Can't launch games with Mamewah

[thomascirca]

Hi!

I'm in the process of building a mame cab and I'm having some problems getting mamewah to run correctly. I can generate the list of games correctly, but whenever I select one, it loads it, immediately quits, and then brings me back to the mamewah menu. Here's what the log reports:

5/17/2009 8:39:31 PM MAMEWAH v1.65 launched
5/17/2009 8:39:31 PM Cursor scheme: Windows default, Arrow: (None), Wait: (None), AppStarting: (None)
5/17/2009 8:39:31 PM Desktop colour: 9981440
5/17/2009 8:39:31 PM Wallpaper filename: C:\WINDOWS\web\wallpaper\Bliss.bmp
5/17/2009 8:39:31 PM Desktop display mode: 640x480 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour
5/17/2009 8:39:31 PM Decimal symbol: '.'
5/17/2009 8:39:31 PM Games list read: mame-0.lst
5/17/2009 8:39:31 PM Mode 640 x 480 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour selected after 1 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
5/17/2009 8:39:31 PM Layout selected: C:\MAMEWAH\config\layout.lay
5/17/2009 8:39:31 PM No. joystick devices attached: 0
5/17/2009 8:39:31 PM Ctrlr file selected: C:\MAMEWAH\config\mamewah.cfg
5/17/2009 8:39:31 PM Keyboard enabled
5/17/2009 8:39:40 PM Current drive/directory selected: c:\mame
5/17/2009 8:39:40 PM Commandline run: c:\mame\mame.exe tmnt {flags=201}
5/17/2009 8:39:40 PM Application quit: c:\mame\mame.exe tmnt
5/17/2009 8:39:40 PM Mode 640 x 480 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour selected after 1 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
5/17/2009 8:39:40 PM Mode 640 x 480 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour selected after 1 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
5/17/2009 8:39:45 PM Current drive/directory selected: c:\mame
5/17/2009 8:39:45 PM Commandline run: c:\mame\mame.exe tmnt2a {flags=201}
5/17/2009 8:39:45 PM Application quit: c:\mame\mame.exe tmnt2a
5/17/2009 8:39:45 PM Mode 640 x 480 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour selected after 1 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
5/17/2009 8:39:45 PM Mode 640 x 480 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour selected after 1 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
5/17/2009 8:39:46 PM Current drive/directory selected: c:\mame
5/17/2009 8:39:46 PM Commandline run: c:\mame\mame.exe tmnt2 {flags=201}
5/17/2009 8:39:46 PM Application quit: c:\mame\mame.exe tmnt2
5/17/2009 8:39:46 PM Mode 640 x 480 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour selected after 1 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
5/17/2009 8:39:46 PM Mode 640 x 480 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour selected after 1 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
5/17/2009 8:39:49 PM Mode 640 x 480 @ 60Hz, 16bit colour selected after 1 attempt(s) at 1/2 second intervals.
5/17/2009 8:39:50 PM MAMEWAH quit

My screen was set to 640 x 480 with 16bit color before running mamewah. I can get the games to run fine just using mame, but not with mamewah. Anyone have any advice?

Thanks!

[gonzo90017]

We need to see the ini file you're using for mame.

[thomascirca]

Here's my ini:

### mame.ini (mamewah v1.65) ###

emulator_title                            MAME

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  c:\mame\roms\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:\mame\mame.exe [name]{nodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
post_emulator_app_commandlines           
general_app_commandlines                 

### Artwork Settings ###
artwork_image_paths                       c:\mame\snap; c:\mame\titles
movie_preview_path                        c:\mame\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

[zorrobandito]

Well, everything looks in order. My only query is your roms path. Do you really have you roms in another directory called roms?

Just to double check - you can actually see the game get loaded by MAME?

Turn off {nodosbox} and see if you can see an error reported by mame?

Other than that, perhaps check if you have a book resting on your escape buttons? 

[thomascirca]

Nope, no books. The problem was in the roms path. Once I changed verything to C:\mame\roms it worked like a charm! Before I had a nested roms folder that I had copied over from another hard drive and I guess that was causing the problem. Many thanks zorrobandito!

One other quick question, how do I replace the Mamewah logo on the right to a title picture? I have the proper directory set up with the images, but they don't display. Thoughts?

Now that I have this resolved I can move full speed ahead on the cabinet. Wish me luck!