When I try to run mame scan to get the .rom .map files, nothing generates in the files?
Had this problem for a LONG time (was tearing my heair out). two things come to mind:
1) Make sure that the roms (.zip format) are in the directory that you say they are in. Doesnt hurt to double and triple-check this. I simple stupid typo and the whole thing is kaput. Also, make sure of the CaSe of the directories. Upper or lowercase DOES make a difference to mamescan.
2) My problem was: My .zip files were all uppercase, and mamescan doesnt like that. I changed them all to lowercase, and now it works like a dream. Found a little shareware proggy called "ChangeCase" or something and it made this quite simple.
Let me know if this helps ya,
FJ