Game Launcher and MAME

[chuggy]

I know that i dont know a lot about the software end of this, but im sure this will prove that! I am trying to run MAME and nesticle through game launcher. I got Nesticle running without a problem, but i cant get MAME to run, all my screenshots will load, and it found my directory, but when it opens the game it just goes black for a second, and then goes back to GL. ANy ideas?

[spectre]

edit your mame config file

[rampy]

I know that i dont know a lot about the software end of this, but im sure this will prove that! I am trying to run MAME and nesticle through game launcher. I got Nesticle running without a problem, but i cant get MAME to run, all my screenshots will load, and it found my directory, but when it opens the game it just goes black for a second, and then goes back to GL. ANy ideas?

When you are first setting up emus in GL, set it up with the debug option (in glaunch.cfg i believe) on to see what GL is passing in the command line and more importantly to see the error message.

You can also look at runit.bat and the logs in the log directory...

*Shrug* those are good starting points.

report back with more info if you can't figure it out that way.

Rampy

[chuggy]

the error message is as follows:

C:\mame .exe   .mario
'mame.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

[Odonadon]

the error message is as follows:

C:\mame .exe   .mario
'mame.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Ah yes, wonderful buggy GameLauncher.  Make your roms folder a subfolder of where your mame.exe folder is.  Then tell GameLauncher not to send full rom path.

In your example, your rom folder would be c:\roms

I struggled with this stupid problem for a week before I finally figured it out.  For some reason, Game Launcher replaces the path "c:\roms\" with "."  $20 says this will fix your problem.

Odonadon

[chuggy]

being the fool that i am i slightly botched the error. Oops!
Here is what it really said:

C:\mame> mame.exe marble
'mame.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file.

C:\mame>cd C:\GL\glaunch
C:\GL\glanunch>pause

Press any key to continue

My roms folder is in C:\mame\roms
exe is in C:\mame

[Dave Dribin]

C:\mame> mame.exe marble
'mame.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file.

It means exactly what it says.. "mame.exe" is not a valid executable.  Can you run MAME by hand?  If so,  what is the exact command you use?

-Dave

[Odonadon]

being the fool that i am i slightly botched the error. Oops!
Here is what it really said:

C:\mame> mame.exe marble
'mame.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file.

C:\mame>cd C:\GL\glaunch
C:\GL\glanunch>pause

Press any key to continue

My roms folder is in C:\mame\roms
exe is in C:\mame

Sounds like you're running Win2k or XP, and it can't find any file by the name of mame.exe .  Which version of mame do you have installed?  DOS command line?  If that's so, it should be dmame.exe.  Fastmame?  Shoudl be fastmame.exe.  Verify that you do indeed have a mame.exe in that directory.

Odonadon

[rampy]

I've been bitten by the mamepp.exe bug before =P

usually i rename it to mame.exe for simplicities sake...

Rampy

[chuggy]

Ok

so i got it to launch the games that i have. But now i cant seem to remove the unwanted games from my list. Do i want to use a rom file or not? It would seem easier to not, but it doesnt find any roms if i have it set to no. Also my map file seems to be right, but its not reading that either?

arrrrrg!

[chuggy]

another notch completed.

I got the directory to work, but now for some reason. My map file is only showing some of the games properly? I even cut and pasted the rom names from the rom file so i know they are the right names. Any other ideas. Its not all of the games only some of them.

[Dave Dribin]

another notch completed.

I got the directory to work, but now for some reason. My map file is only showing some of the games properly? I even cut and pasted the rom names from the rom file so i know they are the right names. Any other ideas. Its not all of the games only some of them.

Which games work and which games don't?  List a couple examples of each, and their corresponding entry in the map file.  It could be an upper case/lower case issue, though I thought I fixed that.

-Dave

[chuggy]

Thanks for the reply, but i got it to work. I cant actually tell you what was wrong, cuz i dont know. lol. Now all i got to do is find a stable nes emulator.