Mame PC

[JonnyG]

OK this will show you how to add the arguments to the mame.exe

http:///www.rjlsoftware.com/support/faq/sa.cfm?q=6&n=61

Alternatively, there is an in-built option in Mala which will do the same thing.

 

[big10p]

Actually, you may not need the -log switch. Try running any game (say, Pac-Man) from the command line by typing the following:

mame pacman -verbose > pacman.txt

or if you're running the 64bit version:

mame64 pacman -verbose > pacman.txt

This will create the file pacman.txt in the main MAME folder. Open it up and see if there's any errors reported in it. I'm guessing maybe the GFX cards that don't work aren't compatible with the version of DirectX you have installed on the PC.

big10p2018-07-10 21:22:51

 

[Ropi Jo]

Thanks for that JG. Just shown it to my son and he understands it no problem.

He's also looked at the HDD that failed. Although it wouldn't boot and wouldn't repair he can get into it by putting it into a working PC and copy over the entire mame/mala setup to the new PC.

So, my next question. As the old mame was simply in a folder, can I just delete the contents of this folder (including the old roms and put the new 199 mame into the same folder? I assume Mala will see it the same?

 

[Ropi Jo]

Actually, you may not need the -log switch. Try running any game (say, Pac-Man) from the command line by typing the following:

mame pacman -verbose > pacman.txt

or if you're running the 64bit version:

mame64 pacman -verbose > pacman.txt

This will create the file pacman.txt in the main MAME folder. Open it up and see if there's any errors reported in it. I'm guessing maybe the GFX cards that don't work aren't compatible with the version of DirectX you have installed on the PC.

It's just a clean install of W7 32. Whatever version of direct X is on there will be what W7 put on or from the drivers. It won't have updated itself as there's no internet connection. This is so I don't have to use any firewall or AV.

I will check what version is on though. Thanks.

 

[JonnyG]

So, my next question. As the old mame was simply in a folder, can I just delete the contents of this folder (including the old roms and put the new 199 mame into the same folder? I assume Mala will see it the same?

Yeah, as long as you put things in the same folders with the same names then Mala should pick them up. It's simple enough to check from the Mala settings that it has the right mame.exe specified anyway.

If you're using 0.199 with a bunch of old roms you might run into problems with some of them though. There's absolutely no point in using an old version of MAME, as aside from a few breaks here and there it generally only gets better performance wise.

So you may find a need to update to the latest romset at some point.

JonnyG2018-07-10 21:46:34

 

[Ropi Jo]

My son downloaded the full latest set last year. They take up 9 or 10 DVDs. But I don't intend to put them all on like I did last time. My 'short-list' is about 300 plus the ones I couldn't get to work. Can't wait!!