MadK9

MAME 0.223 No-Nag View File Sorry for the delay, i was moving at the time of release. This could be the last No-Nag i release as the Mame devs maybe adding a softer option for game warnings, some code was added in this release but was rolled back just before release, and the release notes added information as to what may be acceptable in future builds, the following is the notes as posted. As this may or may not appear in the next release i will wait until then to make a decision on future versions. -Revert "ui: allow to skip warning popup at start" [Vas Crabb] * This reverts commit 74f456df945cd1720dc4d6bc105f64c13e62ced8. * I will allow the feature with the following conditions: - No skipping red warnings. - A key-value map of device shortnames and yellow warnings must be stored in the .cfg file, along with a timestamp of the last time the system was run and the last time a warning was shown. - On starting a system, the map of device shortnames and yellow warnings must be built and compared to the one loaded from the .cfg file. If it doesn't match, if the system hasn't been started in seven days, or a yellow warning hasn't been shown in 14 days, the warning is not to be skipped. There is an added option in the TAB menu in game to see any Warnings that have been suppressed on loading a game, showing if the rom has any known issues, please use this option to check the game/rom before using any online forums for help with the game/rom in question NOTE: This does NOT interfere with the Leaderboards at all. **This removes the nag screen that informs you if a rom doesn't work correctly, or if at all, if you use this no nag, then please do NOT go to the mame support site with issues with games, please only use if you understand that there will be no help from anyone at mamedev as you are using a modified version of mame. mame64.exe - Normal Mame with Nags removed. For Version 0.223 Its recommended to download the full 0.223 official pack and install it, then just overwrite the exe with the replacement, this covers any changes the mame devs may have made to the support files. After you have done this, make sure you copy the folders artwork, ctrlr, cheat, hlsl, ini, folders and the mame.ini file from your original mame folder, and move/copy them to the new install. For those of you on old installs make sure in the mame.ini file you have the following set. Skip_gameinfo 1 ***If you use this no nag, then please do NOT report game issues or rom issues to mame support Submitter MadK9 Submitted 08/16/2020 Category Third-party Apps and Plugins  

They are just symbolic links, like shortcuts, just an easy way to link a folder without having multiples of the same folders, or moving folder structures that can break other things.

Beta 4 now runs for me whereas 3 wouldn't run at all, nothing changed in the setup from previously trying. Also RL is fixed to a point where i see a symbolic link being used for the data folder, but i had to add an Images folder symbolic as well, as RL uses LB's image folder to gather images that are displayed on fades. I know there are some that use the video folder too in their fades. But in all from the very limited testing i did, beta 4 seems to fix the issues i was having, can't comment on other stuff until i test some more.

i also ran in to difficulties with the new beta's. Rocketlauncher seems to be messed up, trys to load the xml file from core/data ??, i also couldn't get Beta 3 to even load, just did nothing, yet Beta 2 did at least load for me, rolled back to beta 2 and again it loaded. So not sure why Beta 3 wouldn't even load. No logs im afraid i rolled back to stable for the time being.

MAME 0.222 No Nag View File NOTE: This does NOT interfere with the Leaderboards at all. **This removes the nag screen that informs you if a rom doesn't work correctly, or if at all, if you use this no nag, then please do NOT go to the mame support site with issues with games, please only use if you understand that there will be no help from anyone mamedev as you are using a modified version of mame. mame64.exe - Normal Mame with Nags removed. For Version 0.222 Its recommended to download the full 0.222 official pack and install it, then just overwrite the exe with the replacement, this covers any changes the mame devs may have made to the support files. After you have done this, make sure you copy the folders artwork, ctrlr, cheat, hlsl, ini, folders and the mame.ini file from your original mame folder, and move/copy them to the new install. For those of you on old installs make sure in the mame.ini file you have the following set. Skip_gameinfo 1 ***If you use this no nag, then please do NOT report game issues or rom issues to mame support Submitter MadK9 Submitted 06/27/2020 Category Third-party Apps and Plugins  

Pretty sure skip_validitychecks was removed from mame a long time ago. Also you can't skip the screens when loading a rom, you need to use a NoNag mame for that. Also skip_disclaimer is not an option either.

Yep that would do it, roms change and evolve a lot in mame each month, so using the current mame with a 3 year old rom set will have a lot of issues. Mame's exe keeps its own db and has games marked as working/nonworking, and using a set that old you could be seeing games marked as working in the ui, but the games may not have be working that far back, so that set has damaged roms/files that the new mame is checking against and ofc can't find the files it expects.

