Mamewah problems

[neokidgeo]

Hi guys,
I've never used a frontend before and i'm having a few problems running mamewah,
First problem the mamewah screen is only half screen and the second problem is when i chose a game screen goes blank then it returns to game list, Is there anything i need to change in the files? i'm using mame123 and xp with all updates.

Thanks guys

[massive88]

Question 1:

Open up the mamewah.ini in the main directory.

Find the line under
### Misc Settings ###
....
safe_mode                              1
....

and change it from a 1 to a 0 for fullscreen.

Question 2:

You arent passing the rom to mame, you need your commandline to look like:

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### Execution Settings ###
pre_emulator_app_commandlines             
emulator_commandline                      C:\Emulators\Arcade\Mame\mame.exe [name]{nodosbox}
The [name] is passing the name of the rom that you have selected to mame.

[neokidgeo]

Hi massive88,

Great i now have full screen  thanks

I did what you said but i'm now getting a dos box and message
device does not meet minimum requirements for 3d rendering.

could this be a pc problem and not something to do with mame?

Thanks again for your help 

[massive88]

Are you getting that error when you select a game in Mamewah?

Make sure that Mame works when you try to launch it from a command prompt.  If it works fine, then theres something you need to fix in Mamewah.  If it doesnt work, then you need to figure out whats wrong with Mame.

I havent seen that error before so Im not sure what the problem is.

[neokidgeo]

I've jus tried mame32 and it's saying i need direct3d, I've had to downgrade to an older computer.

[neokidgeo]

Just found out this pc don't support direct3d, I change mame32 to gdi and it works so is there a way i can change mame and mamewah to gdi?

Thank guys

[Minwah]

Just found out this pc don't support direct3d, I change mame32 to gdi and it works so is there a way i can change mame and mamewah to gdi?

I assume you need to set Mame to use DirectDraw instead of Direct3d (?)  Try editing c:\mame\mame.ini and setting 'video ddraw' instead of 'd3d'.

If you don't have a mame.ini there, then create one by typing 'mame -cc' from a commandline.

edit: spelled ddraw wrong :p

[neokidgeo]

Hi minwah,

I can't find direct3d on the ini file, Do i need to add anything to the ini file?

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

[massive88]

I believe he means the mame.ini in your C:\Mame\ directory, NOT the mamewah ini file which would be something like C:\mamewah\config\mame\

You need to change your Mame setting, what you posted is your mamewah setting.

Make sure you have mame up and running correctly from the command line first, so you can be sure that all your future problems are front end related.

[neokidgeo]

Hi guys,

O.k hope this is the right one
Not sure what to change
Sorry for the stupid questions but i have know idea when it comes to computers 

### mame.ini ###

### Frontend Related ###
clones 1

### Windows path and directory options ###
rompath roms
samplepath samples
# inipath <NULL> (not set)
cfg_directory cfg
nvram_directory nvram
memcard_directory memcard
input_directory inp
hiscore_directory hi
state_directory sta
artwork_directory artwork
snapshot_directory snap
diff_directory diff
ctrlr_directory ctrlr
cheat_file cheat.dat
history_file history.dat
mameinfo_file mameinfo.dat

### Windows video options ###
autoframeskip 1
frameskip 0
waitvsync 0
triplebuffer 0
window 0
ddraw 1
direct3d 0
hwstretch 1
cleanstretch auto
resolution auto
refresh 0
scanlines 0
switchres 1
switchbpp 1
maximize 1
keepaspect 1
matchrefresh 0
syncrefresh 0
throttle 1
full_screen_brightness 0.000000
frames_to_run 0
effect none
screen_aspect 4:3

### Windows Direct3D 2D video options ###
zoom 2
d3dtexmanage 1
d3dfilter 1
d3dfeedback 0
d3dscan 100
d3deffectrotate 1
d3dprescale auto
d3deffect none
# d3dcustom <NULL> (not set)
# d3dexpert <NULL> (not set)

