input filtering with catver and mamewah

[rockmes]

whats happened to input filtering with mamewah and latest catver? lm trying to make my new list in mamewah with input filtering (spinner games) and it says "none". lm using mame 107u2 and catver 107u2. everything else works apart for input filtering.
help!!

[Banacek]

whats happened to input filtering with mamewah and latest catver? lm trying to make my new list in mamewah with input filtering (spinner games) and it says "none". lm using mame 107u2 and catver 107u2. everything else works apart for input filtering.
help!!

Question: where did you get the 107u2 catver file?

[rockmes]

Question: where did you get the 107u2 catver file?
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made mistake - its 107u1 catver file from http://www.progettoemma.net/?catlist
Still it shouldnt make a difference.

[Banacek]

I was just wondering since www.catver.com didn't have the lastest file...

[rockmes]

bump!
anybody? Help!

[rockmes]

Minwah, you'd probably know the answer to my question. The option for filtering game list for controller inputs shows up "none" with lastest mamewah with mame 107u2 and the 107u1 catver file. Whats happened to this?? Every other filtering option hasnt changed apart for this.

[u_rebelscum]

I bet it's because the xml format was recently changed: now all input types are listed for each game, not just one.

Example:
Disc of Tron
used to list one input control: trackball
now lists three input controls: 8-way, dial, & trackball

IIRC, mamewah needs to use the old listinfo format, which can only list one input, & the current xml2info.exe can't translate the multiple inputs and outputs "none" for everthing instead.  Krick posted an xslt file somehere on this forum that does the translation better.  (Use it instead of xml2info if you still use xml2info.)

And, still IIRC, minwah is trying to make changes so mamewah can directly read listxml file.  So wait a little, hopefully, and update when it comes out.

(I don't use mamewah, so grain of salt.)

[brophog]

In a nutshell, don't use 107 until the hobbyist community catches up. Almost all newbies instantly grab the latest version not realizing the newest version may have issues that make it far less desirable than others. This has been the case throughout mame's development and many people are very happy with very old versions of mame.

[rockmes]

In a nutshell, don't use 107 until the hobbyist community catches up. Almost all newbies instantly grab the latest version not realizing the newest version may have issues that make it far less desirable than others. This has been the case throughout mame's development and many people are very happy with very old versions of mame.

l like to keep it always updated, l am addicted to mame and staying on top with my roms etc...  But your right on keeping an older version . What l have done to rectify this problem at the moment is replaced my spinner list with a backup that l had , and am not generating the list so that it still shows up in mamewah, untill this issue with the xml file gets sorted out. l knew that was the problem to begin with but just wanted confirmation. Thanks guys