Mamewah assistance needed

[jmricker]

I'm trying to use Mamewah for the first time and I'm not having any luck getting it to load the list of Mame roms or the layout. I've started with the standard installation and used the basic ini files from CPV2 website and the files for a Mame layout.

I've tinkered with the setup but so far Mamewah loads up, displays the default layout, and shows no roms.

My mame.ini file looks like this for list generation:

emulator_title                            Mame

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  x:\MAME\roms
rom_extension                             
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           X:\MAME\catver.ini
list_generation_method                    rom_folder_vs_listxml

### Execution Settings ###
pre_emulator_app_commandlines             
emulator_commandline                      X:\MAME\mame.exe "[rompath]\[name].[romext]"{nodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
post_emulator_app_commandlines           
general_app_commandlines                  c:\cpv2\cpv2.exe -r=[name] -c=[cloneof];c:\cpv2\cpv2.exe -b="c:\cpv2\images\mamewah.jpg";c:\histview\histview.exe -r=[name]

My Log file shows this:

1/18/2009 8:21:32 PM MAMEWAH v1.63 launched
1/18/2009 8:21:32 PM Cursor scheme: Windows default, Arrow: (None), Wait: (None), AppStarting: (None)
1/18/2009 8:21:32 PM Desktop colour: 2497040
1/18/2009 8:21:32 PM Wallpaper filename: E:\Documents and Settings\Joel\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Desktop Background.bmp
1/18/2009 8:21:32 PM Desktop display mode: 1024x768 @ 75Hz, 32bit colour
1/18/2009 8:21:32 PM Decimal symbol: '.'
1/18/2009 8:21:32 PM Games list read: mame-0.lst
1/18/2009 8:21:37 PM Mode 640 x 480 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour selected after 2 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
1/18/2009 8:21:37 PM Layout selected: X:\FrontEnds\Mamewah\config\layout.lay
1/18/2009 8:21:39 PM No. joystick devices attached: 0
1/18/2009 8:21:39 PM Ctrlr file selected: X:\FrontEnds\Mamewah\config\mamewah.cfg
1/18/2009 8:21:39 PM Keyboard enabled
1/18/2009 8:21:44 PM Mode 1024 x 768 @ 75Hz, 32bit colour selected after 1 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
1/18/2009 8:21:52 PM MAMEWAH quit

I see where the game list read is mame-0.lst -- that may be part of the problem but I'm not sure what it is trying to do. I also placed in that folder the files for the layout. I did rename them from 01mame.lay (etc) to mame.lay thinking that may make a difference but it hasn't. I'm sure I'm missing something simple but can't see what it is. Any ideas would be great.

Thanks

[Ginsu Victim]

Right off the bat I see you're missing rom_extension. It should be ZIP.

[jmricker]

Opps I thought I added that back in already. I changed it back but still no change.

Joel

[massive88]

I see where the game list read is mame-0.lst -- that may be part of the problem but I'm not sure what it is trying to do.

mame-0.lst is the game list for Mame.  It will be autogenerated, and overwritten whenever you process a new list.

Heres a simple question, have you generated a game list from within Mamewah yet?  Once you boot it up, and its sitting in your layout, hit player 2 start (by default) and select game list options > generate list.

I also placed in that folder the files for the layout. I did rename them from 01mame.lay (etc) to mame.lay thinking that may make a difference but it hasn't. I'm sure I'm missing something simple but can't see what it is. Any ideas would be great.

Im not sure what you are saying here.  The file structure for mamewah files should be:

..\
....mamewah.exe
....layoutdesigner.exe
....etc
..\config
....mamewah.cfg
....default layout files
..\config\Mame  ("mame" can really be anything you want, the visible name in Mamewah is pulled from the ini file contained therein, however the ini and the directory name must match I believe)
....mame.ini
....layout.lay
....main.jpg
....etc

[jmricker]

Heres a simple question, have you generated a game list from within Mamewah yet?  Once you boot it up, and its sitting in your layout, hit player 2 start (by default) and select game list options > generate list.

No I did not. I guess I was expecting it to autogenerate it ata startup. Yep that did the trick there.

Im not sure what you are saying here.  The file structure for mamewah files should be:

..\
....mamewah.exe
....layoutdesigner.exe
....etc
..\config
....mamewah.cfg
....default layout files
..\config\Mame  ("mame" can really be anything you want, the visible name in Mamewah is pulled from the ini file contained therein, however the ini and the directory name must match I believe)
....mame.ini
....<b>layout.lay</b>
....main.jpg
....etc

I figured out the layout problem as well. Since you said it was supposed to be layout.lay and not mame.lay, I changed it got it working just fine.

Thanks!
Joel

[massive88]

Great!  Glad I could help!

[Ginsu Victim]

[massive88]

And me....

You don't get all the glory

I shouldn't even respond, but for some reason that comment bugs me.

1) I'm not taking any glory, I was simply responding such that he knew that I saw his thanks, a basic "You are welcome" post.  Should I have used "we" instead of "I"?  I don't think so, due to...
2) He was directly quoting me in his last post when he said thanks.  Therefore justifying the use of "I".  Plus why would I speak for you?
3) Your advice actually makes no difference at all.  You don't have to have a rom extension for it to work with mame, and it will still generate lists and launch games.  Its more correct sure, and will help him set up non-mame emulators, but to his specific question, you didn't answer anything.  So you are fishing for thanks for advice that didn't help, and in doing so trying to make me look like a greedy glory hog?

Dude asks question, dude gets help, dude says thanks, dude gets a welcome.  I don't see what the problem is.

[Ginsu Victim]

Wow.

I post a joke comment and a cheesy grin, and somehow manage to get under your skin. (didn't intend for that to rhyme, but hey, whatever)

Jeeze....lighten up....

No more fighting games for you. It's Hello Kitty from now on!

[massive88]

And I'm glad I wasted my time!

I'm not helpful whatsoever.

I'll shut up from now on and let you field all the questions.

Oh...wait.....



Had to put that in.

Nice edit, and completely missed the point of what I said, but whatever.

Wow.

I post a joke comment and a cheesy grin, and somehow manage to get under your skin. (didn't intend for that to rhyme, but hey, whatever)

Jeeze....lighten up....

No more fighting games for you. It's Hello Kitty from now on!

I'm over it, like I said I probably shouldn't have said anything in the first place, but you are right it just got under my skin.  Probably some repressed memory from kindergarten or the like that causes me to lash out when someone claims I taking undeserved credit.

[Ginsu Victim]

completely missed the point of what I said, but whatever

Nah, I got the point. Maybe it's the fact that you were right that made me ignore it

[polaris]

completely missed the point of what I said, but whatever

Nah, I got the point. Maybe it's the fact that you were right that made me ignore it

you shouldn't use the edit facility the way you do, its been taken away before cos people were abusing it 

[Ginsu Victim]

I don't typically use it that way. It was just me showing that I wasn't taking this conversation seriously.