Mame v0.89 +also Atomic FE

[langdoguk]

does atomic FE ( I mean the the plug n play version )work with mame v0.89( I have this on disc) , if not would I be better using Mame 0.89 through Atomic FE .( don't know how to use mame but can I just install it and direct it to my FE)
I've tried clmpro (seems pretty hard for me)

sorry for not being too clued up 

I've spoke to pacman and wonderboy and they said you would help

[youki]

Hi, yes Atomic works with 0.89 too.

I think your question , is : Can i replace the version provided in a plug'n play module by another version.

the answer is yes.   Let me know, what module you use, i will say you how to proceed.

[langdoguk]

thanks, I'm using arcades simple plug n play
(arcades_angelscry.exe)
Also I don't have mame 0.89 , only the roms and snaps etc , should I try and get that.

[langdoguk]

Wrote the first post last night after quite a few beers , seemed to love using brackets (hate using brackets after drinking)

Bracketman

[youki]

Hi BracketMan 

So, if you want change the mame version in the arcade_simple module. You can proceed like that.

1- take mame089  from here : http://www.mame.net/zips/mame089b.zip

2-unzip it in a folder (not in ATomic , in a temp folder or where you want else)

3-go into the   <atomicfe>\plugnplay\arcade_simple\mame folder and rename the subfolder ctrlr to something else : (ex :ctrlr_bak )

4- rename the Mamep.exe which is the same folder to mamep.bak

5-copy the mame.exe and the ctrlr folder you just unzipped to :
  <atomicfe>\plugnplay\arcade_simple\mame

6-rename the mame.exe (you just copied) to mamep.exe

That's all. It should work now. Your module will use mame 0.89 , instead of the 0.105.

Let me know, if you have problem.

[langdoguk]

Thanks , I done that and it worked fine. 
A few questions about the gamelist :
1) is there a way to get all the games in alphabetical order , most are but there are quite a few that are not eg tetris in with the A's etc.
2)Is there a way to just show one version of the game ,I think there are about 8 versions of Arkanoid and other games , I looked in Atomic manager but couldn't see anything .
3)Is it possible to show only working games.

thanks again 

[youki]

I don't have Atomic under my eye here.

So i will answer you better later. but :

Concerning the alphabetical order, it seems i have a bug somewhere in my sort routine. The Tetris is in the "A" because his rom name is atretris.zip , that's not normal it is in the A because the module should sort on game title and not on romname. I will investigate that.  For now the work around would to build a already sorted gamelist instead of let Atomic sort it. But i will check that.

For the other too point, it is possible.  but here too, it is by building your own game list and exclude list.

If you look in <atomicfe>\plugnplay\arcade_simple\roms  folder, you will see in addition of your roms 3 .TXT files :
FullList.txt
gamelist.txt
excludeList.txt

FullList.txt is the file that contain translation of romname to title . ( a kind of dictionnary , if you want change the displayed title for a game you can modify this file).

gamelist.txt is the list of games that Atomic will display, if the rom is present.

excludelist is the list of roms that Atomic won't display anyway (even if in the gamelist.txt , generally it contains BIOS roms)

AtomicManager provide you a tool to generate gamelist and excludelist, based on some ini file  to allow to filter game quickly.

if you open the file :
<atomicfe>\plugnplay\arcade_simple\arcades.cfg with AtomicManager , you should see a "GameList" tab , it is where you can build your own gamelist.

Do you know that there is a official support forums for ATomicFE in English ?

here : http://spaceinvaders.7.forumer.com/index.php

It would be nice, if you can ask technicals question here. Just to centralize all AtomicFe information.