Need a little help with MAMEWAH

[hickster]

Hi Everyone,

I orginally posted this on the mameworld arcadeos/mamewah forum, but there isn't much activity over there....

I've hit a little snag in setting up MAMEWAH. When I reboot the PC, I get one game to run once, but then I get the following picture when I select any game (including the one that just ran):



It appears to be the dosbox just hanging there against my windows desktop.


hitting CTRL ALT DEL brings this:




This picture shows that MAMEWAH and MAME are running, but the the 'transition' is not quite made. Hitting Alt-Tab allows me to select MAME and continue with the game.


My PC specs are:

PC Chips M760V Motherboard
Soundblaster PCI card (CT4730)
Onboard Video SiS6326
Pentium II 266 MHz
256MB PC100 RAM
10GB HD
Windows 98SE (all updates installed from Windows Update)
.NET 1.1 installed
DirectX9.0C installed


The games all run fine when typed from the command line.

I have MAME 0.103 (Command Line version installed).

I used the same .ini files on my main desktop pc (Barton 2500, 512MB, etc.) and it ran like a dream. Is 266MHz my problem? I have a 450MHz on the way from an eBay auction - maybe that'll help??

Any help you guys can provide would be greatly appreciated.I have read a lot of posts, but can't seem to make any progress with this - I'm ready to pull my hair out and I don't have a whole lot left. I have read up on other frontends, but MAMEWAH seems to be the most popular and therefore, I'd like to get it up and running before resorting to others. Sorry for the long first post, but I'm hoping the extra info will help solve my problem.

Cheers! 
   

My 3 INI files are include below.

Firstly, my mame.ini in c:\mame is as follows:


### MAME.ini ###

### Frontend Related ###

### Windows path and directory options ###
rompath                 c:\mame\roms
samplepath              c:\mame\samples
# inipath               <NULL> (not set)
cfg_directory           c:\mame\cfg
nvram_directory         c:\mame\nvram
memcard_directory       c:\mame\memcard
input_directory         c:\mame\inp
hiscore_directory       c:\mame\hi
state_directory         c:\mame\sta
artwork_directory       c:\mame\artwork
snapshot_directory      c:\mame\snap
diff_directory          c:\mame\diff
ctrlr_directory         c:\mame\ctrlr
cheat_file              c:\mame\cheat.dat

### Windows video options ###
autoframeskip           1
frameskip               0
waitvsync               0
triplebuffer            0
window                  0
ddraw                   1
direct3d                0
hwstretch               1
# screen                <NULL> (not set)
cleanstretch            auto
resolution              auto
refresh                 0
scanlines               0
switchres               1
switchbpp               1
maximize                1
keepaspect              1
matchrefresh            0
syncrefresh             0
throttle                1
full_screen_brightness   0.000000
frames_to_run           0
effect                  none
screen_aspect           4:3

### Windows Direct3D 2D video options ###
zoom                    2
d3dtexmanage            1
d3dfilter               1
d3dfeedback             0
d3dscan                 100
d3deffectrotate         1
d3dprescale             auto
d3deffect               none
# d3dcustom             <NULL> (not set)
# d3dexpert             <NULL> (not set)

### Windows misc options ###
sleep                   1
rdtsc                   0
high_priority           0

### Windows sound options ###
audio_latency           1
# wavwrite              <NULL> (not set)

### Input device options ###
mouse                   0
joystick                0
lightgun                0
dual_lightgun           0
offscreen_reload        0
steadykey               0
keyboard_leds           1
led_mode                ps/2
a2d_deadzone            0.300000
# ctrlr                 <NULL> (not set)
paddle_device           keyboard
adstick_device          keyboard
pedal_device            keyboard
dial_device             keyboard
trackball_device        keyboard
lightgun_device         keyboard
digital                 none

### Mame CORE video options ###
norotate                0
ror                     0
rol                     0
autoror                 0
autorol                 0
flipx                   0
flipy                   0
gamma                   1.000000
brightness              1.000000
pause_brightness        0.650000

### Mame CORE vector game options ###
antialias               1
translucency            1
beam                    1.000000
flicker                 0.000000
intensity               1.500000

### Mame CORE sound options ###
samplerate              44100
samples                 1
sound                   1
volume                  0

### Mame CORE misc options ###
artwork                 1
use_backdrops           1
use_overlays            1
use_bezels              1
artwork_crop            0
artwork_resolution      0
cheat                   0
debug                   0
# debugscript           <NULL> (not set)
# playback              <NULL> (not set)
# record                <NULL> (not set)
log                     0
oslog                   0
skip_gameinfo           0
bios                    default
# state                 <NULL> (not set)
autosave                0

### Configuration options ###
readconfig              1
verbose                 0

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Secondly, here is my mame.ini in c:\mamewah\ini

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

emulator_title                            M.A.M.E.

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  c:\mame\roms
rom_extension                             zip
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           
list_generation_method                    rom_folder_vs_listxml

### Execution Settings ###
emulator_executable                       c:\mame\mame.exe
commandline_format                        [name]{autodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_1                  [name]{autodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_2                  [name]{autodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
game_specific_config_path                 

### Artwork Locations ###
artwork_1_image_path                      c:\mame\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

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Finally, here is my mamewah.ini file which is found in c:\mamewah

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

### (Global) Screen-Saver Options ###
delay                       300
slide_duration              3

### Audio Options ###
enable_sounds               1
sound_volume                100
music_path                 
enable_music                1
music_volume                100

### Movie Options ###
intro_movie_file           
exit_movie_file             
keep_movie_preview_aspect   game_aspect
delay_before_movie_preview  2
music_movie_mix             mute_movies
movie_volume                100

### Misc Options ###
layout                      Classic 640x480
ctrlr                       
wrap_list                   0
remember_current_game       1
keep_image_aspect           1
refresh_images              0
correct_orientations        horizontal
safe_mode                   0
show_cursor                 0
keyboard_led_states         -,-,-
winipac_file               
mamewah_ipc_file           
lcd_com_port                1
lcd_settings               
exit_action                 choice
app_to_run_on_exit         

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_emulator            mame
locked                      0
last_ipc                   

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[sc1103]

Im not sure if this will help much, if at all, but it is a known fact that MAMEWAH does not "like" to run on 98SE .  I think Minwah may be able to diagnsoe the issue better than me, so Id suggest waiting for him.  Additionally, check out the documentation on his page, as I think he talks about 98 a bit there.  Searching the board for Windows 98 + Mamewah may also reveal some unseful information. 

[Minwah]

http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=64558&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1&new=1139687063

[Fat_Trucker]

Just double checking but you did also download and install the 'system files' zip as well as the mamewah one?.

[hickster]

Thanks for the help everyone.

Changing "{nosafelaunch}" to "{safelaunch}" as Minwah suggested in the link above worked like a charm!

Thanks to all who helped!

Cheers

[sc1103]

Id swear the first time I read that you mentioned playing with the commandline flags