why can't i load a game in mamewahhhhhhh

[jardine]

Struggling to get a game to play through mamewah..can someone please help out a newbie.

Pushing one player or key 1 on the keyboard doesn't work...is there a trick to this??

Also...how do i get it to show screenshots of the games?

HELP ME PLEASE...i'm going made scouring the posts and wiki....

cheers

[Minwah]

Pushing one player or key 1 on the keyboard doesn't work...is there a trick to this??

If nothing at all seems to happen, then your emulator executable may be incorrect. If it tries to do something but doesn't get as far as the game then your commandline_format is probably wrong.

Also, have a look in mamewah.log - it should give you a point in the right direction.

Also...how do i get it to show screenshots of the games?

In emuname.ini, set (eg):

artwork_image_paths c:\emulator\snap

This will display the images in Artwork #1...to display in more Artwork objects, seperate paths with a semi-colon:

artwork_image_paths c:\emulator\snap;c:\emulator\titles;c:\emulator\marquees

etc

Ensure you have the system files installed also, or PNG files will not be displayed.

[jardine]

Hey...thnx....tried looking in there and all seems ok....the log did help..thanx for the tip

My mame application it is pointing too however doesn't seem to have any sort of icon associated with it...does this mean it may be corrupted? It is just a white box with no mame32 logo...if you know what i mean.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated...thanx again

[Minwah]

My mame application it is pointing too however doesn't seem to have any sort of icon associated with it...does this mean it may be corrupted? It is just a white box with no mame32 logo...if you know what i mean.

I suspect it is commandline MAME? The icon on my PC is like a tiny Window's window, white with a blue title bar.  If you are using MAME32 then I suggest switching to the standard commandline version.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated...thanx again

So still no joy? Post your (Mamewah) mame.ini - maybe there is a problem with your emulator_commandline or something.

[jardine]

Minwah...don't think me rude by not replying to your thread...my wife and i just had a baby and i've been in hospital for a looooonnnnngggggg time  drinks on me everyone 

will post that mame.ini for you soon..help is still needed...but bed is needed to...

Cheers

[Minwah]

No problem, and congratulations! 

[superart]

edit

[jardine]

ok minwah..here below is how my mame.ini in mamewah looks...see what you think..really keen to get this up and running so i hope you can help out.....


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

emulator_title                            Arcade

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  C:\Documents and Settings\JarrodM\My Documents\Downloads\M.A.M.E\MAME .123\roms
rom_extension                             zip
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           [emuexepath]\catver.ini
list_generation_method                    auto:rom_folder

### Execution Settings ###
pre_emulator_app_commandlines             
emulator_commandline                      C:\Documents and Settings\JarrodM\My Documents\Downloads\M.A.M.E\MAME .123\mame.exe [name]{nodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
post_emulator_app_commandlines           
general_app_commandlines                 

### Artwork Settings ###
artwork_image_paths                       \artwork\snap
movie_preview_path                        [emuexepath]\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



[/quote]

I suspect it is commandline MAME? The icon on my PC is like a tiny Window's window, white with a blue title bar.  If you are using MAME32 then I suggest switching to the standard commandline version.

Ok...yes it is exactley as you describe it above...how can i switch to a commandline version as you have mentioned. Will this help rectify the problem?

[Minwah]

I have altered a few things...highlighted in bold - try changing these settings, running Mamewah and refreshing your list.

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

emulator_title                            Arcade

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  C:\Documents and Settings\JarrodM\My Documents\Downloads\M.A.M.E\MAME .123\roms
rom_extension                             zip
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           [emuexepath]\catver.ini
list_generation_method                    rom_folder_vs_listxml

### Execution Settings ###
pre_emulator_app_commandlines             
emulator_commandline                      C:\Documents and Settings\JarrodM\My Documents\Downloads\M.A.M.E\MAME .123\mame.exe [name]{nodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
post_emulator_app_commandlines           
general_app_commandlines                 

### Artwork Settings ###
artwork_image_paths                       c:\mame\artwork\snap
movie_preview_path                        [emuexepath]\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

Ok...yes it is exactley as you describe it above...how can i switch to a commandline version as you have mentioned. Will this help rectify the problem?

Sounds & looks like you are probably running commandline MAME already.

[jardine]

Minwah...still no response. This is what i get in the log:

18/03/2008 11:16:56 AM emulator_executable: C:\Documents and Settings\JarrodM\My Documents\Downloads\M.A.M.E\MAME does not exist in RunGame!

