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1 minute ago, sundogak said:

no, don't put in that bogus stuff after the semicolon as long as you have:

..\MAME 0.240\CHDS
..\MAME 0.240\ROMs
..\MAME 0.240\SAMPLES

It should be this: 

rompath                   roms;chds
samplepath                samples

 

But my files aren't there.

Emulator is at:
Launchbox\Emulators\Mame 0.240\Mame.exe

Roms are at
Launchbox\Games\Mame\Roms
                                               \CHDs
                                               \Samples

Wouldn't putting what you have make it look for them in subfolders of the mame emulator itself?

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Making it come up 2 directories from the mame launcher to then go into the games\mame directory where the games are to launch them.

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Because my mame launcher is in

LaunchBox\Emulators\MAME 0.240\

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Just now, sundogak said:

Okay..good still suggest you get rid of this:  ..\..\Games\Mame\roms

What MAME will interpret is "Come up two directories from the MAME folder, then look for ROMs from that point.  So it would be looking at same level as your LB folder (plus not needed since have ROMS there).  

Ah, so do

rompath                   roms;..\..\Games\Mame\chds
hashpath                  hash
samplepath                samples;..\..\Games\Mame\samples
artpath                   artwork

 

in the mame.ini?

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2 minutes ago, sundogak said:

With the paths you showed initially, this doesn't need to be there only the ROMs entry:

..\..\Games\Mame\roms

 

Did you use the Tools, Import, MAME Full Arcade Set in LB?  It isn't clear what you are referring to when you say "it" doesn't detect the roms...you talking MAME or LB?  Does MAME work outside LB? 

When I said "It", I was referring to the mame executable.

It works now, it went from saying it couldn't find the games to loading them (CHD's included) without issue. Not sure why it wouldn't detect them before with zero change, but it detects them now. So good enough so long as it sticks.

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Ok, nevermind, it went from giving a missing rom error to actually loading the games.

I retract (and delete) my previous statement.

 

Using
rompath                   roms;..\..\Games\Mame\roms

And it didn't work till it did....

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I understand I can probably just put the CHD files in the Roms folder and get them to work, but that still wouldn't solve the issue with the sample files.

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Have my mame setup as:

Launchbox\Games\Mame\Roms
                                               \CHDs
                                               \Samples

 

Had Launchbox auto install and configure Mame .240 for me. Not sure how to edit the paths so it loads the CHDs and Samples when it loads the games. Do I put it relative to the emulator itself or relative to the roms launchbox will be launching for me. And if I put it relative to the emulator, I think I am doing it wrong.