SentaiBrad

Well just to not get confused, it is MAME .175, and I did say the MAME core, the one without the years. So JUST the MAME core. Also, you really need to get a ROM set for MAME. If you have a rom set, all you need to do is put the files in the "roms" folder and that's it. If you have been watching the tutorials that's all you need to do. You don't need to put the games any where special if you use RetroArch.

Well first, I would suggest watching our tutorials that you can get to from clicking the link in my signature or at the top of the forums. After that, the MAME Core in RetroArch isn't bad, but MAME or MAMEUI is certainly an option. There are some small trade offs, it just depends on what you want. RetroArch has some better controller support and shader support, but MAME stand alone may have some better performance. RetroArch also takes some time to update the MAME core (which is just the MAME core by the way and no cores with a year after the name). So the MAME core was just recently updated from .170 to .175, so that was several weeks / months of not being up to date if that's something you care about. Just make sure that you get a MAME Split set that matches your version of MAME. So if you get MAME .175b from the MAME site (or MAMEUI), then grab a MAME .175 split rom set and you should be good to go. Grab the CHD pack if you can download the giant file size and want the games that will offer. Make sure to import your games as the system Arcade so that it can properly use the MAME Importer. For better, more detailed help, you should really watch the tutorials. If you have more questions feel free to ask.

AS far as I read in this thread was that you just need to disable it in the options? I don't know where or what, but that's what I remember reading. Is there a plugins menu?

Yea, that's odd. NTSC / N. American box art should be preferred and there's no specific options to swap them in Image Priorities. The only thing I could think of is that someone replaced the images on the Database and it got approved?

Using custom configs is a lot easier than that. use -C after the end of the -L command. So for my SNES default command line parameter: -L "cores\bsnes_balanced_libretro.dll" -c "config\bsnes_balanced_libretro.cfg" Use the "Save new config" option on the first page of RetroArch when you load the core you want to create the new config for. It will create the new config based on the config that was previously loaded.

NewYears1978 said Wondering if at some point I can port my HTPC/Kodi style theme that I was making for HyperSpin (you can see it here: http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/topic/13804-aeon-mq6-unified-16x9-wip-branch-of-dark13s-aeon-nox-xiii-htpc-kodi-style/) I hope so as LaunchBox is far more user friendly for the unexperienced user. Since this looks very close to one of the BigBox views as is, then yes. BigBox was made in the same theming engine we are allowing users to use to create their themes.

Honestly, the Arcade video applies to literally quite all of them. As long as they use MAME naming, which they do, that video applies. If you know how to add and change around emulators (which you do), then that is the only unique part of the video really. I don't know if force importing using the MAME Metadata Importer has been fixed, but as long as you scrape as and use the MAME Importer it works just like the general Arcade tutorial.

I don't quite get what you are asking or saying.

The platform is called Arcade and not MAME, but that sounds like a bug. I'll forward this to Jason ASAP.

A newer version of the games and MAME. With MAME it's very picky about what files you have, just grabbing 1 file for a game doesn't always work. The best thing to grab is a MAME Split set, and the latest version is .175. So a MAME Split 175 set and MAME .175b or MAMEUI .175b.

It's alright, don't worry. Using LaunchBox to import a few systems will teach you a lot easier than it would be for us to explain every step though.

All of the Arcade models need to be run through the MAME Importer (which may still be broken anyways), then they need to be scraped as Arcade. There also may just not be a lot of games in the Database for the specific boards.

If you start using LaunchBox, or look through the Database, it will answer a lot of your questions.

There is a separate MAME xml to convert the rom names to game names internally during the MAME importer.

I like how so far we're all more than 50% extroverted. xD

Yea it's actually odd, I would say that this is pretty damn accurate.

I fixed the link.

That was interesting. https://www.16personalities.com/enfj-personality

You could potentially do something like this with Theming.

Yea we need to get an arcade cab and they're expensive.

Ooh that is sexy.

Should have been fixed in the latest beta I thought.

That's saying that files in the set of files for the game you are trying to play are missing. Are you using the same install of MAMEUI in LaunchBox? Also, when importing for LaunchBox we have it parse out a newer version of MAME, so it may be importing improperly, potentially.

Sweet, thank you @ea4492. The more we have the better.

That checkbox needs to be unchecked for MAME. Those games NEED to be in their archives. Also, if you're using an older version of MAMEUI make sure that you're using the MAME Set that matches the version.