Mame No-Nag Updated Monthly, Current Version: 0.278

@gavatron I have posted before how to edit the source and compile mame.

It takes time, about an hour to do, remember any mistakes you make may not show up in the compile

untill very near the end so you just waste even more time (ask me how i know). So take your time.

Additionally, the code base changes and as such the diff files will not match versions.

 

NOTE: use the line numbers as a guide, as the source changes the lines move, and if there is no major change to the source then there will be no diff file for the new version. 

Edited January 20, 2023 by MadK9

8 hours ago, MadK9 said:

@gavatron I have posted before how to edit the source and compile mame.

It takes time, about an hour to do, remember any mistakes you make may not show up in the compile

untill very near the end so you just waste even more time (ask me how i know). So take your time.

Additionally, the code base changes and as such the diff files will not match versions.

 

NOTE: use the line numbers as a guide, as the source changes the lines move, and if there is no major change to the source then there will be no diff file for the new version. 

This is exactly what I was searching for, thanks for going out of your way to reply here for me @MadK9. 

36 minutes ago, gavatron said:

This is exactly what I was searching for, thanks for going out of your way to reply here for me @MadK9. 

I should of added, the only section of mamedev you want is the Downloads, just grab the latest mysys

msys64-2022-01-12.exe 

then close the page, you will not do any of the other stuff.

Edited January 20, 2023 by MadK9

perfect solutions for removing this nags. I was wondering if it is possible to also remove the screen 'state successfully loaded'. i don't think this message is needed and it looks not nice in a cabinet

4 hours ago, mandermannen said:

perfect solutions for removing this nags. I was wondering if it is possible to also remove the screen 'state successfully loaded'. i don't think this message is needed and it looks not nice in a cabinet

Not something i will do, sorry.

Thank you for your response. Is there maybe another way? Are there video's of how to compile mame? Im not an expert in this

could you share the files you modified? I would love to make a version for linux

On 1/28/2023 at 9:16 AM, mandermannen said:

Thank you for your response. Is there maybe another way? Are there video's of how to compile mame? Im not an expert in this

 

On 2/16/2023 at 3:12 AM, BrunoRaji said:

could you share the files you modified? I would love to make a version for linux

Scroll up just a little in this thread you will see i already gave instructions on how to no nag for yourself, its pretty easy to do.

I am having the same issue...I followed the same guide for a launchbox install of MAME.  I downloaded the matching .252 no nag exe and overwrote the one in the mame folder within launchbox, but I will get nag screens when launching games....did I miss something?

3 hours ago, daysgoneby81 said:

did I miss something?

In LB go to Emulators and then confirm that your emulator path is pointing to the no-nag exe.

4 hours ago, daysgoneby81 said:

I am having the same issue...I followed the same guide for a launchbox install of MAME.  I downloaded the matching .252 no nag exe and overwrote the one in the mame folder within launchbox, but I will get nag screens when launching games....did I miss something?

The No Nag will only suppress the Rom Warning window when you run a rom that has known issues, To check this run a game and on startup

does a window show up like for example the following

If so, then you have something configured wrong, to check further if you press TAB with a game loaded.

If this line 'Warning Information' is NOT there then No Nag will have done nothing, as it will only suppress Warnings and the Initializing txt.

The no nag is working fine, its tested fully before release and if i made a mistake it would be picked up on the day i release it, this release is at the end of its cycle, and a new version should be out on Wednesday the 29th.

Thanks.  I think I was misunderstood on what a NAG screen was.  I believe what I am talking about are the ROM check screens and bootup within the ROM.  I assume you cannot skip those without booting from a save state.

mame 253 released.

https://www.mamedev.org/release.php

On 3/29/2023 at 10:52 AM, daysgoneby81 said:

Thanks.  I think I was misunderstood on what a NAG screen was.  I believe what I am talking about are the ROM check screens and bootup within the ROM.  I assume you cannot skip those without booting from a save state.

