Need some help with nes emulater on mamewah

[wallywalt]

It seems everything is setup right. The emulater works fine out of mamewah, but when trying to open a game within mamewah this is the error I receive:
FCE Ultra Error
Error opening "=verifyroms"

Im using the latest version of mamewah and the nes emulater is fceu.

Here is my ini file, maybe its a setting in here?

### nintendo_162b10.ini (mamewah v1.61) ###

emulator_title                            Nintendo

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  c:\fceu\roms
rom_extension                             nes
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           
list_generation_method                    rom_folder

### Execution Settings ###
emulator_executable                       c:\fceu\fceu.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                     
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                        c:\fceu\videos
movie_artwork_no                          1

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver               0
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                                c:\mamewah\music
lcd_display_file_path                     
lcd_fe_text                               

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

[unclet]

Based on the INI file contents, it seems like you are using version "MameWah1.61", however, I noticed your INI file name is called "nintendo_162b10.ini" ..... so does this mean you think you are using version MameWah1.62b10 instead of the MameWah1.61 ?

Anyway, here is Jcrouse's INI file for FceUltra which I got fro mhis CPViewer site:

http://www.emuchrist.org/cpviewer/downloads/nintendo/nintendo_162b10.ini


You will notice it is recommended to use FceUltra as follows:

c:\fceu\fceu.exe {8.3[rompath]\[name].[romext]}{dosbox}{safelaunch}

 

[wallywalt]

I thought 1.61 is the latest version, I can't find anything more recent.
That ini is the same one i was trying to use, but when i start mamewah it changes all the settings to the following: (this is getting frustrating  )

### nintendo_162b10.ini (mamewah v1.61) ###

emulator_title                            Nintendo

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  c:\fceu\roms
rom_extension                             nes
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           
list_generation_method                    rom_folder

### Execution Settings ###
emulator_executable                       
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                     
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                        c:\fceu\videos
movie_artwork_no                          1

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver               0
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                                c:\mamewah\music
lcd_display_file_path                     
lcd_fe_text                               

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

[unclet]

MameWah is a good program but it can be very frustrating ..... I know .... I set up about 30+ emulators on it.   Editing INI files by hand gets tedious, but once you do a few then you will learn what it takes. 

I decided to switch to the MALA frontend to test it out and found it to be everything I wanted.   Extremely easy and nice GUI.   Anyway, I was able to setup all my emulators in about 20 minutes.  As a result,  I would recommend trying MALA to see if you think it is easier. 

Although, if you want to stay with MameWah, then you can get the Beta version here:

http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=arcadeospc2jamma

Once the site opens, make sure the click the "-" button to collapse all the threads into a much more readable format.  You will then see the thread regarding MameWah1.62b10 .......

[wallywalt]

does anyone have a working ini for mamewah 1.61?  I get an error when trying to load the rom still, and i would like to stick with mamewah, I like it for mame and if i can get my other emulaters working that would be great.

[Brad]

Are all your NES roms zipped? The reason being is that your ini has the rom extension as NES. If it's zipped it should be ZIP instead.

I can't remember what the diff is between the ini versions but I have working 1.61 versions at home if you still need it when I get home.

Brad

[wallywalt]

No, they are .nes files. That would be cool if you could post your ini, i'm not sure what the problem is on mine :/

[8way]

OK all you have to do is copy and past this over your old ini and you should be all set. By the way are you using the hacked version fceu?

### nintendo_162b10.ini (mamewah v1.61) ###

emulator_title                            Nintendo

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  c:\fceu\roms
rom_extension                            zip
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           
list_generation_method                    rom_folder

### Execution Settings ###
emulator_executable                       c:\fceu\fceu.exe
commandline_format                        {8.3[rompath]\[name].[romext]}{dosbox}{safelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_1                  [name]{autodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_2                  [name]{autodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
game_specific_config_path                 

### Artwork Locations ###
artwork_1_image_path                     
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                        c:\fceu\videos
movie_artwork_no                          1

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver               0
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                                c:\mamewah\music
lcd_display_file_path                     
lcd_fe_text                               

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

[jcrouse]

Change {autodosbox} to either {nodosbox} or {dosbox}.

John

[wallywalt]

You are a genius 8way!!! Thank you a hundred times. Yes, I am running the hacked version.  I think it was my commandline_format that was giving me the error.  Now I'm gonna see if i can figure out how to use a different layout for the different emulators.  Thanks again!

[unclet]

You realize I gave you that same format in the second post in this thread ........ but I am glad you finally figured out you needed to use it      hehe.

[wallywalt]

I guess i just needed more clarity  Thanks for the help guys!