                 

### External Application Settings ###
ipc_file_or_path                         
app_1_executable                         
app_1_commandline_format                 
app_2_executable                         
app_2_commandline_format                 
app_3_executable                         
app_3_commandline_format                 
auto_launch_apps                         

### Additional Settings ###
music_path                               
lcd_display_file_path                     
lcd_fe_text                               

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_list                              0

[mahuti]

2 Things.

1. You still need to generate a list from the game list options screen within Mamewah itself.

2. To troubleshoot, I usually try to keep spaces out of my paths.

[bossyman15]

damn at one point i thought i had it working but nope...

this is what i did

installed system files

used mame.ini from cpviewer site

made more changes

### mame.ini (mamewah v1.61) ###

emulator_title                            M.A.M.E.

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  F:/Games/illegalgames/Arcade/Mame32/roms
rom_extension                             zip
dat_file                                  F:/Games/illegalgames/Arcade/Mame32/listinfo.dat
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           F:/Games/illegalgames/Arcade/Mame32/catver.ini
list_generation_method                    rom_folder_vs_dat_file

### Execution Settings ###
emulator_executable                       F:/Games/illegalgames/Arcade/Mame32/mame32.exe
commandline_format                        "[rompath]\[name].[romext]"{autodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_1                  [name]
alt_commandline_format_2                  [name]
game_specific_config_path                 

### Artwork Locations ###
artwork_1_image_path                      F:/Games/illegalgames/Arcade/Mame32/cabinets
artwork_2_image_path                      F:/Games/illegalgames/Arcade/Mame32/snap
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                     
movie_preview_path                        c:\mame\videos
movie_artwork_no                          1

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver               0
saver_type                                movie
movie_path                                c:\mamewah\ssmovie
movie_fullscreen                          1
quit_delay                                30
wrapper_executable                       
wrapper_commandline_format                [name]
scr_file                                  c:\mamewah\ms_pacman.scr

### External Application Settings ###
ipc_file_or_path                         
app_1_executable                          c:\cpvw\cpvw.exe
app_1_commandline_format                  -r=[name] -c=[cloneof]
app_2_executable                          c:\cpvw\cpvw.exe
app_2_commandline_format                 
app_3_executable                          c:\histview\histview.exe
app_3_commandline_format                  -r=[name]
auto_launch_apps                         

### Additional Settings ###
music_path                                c:\mamewah\music
lcd_display_file_path                     
lcd_fe_text                               

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_list                              1


is everything ok?

oh yes i even generate a list within mamewah but no list show up...

[brian23]

Follow these directions:

http://www.arcadecab.com/Projects/Mamewah-overview.htm

[bossyman15]

what? i need DOS verison of mame for mamewah to run?

[brian23]

Yep. It will work with Mame32, but it is not recommended. Works better with MAME. Download Windows command line version of MAME from mame.net and extract it into your c:\mame directory.

When you startup mamewah for the first time, you will have to generate your game list. Mamewah can do this if you go to the Options screen and select Generate Game List. Player 2 Start takes you to the menu screen. Left Joy pages up 25 games, right joy goes down 25 games in the list. You can use catver.ini to create categories of games also....


Mamewah 1.61 can be downloaded here :

http://mamewah.mameworld.net/downloads.htm

Follow those directions on that previous link closely and you will get your mamewah working well with mame. I just used those directions yesterday to setup my mamewah.

Good luck.

[ppilot]

what? i need DOS verison of mame for mamewah to run?

No, it works with mame32 just fine.  Do you have a file called xml2info.exe in your mame32 directory?  If not, try downloading it and trying again.  Make sure to generate your list from within mamewah, can't tell you how many times I didn't do that and thought something was wrong.

[bossyman15]

no i don't have it

i'm using mame32 0.88

[cdbrown]

What does it do when you try to generate the lists?
a) Launch MAMEWAH
b) Hit '2' to bring up the Options menu
c) Use the down cursor key to select 'Games List Options', hit '1' to select
d) Use the down cursor key to select 'Generate List', hit '1' to select

How was listinfo.dat created?  was it based on an audit of you rom folder?

[bossyman15]

well i got list working just few min ago using this program http://www.bluecamel.org/2005/02/26/mamewah-config-161/

but the list only lists the rom name not game name itself.

[metaHipster]

i had to run a command to generate a "mame.dat" file for it to use when generating the game list.

[brophog]

No need for dat files. Use this as your list generation method

rom_folder_vs_listxml

And make sure to regenerate your game list within mamewah by selecting '2', Generate List.

If you have merged roms, unmerge them. Mamewah doesn't like merged roms.