Correct, you cannot skip that since integral to the emulation.  From a ROM view it is just like powering up the real arcade unit and it will do whatever is done as far as boot cycle.  As you noted, save states are only solution (or using a fast forward button/key assignment).  

using chrome on windows 10 and 11 latest release reports virus found.

 

On 3/31/2023 at 2:34 AM, Yenome said:

using chrome on windows 10 and 11 latest release reports virus found.

 

This is a false positive... 

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/8022ebd7294319e11bb97f26e223ee1b9e3cb3b2ab5345d051c522da114e32db/detection

I always scan the exe prio to upload to make sure its clean, and if a virus was present i would see everyone that downloaded it reporting the same thing,

Edited June 1, 2023 by MadK9

Thank you.

@MadK9, I will echo what everyone else has said - thank you for doing what you do.

Thank you for this no-nag build.
Please, start compiling No-Nag 32bit for Windows XP 32bit as well.
Definitely, it will also be more appreciated.

2 hours ago, Farhan said:

Thank you for this no-nag build.
Please, start compiling No-Nag 32bit for Windows XP 32bit as well.
Definitely, it will also be more appreciated.

Unfortunately this wont happen, you are the first person to ask for this since i started doing the no nags from mame 0.218, nearly 4 years ago. as mame themselves only release the 64bit version compiled now, the demand for it is very very low. My suggestion is to compile it yourself making sure not to use the 'PTR64=1' switch .

I have left instructions on how to compile this no nag several times on this forum and i also believe in this thread, its not hard to do

Sorry i can not offer any more than that.

hey noob here 

I download the no nag .exe replaced the orginal .exe but I still get the "press an key to continue screen" and the load up nags for all games. not sire if I"m doing it right. ROMS and MAME are 0.263. my expectation is that the ROMS should load right to the start. overall everything else in launchbox is working perfectly.

9 hours ago, Gullly said:

hey noob here 

I download the no nag .exe replaced the orginal .exe but I still get the "press an key to continue screen" and the load up nags for all games. not sire if I"m doing it right. ROMS and MAME are 0.263. my expectation is that the ROMS should load right to the start. overall everything else in launchbox is working perfectly.

Are you sure you downloaded the correct version for whichever version of MAME you are using?

16 hours ago, Gullly said:

hey noob here 

I download the no nag .exe replaced the orginal .exe but I still get the "press an key to continue screen" and the load up nags for all games. not sire if I"m doing it right. ROMS and MAME are 0.263. my expectation is that the ROMS should load right to the start. overall everything else in launchbox is working perfectly.

Per the instructions, did you "make sure you also set in the mame.ini  'Skip_gameinfo  1' "?

Alternately, you can add to the command-line parameters -"skip_gameinfo" (without quotes).

 

7 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

Per the instructions, did you "make sure you also set in the mame.ini  'Skip_gameinfo  1' "?

Alternately, you can add to the command-line parameters -"skip_gameinfo" (without quotes).

 

Thank you. OK this is probably it. can you expand on this one.  where would I enter the command line parameters or edit the MAME.ini?

57 minutes ago, Gullly said:

Thank you. OK this is probably it. can you expand on this one.  where would I enter the command line parameters or edit the MAME.ini?

Open up Notepad and put in the following text:

mame.exe -cc

Save it as whatever name you want for it like CreateConfig for example and then change the .txt extension to .bat. Put that file in the same directory/folder with your mame.exe and then just double-click on it and the mame.ini, plugin.ini and ui.ini files will be created in the same folder. Open mame.ini with any text editor like Notepad, find the skip_gameinfo line and change the 0 to a 1, save and close it. Next open ui.ini, find the skip_warnings line and change the 0 to a 1, next find the skip_biosmenu line and change the 0 to a 1, then find the skip_partsmenu line and change the 0 to a 1, save and close.🙂

Edited March 24, 2024 by gh0stp1rate