Help with Mamewah setup...please

[moman]

Hello Minwah and/or anyone else that can help.

I can't seem to get mamewah going.  I am at the point now where I have a bunch of roms, I am understanding mame ok, and would like to have a good FE going for my cabinet.  I like the look and function of mamewah, and I can't wait to get it going.

I am using mame32fx (newest version) and Mamewah ver. 1.6.  I will use regular mame if I have too, but I think I prefer mame32fx.  I saw some recomendations to upgrade to the new beta version, which I will, if needed.

I have downloaded the system files, the program, and set the ini files appropriately (i think).  When I launch mamewah, it opens to the title screen.  I then go to the options menu, to game list options, and to generate list.  It tries to find the games, but comes up with nothing. 

I have mame32fx installed in the c:\mame32fx directory and mamewah installed in the c:\mamewah\ directory.

My .ini files look like this:

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

emulator_title                            M.A.M.E.

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                              c:\mame32fx\roms
rom_extension                      zip
dat_file                                  c:\mame32fx\mame.dat
nms_file                                 c:\mame32fx\mame.nms
catver_ini_file                        c:\mame32fx\catver.ini
list_generation_method        rom_folder_vs_listxml

### Execution Settings ###
emulator_executable             c:\mame32fx\mame32fxpp.exe
commandline_format              [name]{autodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_1    [name]{autodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_2    [name]{autodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
game_specific_config_path    c:\mame32fx\cfg

### Artwork Locations ###
artwork_1_image_path          c:\mame32fx\snap
artwork_2_image_path          c:\mame32fx\snap
artwork_3_image_path          c:\mame32fx\snap
artwork_4_image_path          c:\mame32fx\snap
artwork_5_image_path          c:\mame32fx\snap
artwork_6_image_path          c:\mame32fx\snap
artwork_7_image_path          c:\mame32fx\snap
artwork_8_image_path          c:\mame32fx\snap
artwork_9_image_path          c:\mame32fx\snap
artwork_10_image_path        c:\mame32fx\snap
movie_preview_path              c:\mame32fx\previews
movie_artwork_no                  1

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver1
saver_type                              slideshow
movie_path                             c:\mame32fx\movies
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:\mame32fx\music
lcd_display_file_path                     
lcd_fe_text                               

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



### 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 800x600
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

[Minwah]

Use the Mamewah latest beta...recent Mame versions have some major changes which caused problems with older versions.

[moman]

Thanks Minwah.  I used your newest version and it works perfectly on the first try.  Now I need to customize a bit, but so far, very nice!