Does this mean it just isnt finding the mame.exe file...?

[BradC]

Since there are spaces in the directory structure, maybe try putting the whole thing in quotes. Not sure if that will help but it's worth a shot.

"C:\Documents and Settings\JarrodM\My Documents\Downloads\M.A.M.E\MAME .123\mame.exe [name]{nodosbox}{nosafelaunch}"

[jardine]

Stil no go     

oh why is this soooo...

[gonzo90017]

Seeing as you haven't been able to solve your problem. How does starting from scratch sound?
Download this pack I made for Mamewah called AutoMamewah Then download this add-on pack for mame 0.123 and unzip it inside C:\ if anything pops up just click on yes. More info:

AutoMamewah 1.62 60hz

This pack contains the following systems

32x
Gameboy Advance
gameboycolor
gamegear
Genesis
lynx (you need a bios image called lynxboot.img)
mame (you need to include your own version)
mastersystem
Model 2
n64
Nebula
neogeopocket
nes
Raine
Winkawaks (to exit it's necessary to press ENTER to pause the game, then Alt+F4 to exit)
zinc
Zsnesd

Installation

1. Unzip the zip file in your C:\ Drive you should end up with C:\juegos

2. Go inside Mamewah's folder (C:\juegos\Mamewah) and launch Setup.bat it
   takes a few seconds to install. When it's done press OK

3. Put your roms in the "roms" folder for every emulator you would like to use. Do
   the same for the snaps and videos (for Nebula,Winkawaks,Raine, and Zinc use Mame's folders)

4. Launch every emulator and adjust the controls to your liking. For Zsnes once your done
   open zsnesw.cfg and change this line GUIDisable = 0 to GUIDisable = 1 other wise you'll go
   back to Zsnes's menu instead of to the frontend when trying to exit.

5. This package doesn't include a mame version since everyone uses a differnt on
   just unzip your version inside C:\juegos\mame\

6. If you want background music during the gam selection screen put your mp3's
   inside C:\juegos\musica

GENERATING GAME LISTS

 Launch Mamewah located in inside C:\juegos\Mamewah
 Press Keyboard key "2". Choose "Select Platform" and press 1
 You'll be presented with a list of emulators, choose one then press 1
 then press "2"> Game List Options> Generate list.

DEFAULT KEYS
 "1" Launches a game when selected and also serve as select when in the menu
 "2" Brings up the Menu
 "3" Previous Emulator
 "4" Next Emulator
 "ESC" Exits the game and also exits Mamewah when in Mamewah

All of these keys can be change. You have to modify "Mamewah.cfg" located
in C:\juegos\Mamewah\config instructions are located in the "docs" folder in
a file called "controles"

You can also change the keys to exit the emulators, since i'm using
Closemul. Read "Closemul - Readme"

If you don't want or need a particular emulator just delete it from 2 folders
C:\juegos\Mamewah\config and C:\juegos\

For those of you who have pc's that won't run NeoGeo, Capcom or any other
mame games I have included some "alternative" emulators:Nebula, Winkawaks, and Raine
For Capcom and Neogeo I recommend Nebula.If there's a Mame game that runs
slowly give Raine a try. List of Raine supported games: http://www.rainemu.com/games/

Thanks to Jcrouse for his magnificent layouts. http://www.cpviewer.emuchrist.org/
Thanks also go out to Zebidee for his Zinc how to.
 

[Minwah]

   
emulator_commandline                      C:\Documents and Settings\JarrodM\My Documents\Downloads\M.A.M.E\MAME .123\mame.exe [name]{nodosbox}{nosafelaunch}

Sorry, I didn't notice before but from your log is seems to not like the '.123' part of the path above. Try renaming it to just 'MAME123'.

[jardine]

MINWAH I COULD KISS YOU YOU BEAUTIFUL BEING 

I did what you said by removing the .123 to just 123 and it worked.... I LOVE YOU....heheheheheheh so so happy. Thankyou so much....

Gonzo...tried your setup as well (before the majuc of minwah) and i have to say that is one great setup you got. The link for the add-on pack for mame .123 didnt seem to go anywhere though. Can you check this out for me as  would love to keep the app. on file. very impressive my man.

MINWAH...once again thank you soooo much.   

[gonzo90017]

Link has been fixed.