Problem With GENSFE & Mamewah Can You Please Help?

[M.A.M.E Power]

Ok, I have got the Gens emulator running no problem. Also have my list of games appear within the mamewah skin along with artwork etc.

The problem I am having is when I attempt to load a game the following occurs:

1. Screen goes blank
2. Start to hear the title screen followed by music
3. No picture at all

Below is my Gens.cfg file for reference:

[General]
Rom path=D:\gens\roms\Megadrive\
Save path=.\
SRAM path=.\
BRAM path=.\
Dump path=.\
Dump GYM path=.\
Screen Shot path=.\
Patch path=.\
IPS Patch path=.\
Genesis Bios=.\
USA CD Bios=D:\gens\roms\Bios\us_scd1_9210.bin
EUROPE CD Bios=D:\gens\roms\Bios\eu_mcd1_9210.bin
JAPAN CD Bios=D:\gens\roms\Bios\jp_mcd1_9112.bin
32X 68000 Bios=.\
32X Master SH2 Bios=.\
32X Slave SH2 Bios=.\
Rom 1=D:\gens\roms\Megadrive\Alien 3 (JUE) [!].zip
Rom 2=
Rom 3=
Rom 4=
Rom 5=
Rom 6=
Rom 7=
Rom 8=
Rom 9=
File type index=1
State Number=0
Language=0
Window X=543
Window Y=373
Free Mode Color=7
[Graphics]
Full Screen=1
Full Screen VSync=0
Windows VSync=0
Render Windowed=0
Render Fullscreen=1
Stretch=0
Software Blit=0
Contrast=100
Brightness=100
Greyscale=0
Invert=0
Sprite limit=1
Frame skip=-1
[Sound]
State=1
Rate=22050
Stereo=1
Z80 State=1
YM2612 State=1
PSG State=1
DAC State=1
PCM State=1
PWM State=1
CDDA State=1
YM2612 Improvement=0
DAC Improvement=0
PSG Improvement=0
[CPU]
Country=-1
Prefered Country 1=0
Prefered Country 2=1
Prefered Country 3=2
Perfect synchro between main and sub CPU (Sega CD)=0
Main SH2 Speed=100
Slave SH2 Speed=100
[Options]
Fast Blur=0
FPS=0
FPS Style=0
Message=1
Message Style=0
LED=1
Auto Fix Checksum=0
Auto Pause=0
CD Drive=0
Ram Cart Size=3
GCOffline path=GCOffline.chm
Gens manual path=manual.exe


Any input is welcome.

Thanks

Lea

[Fat_Trucker]

Gens is using the wrong settings.

Try changing the setting 'render fullscreen' to 9 instead of 1.

[M.A.M.E Power]

Thanks for the help

Unfortunately it did not resolve the problem - any other suggestions?

Thanks

Lea

[screaming]

If you open a command prompt and run the gens command as mamewah would, does it work?

[M.A.M.E Power]

Thanks for the reply

If i open the command prompt and type d:/gens/gensfe.exe

Then it opens the emulator.

Here is my mamewah.ini file:

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

emulator_title                            Sega Genesis

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  d:\gens\roms\Megadrive
rom_extension                             zip
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           
list_generation_method                    rom_folder

### Execution Settings ###
emulator_executable                       d:\gens\gensFE.exe
commandline_format                        "[rompath]\[name].[romext]" -gen -fullscreen{nodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_1                  [name]
alt_commandline_format_2                  [name]
game_specific_config_path                 

### Artwork Locations ###
artwork_1_image_path                      d:\gens\tops\megadrive
artwork_2_image_path                      d:\gens\snap\megadrive
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               0
saver_type                                launch_scr
movie_path                                d:\mamewah\ssmovie
movie_fullscreen                          1
quit_delay                                30
wrapper_executable                       
wrapper_commandline_format                [name]
scr_file                                  d:\mamewah\ms_pacman.scr

### 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                                d:\mamewah\music
lcd_display_file_path                     
lcd_fe_text                               

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


Please point me in the right direction as I am lost

Cheers

Lea

[Brad]

Try changing {nosafelaunch} to {safelaunch} and see how you go. It's usually something to do with this particular command line on Mamewah.

Failing that I'd switch to Fusion for a MUCH better emulator that is alsodesigned to be cab friendly and runs all the sega consoles except for the Dreamcast

Brad

[screaming]

I don't have my arcade accessible ATM to look it up so I can't tell you the exact flags I use. Check JCrouse's site for the correct params

http://home.comcast.net/~cpviewer/

Anyway.. You didn't do what i asked you to do. Run gens the way MAMEWAH would, which would include all the commandline_params (excep the flags and substituting the variables for thier values).

Like this (in C:\gens):

d:\gens\gensFE.exe "[rompath]\[name].[romext]" -gen -fullscreen

subsituting the variables (the things in brackets "[]") with thier values:

d:\gens\gensFE.exe "d:\gens\roms\Megadrive\sonic.zip" -gen -fullscreen

If you get an error or this doesn't work in any way, it's not MAMEWAH's fault and you need to figure out the correct commandline parameters before your configure MAMEWAH.

-Steve.

[jcrouse]

I don't have my arcade accessible ATM to look it up so I can't tell you the exact flags I use. Check JCrouse's site for the correct params

http://home.comcast.net/~cpviewer/

Anyway.. You didn't do what i asked you to do. Run gens the way MAMEWAH would, which would include all the commandline_params (excep the flags and substituting the variables for thier values).

Like this (in C:\gens):

d:\gens\gensFE.exe "[rompath]\[name].[romext]" -gen -fullscreen

subsituting the variables (the things in brackets "[]") with thier values:

d:\gens\gensFE.exe "d:\gens\roms\Megadrive\sonic.zip" -gen -fullscreen

If you get an error or this doesn't work in any way, it's not MAMEWAH's fault and you need to figure out the correct commandline parameters before your configure MAMEWAH.

-Steve.

Unfortunately I do not use GENS but I am pretty sure Brad's solution will fix your problem.

John

[Minwah]

Unfortunately I do not use GENS but I am pretty sure Brad's solution will fix your problem.

I agree, from what I recall from using Gens.  As someone said tho, Fusion is better than Gens anyway.