Are you using the correct mame version for that set as using the incorrect mame version for the rom set you have will cause issues. Also as im sure you are aware, that set is like 3 years old now, lots of changes and advancements have been made in mame since that release. and just search for mame 0.221 roms, i hear the archive site is pretty good

I tend to agree with Neil here, i would like to see in LB just a versioning number for the current mame metadata version would be really nice, but i think there are far more important additions than this tbh. Even though i do the no nags for mame each month, contrary to that my setup is still 0.205. Reading the patch notes each month tells you what new games/clones are added, and you can add them yourself quicker than the team here can update the data, its not hard to find the metadata, http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/ is one site that covers each rom with all the information you will ever need.

Mame 0.221 No-Nag View File NOTE: This does NOT interfere with the Leaderboards at all. mame64.exe - Normal Mame with Nags removed. For Version 0.221 Its recommended to download the full 0.221 official pack and install it, then just overwrite the exe with the replacement, this covers any changes the mame devs may have made to the support files. After you have done this, make sure you copy the folders artwork, ctrlr, cheat, hlsl, ini, folders and the mame.ini file from your original mame folder, and move/copy them to the new install. For those of you on old installs make sure in the mame.ini file you have the following set. Skip_gameinfo 1 Submitter MadK9 Submitted 05/19/2020 Category Third-party Apps and Plugins  

The issue at hand is the 3rd party version of mame you are using, the author changed the default path for mame.ini, using the proper mame exe will solve any further issues you may have, using a 3rd party version can carry risks of stuff not working correctly. And as LB uses proper mame as its default, then the issues you have fall at the mameui devs fault. The team here cant fix every issue that xxx emulator may have.

Yes, just make sure you add that path to the mame.ini file. here's mine as an example. rompath "roms;..\..\Roms\Arcade\Arcade Roms;..\..\Roms\Arcade\Arcade Roms Bios;..\..\Roms\Consoles\Atari\Atari 5200;..\..\Roms\Consoles\Misc\ColecoVision;..\..\Roms\Consoles\SNK\SNK Neo Geo AES;..\..\Roms\Consoles\SNK\SNK Neo Geo CD;..\..\Roms\Consoles\Sega\Sega Saturn;..\..\Roms\Arcade\All Killer No Filler;..\Roms\Arcade\Capcom Play System III;..\Roms\Arcade\Capcom Play System II;..\Roms\Arcade\Capcom Play System;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Atari Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Capcom Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Data East Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Irem Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Konami Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Midway Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Namco Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Namco System 22;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Nintendo Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Sega Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Sega ST-V;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\SNK Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Taito Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Williams Classics;..\..\Roms\Handhelds\Nintendo Game & Watch;..\..\Roms\Handhelds\Tiger Handheld Electronics"

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I have to ask why you are Zipping CHD files? CHD files are already compressed to an equivalent compression ratio of Maximum within 7z. So compressing can actually make the files larger than a standard CHD file. Also just in case people are unsure, Mame 0.221 does not exist as of yet. Just adding this image, the same chd compressed in 7zip at Maximum compression, is 1k larger than the chd itself, i know that size is not even worth bothering with, but its just a time waste imho for no gain other than adding an unpack step where there doesn't need to be one. I guess getting them from other sources means they are 7z already which i find a little strange, so yeah the script can help a few people get to grips with it via a script, or just highlight all your 7zipped chds and bulk extract to mame folder using the context menu.

From what i remember its pretty normal for LB to hang around in task manager after closing as it writes the xml's on exit, once its done that task it closes fully, so if you have it on a slower drive it will be more noticable. I had that message the other day, after trying to run LB too quick again after closing it.

A quick hack for this is to use a symbolic link from the source video, and just rename the symbolic link as needed, i use this for multiple files/folder in LB that use matching media and even my data folder and image cache folders use these as i have them active on another drive. HardLink Shell Extension. This is probably the best an easiest app to use to create links, install right click folder/file and select 'Pick Link Source' then right click in the location you want it and you will either be ablew to choose 'Drop As' or Drop as Symbolic Link. Hope that helps you for the time being.

Just following this up, the no nag should never interfere with normal mame operations, as the changes are ui orientated. If anything changes in the future i will make sure its noted in the downloads.

I personally don't see the DIP Switches as cheats though, they are an integral part of the actual arcade machine. I get why they may need to be looked at, but they are not cheats and should not be classed as. Having worked in the industry for a number of years, we changed dips on a regular basis, machines that were popular normally had their DIPS set high, and vice versa for poor performing machines, during quiet times games had dips lowered as it was more locals playing than tourists. While i get the need for a fair and level playing field for the leaderboards, the machines themselves have this option, it's not an external addition needed to invoke them. This is my personal view on it, but i respect any decision that may or may not be made about them.