### Windows misc options ###
sleep 1
rdtsc 0
high_priority 0

### Windows sound options ###
audio_latency 1
# wavwrite <NULL> (not set)

### Input device options ###
mouse 0
joystick 0
lightgun 0
dual_lightgun 0
offscreen_reload 0
steadykey 0
keyboard_leds 1
led_mode ps/2
a2d_deadzone 0.300000
# ctrlr <NULL> (not set)
paddle_device keyboard
adstick_device keyboard
pedal_device keyboard
dial_device keyboard
trackball_device keyboard
lightgun_device keyboard
digital none

### Mame CORE video options ###
norotate 0
ror 0
rol 0
autoror 0
autorol 0
flipx 0
flipy 0
debug_resolution auto
gamma 1.000000
brightness 1.000000
pause_brightness 0.650000

### Mame CORE vector game options ###
antialias 1
translucency 1
beam 1.000000
flicker 0.000000
intensity 1.500000

### Mame CORE sound options ###
samplerate 44100
samples 1
resamplefilter 1
sound 1
volume 0

### Mame CORE misc options ###
artwork 1
use_backdrops 1
use_overlays 1
use_bezels 1
artwork_crop 0
artwork_resolution 0
cheat 0
debug 0
# playback <NULL> (not set)
# record <NULL> (not set)
log 0
maxlogsize 10000
oslog 0
skip_disclaimer 0
skip_gameinfo 0
skip_validitychecks 0
crconly 0
bios default
# state <NULL> (not set)

### Configuration options ###
readconfig 1
verbose 0

[neokidgeo]

Do i need to change all the d3d arts in this section to ddraw?

### Windows Direct3D 2D video options ###
zoom 2
d3dtexmanage 1
d3dfilter 1
d3dfeedback 0
d3dscan 100
d3deffectrotate 1
d3dprescale auto
d3deffect none
# d3dcustom <NULL> (not set)
# d3dexpert <NULL> (not set)

[massive88]

Try it and see?

[neokidgeo]

Tried it no luck 

[neokidgeo]

I had a friend take a look at my pc and he managed to turn on d3d but i'm still getting the error message ( device does not meet minimum requermentd for 3d rendering) and at the top of the message it says mame no driver loaded [empty] would this still be a pc problem?
Heres the mamewah note pad file

1/03/2008 23:04:36 MAMEWAH v1.62 launched
01/03/2008 23:04:36 Cursor scheme: Windows default, Arrow: (None), Wait: (None), AppStarting: (None)
01/03/2008 23:04:36 Desktop colour: 9981440
01/03/2008 23:04:36 Wallpaper filename: C:\WINDOWS\web\wallpaper\Bliss.bmp
01/03/2008 23:04:36 Desktop display mode: 1024x768 @ 60Hz, 24bit colour
01/03/2008 23:04:36 Decimal symbol: '.'
01/03/2008 23:04:36 Games list read: mame-0.lst
01/03/2008 23:04:38 Mode 640 x 480 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour selected after 2 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
01/03/2008 23:04:38 Layout selected: C:\MameWah\config\layout.lay
01/03/2008 23:04:39 No. joystick devices attached: 0
01/03/2008 23:04:39 Ctrlr file selected: C:\MameWah\config\mamewah.cfg
01/03/2008 23:04:39 Keyboard enabled
01/03/2008 23:04:39 Current drive/directory selected: C:\Mame
01/03/2008 23:04:39 Commandline run: C:\Mame\mame.exe {flags=210}
01/03/2008 23:04:44 Application quit: C:\Mame\mame.exe
01/03/2008 23:04:45 Mode 640 x 480 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour selected after 2 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
01/03/2008 23:04:45 Mode 640 x 480 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour selected after 2 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
01/03/2008 23:04:47 Mode 1024 x 768 @ 60Hz, 24bit colour selected after 1 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
01/03/2008 23:04:48 MAMEWAH quit

[ideft]

not sure if you have to do this once or every time you launch a game.  Use the switch

-video gdi or -video ddraw on your command line

[neokidgeo]

With a bit of blind luck and the gods watching over my shoulder i got it to work by editing the ini file above by looking at the mame32 ini, deleted the d3d section and added video ddraw 1 to the video option section and it works 
I think thats what minwah said but couldn't work out until now what part he meant.

Thanks for all your help guys