Need Help!!! MAMEWAH COnfig issue!!!

[RockCandy24]

Hello all! I am new to this hobby and am having some problems. I have configured MAMEWAH V162 to run with MAME (V113 & V061) and it works like a champ. All the information I needed was available on this site and net.... It took me a while to work through configuring it but I finally got it up looking the way I want it to. Now I am trying to configure some various console emulators and coming up with nothing. I have been at this for days, I know it is a newbee mistake I am sure. I have tried using various example *.ini files I have found here and on other sites (CPViewer) with no luck. My first attempt is the modified FCEU I got off of the CPViewer site. The closest I have come to getting anything to work is when I copy my MAME *.ini file and re configure it for FCEU.... It looks like this:

### NES.ini (mamewah v1.62) ###

emulator_title                            Nintendo

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

### Execution Settings ###
pre_emulator_app_commandlines             
emulator_commandline                      c:\arcade\nes\fceu.exe [name]{nodosbox}
post_emulator_app_commandlines           
general_app_commandlines                 

### Artwork Settings ###
artwork_image_paths                       c:\arcade\nes\snapsth]\art9;[emuexepath]\art10
movie_preview_path                        c:\arcade\nes\previews
movie_artwork_no                          1
enable_fuzzy_search                       0
history_dat_file                         
history_dat_artwork_no                    2

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver               1
select_random_game                        0
saver_type                                gamelist_slideshow
movie_path                               
movie_fullscreen                          1
quit_delay                                0
saver_commandline                         

### Additional Settings ###
music_path                               
lcd_display_file_path                     
description_display                       [description]{scroll}

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


What happens is when I try to generate a game list FCEU opens in a small window, no roms load to my layout list and i get an "Error opening "-listxml"! message. (I am putting a screen shot of the error on here.) Now I am not a complete tard.... I obviously know this has something to do with the "list generation method" setting in my *.ini file but when I remove that and set it to auto or rom folder nothing happens at all. Once again I am sure I am just working my way through common mistakes..... but pulling my hair out every night is becoming frustrating. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer!

[Jedirampage]

Heyd dude,

Try this


c:\arcade\nes\fceu.exe "[rompath]\[name].[romext]"{dosbox}{safelaunch}

hope it helps

[Jedirampage]

oh and on list generation method, just have Rom_Folder

[patrickmaher]

The reason you get the error is that -listxml is not valid to use for NES. You should be using rom_folder but it gives you no response because MameWah does not see any roms and you get a blank list. MameWah does not see this as an error so it does not give you any visual response.

List generation should be
list_generation_method                    rom_folder

Check that your roms are really at the path you have specified
rom_path                                  c:\arcade\nes\roms

Also check that the roms are .zip files, if not you need to change zip to the correct extension on this line
rom_extension                             zip

You can also look at the mamewah.log to see what it says is happening during the list generation.

[RockCandy24]

OK I changed the files as suggested (Thx Jedi) and I verified that the directory to the roms folder is correct and that the roms in that folder are all zip files. This time when I generate list the message window pops up and says scanning rom folder (or something like that) and then closes with no change. Here is the log that is generated:


5/15/2007 7:12:17 PM MAMEWAH v1.62 launched
5/15/2007 7:12:17 PM Cursor scheme: Windows Default, Arrow: C:\WINDOWS\Cursors\arrow_l.cur, Wait: (None), AppStarting: (None)
5/15/2007 7:12:17 PM Desktop colour: 0
5/15/2007 7:12:17 PM Wallpaper filename: C:\Documents and Settings\Michelle\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Wallpaper1.bmp
5/15/2007 7:12:17 PM Desktop display mode: 1024x768 @ 60Hz, 32bit colour
5/15/2007 7:12:17 PM Decimal symbol: '.'
5/15/2007 7:12:17 PM Games list read: Old Mame-0.lst
5/15/2007 7:12:17 PM Layout selected: C:\Arcade\MAMEWAH V162\config\Old Mame\\layout.lay
5/15/2007 7:12:18 PM No. joystick devices attached: 0
5/15/2007 7:12:18 PM Ctrlr file selected: C:\Arcade\MAMEWAH V162\config\mamewah.cfg
5/15/2007 7:12:18 PM Keyboard enabled
5/15/2007 7:12:21 PM Layout selected: C:\Arcade\MAMEWAH V162\config\NES\\layout.lay
5/15/2007 7:12:21 PM Games list read: NES-0.lst
5/15/2007 7:12:24 PM List generation started...
5/15/2007 7:12:24 PM List generation aborted
5/15/2007 7:12:24 PM Games list read: NES-0.lst
5/15/2007 7:12:49 PM MAMEWAH quit

So now I think It got better...... I think  Any more insight?

[gonzo90017]

I was having the same problem a few days ago. The problem is with the mamewah version you're using. Use this one http://files-upload.com/230787/mamewah_v162b13a.zip.html and you should be ok.