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Title: MAMEWAH help
Post by: heinekenlvr on July 06, 2008, 01:28:14 pm

OK, so I download the newest version of mame(v.125) and mamewah(v163). Everything gets unzipped and I follow the mamewah setup as described on this site.  Mamewah opens without any trouble to the configuration page. So far so good. I put the zipped rom files in the mame rom file. I open mamewah and tried to generate a games list but with no success. It doesn't register the roms. I checked the ini file to make sure I had the right pathway and I do. I'm at a dead end. Should I be using a different version of mame?? Thanks for the help.

Title: Re: MAMEWAH help
Post by: Ginsu Victim on July 06, 2008, 04:05:32 pm

First question: Do you have the rompath line in mame.ini in your MAME program folder pointing to your roms? (This is more than likely the issue)

Second: In x:/mamewah/config/mame/mame.ini what do you have for list_generation_method?

Title: Re: MAMEWAH help
Post by: heinekenlvr on July 06, 2008, 04:22:04 pm

Hi,
I checked the rom_path in the mame ini file and it shows C:Documents and Settings...\mame\roms . This matches up with the mame rom directory.
As for the second question, it shows rom_folder_vs_listxm for the list_generation_method.
I assume that the newest version of mame is compatible with the mamewah??

Title: Re: MAMEWAH help
Post by: Ginsu Victim on July 06, 2008, 05:23:44 pm

Could you copy and paste the contents of your mame.ini (from mamewah) for us to see?

Title: Re: MAMEWAH help
Post by: gonzo90017 on July 07, 2008, 01:24:59 am

Not sure. But I think you need xml2info. Download it and place it inside your mame folder.
http://mame.3feetunder.com/xml2info/

Title: Re: MAMEWAH help
Post by: Minwah on July 07, 2008, 08:10:26 am

Quote from: heinekenlvr on July 06, 2008, 04:22:04 pm

I checked the rom_path in the mame ini file and it shows C:Documents and Settings...\mame\roms . This matches up with the mame rom directory.

Probably a typo, but you need a \ after 'C:'.

Might be worth trying a folder for Mame which does not have long names. eg c:\mame (much easier to configure things this way as well).

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As for the second question, it shows rom_folder_vs_listxm for the list_generation_method.
I assume that the newest version of mame is compatible with the mamewah??

Yes it is compatible and that is the correct method (again, assuming the missing 'l' is a typo). Note xml2info.exe is not needed for this method.

Title: Re: MAMEWAH help
Post by: heinekenlvr on July 07, 2008, 05:23:07 pm

OK, so I decided to paste my mame.ini file

### mame.ini (mamewah v1.63) ###

emulator_title                            Arcade

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  C:\Documents and Settings\guy\Desktop\mame\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\guy\Desktop\mame\mame.exe [name]{nodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
post_emulator_app_commandlines           
general_app_commandlines                 

### Artwork Settings ###
artwork_image_paths                       [emuexepath]\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

Anything seem wrong? Thanks for the help.

Title: Re: MAMEWAH help
Post by: Ginsu Victim on July 07, 2008, 05:27:47 pm

Yep. Missing the \ in this:

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emulator_commandline                      C:Documents and Settings\guy\Desktop\mame\mame.exe [name]{nodosbox}{nosafelaunch}

Should read C:\Documents...

Title: Re: MAMEWAH help
Post by: heinekenlvr on July 07, 2008, 06:53:54 pm

Thanks. I shall give it a try now.

Title: Re: MAMEWAH help
Post by: heinekenlvr on July 07, 2008, 07:58:59 pm

We have success! Well sort of. Now MAMEWAH has compiled my list of games. When I try and load one it shows 'loading' for a second, the screen blinks and then returns to the MAMEWAH screen. Obviously I have missed something.

Title: Re: MAMEWAH help
Post by: mamearcadefreak on August 17, 2009, 01:41:01 pm

hey im new here and i was wondering  that if you guys can help me with my game snaps and movie previews