djwar Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 i got this weird problem, for instance Asteroids arcade rom, when I try to launch it through launchbox it does not find the rom files, it won't launch the game, but if I do it through mameui it does it fine with no problem... this has happened to me with 3 different games so far.. and to make sure I go to edit, browse the rom file again, just in case, but still the same.. and btw I got 2 mame emulators added, .167 and .175, I got .175 as a default one, but only .167 launch the game through launchbox, I know is not the rom path, cause the problem is with 3 games only mameui launch the game but launchbox won t do it.... what could it be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I have seen some odd issues where MAME UI and MAME will use separate configurations, so that could be the issue. But it could be any number of things. Also make sure your ROMs are located in the folder that is configured for MAME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 The only time I have run into this issue is when I have 2 different folders for roms. I have a "full" set and a "favourites" set of games I have pulled out. I don't have a full Mame list set up in Launchbox I just import games from my favourites folder to keep things from getting too crazy. Sometimes when I pull a game from the full set into the favourites I forget to pull in a "parent" rom with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djwar Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 I only have 1 rom folder and the problem is with the same parent called "asteroid Asteroids (rev 4)" well the problem so far is with only 3 roms of all my rom set, but what if find strange or a coincidence is that all this 3 games are Vector games Below you can compare and see for yourself that the rom path is the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Hmm I didn't have the original Asteroids pulled into Launchbox but just for testing I pulled the rom over into my mame favourites rom folder and imported it into Launchbox. I use Mame 0.174 command line version and my Asteroids is revision 4 just like yours. The game loads just fine so there is something weird going on for you. If the game is loading just fine when going through MameUI itself it should work. Usually when a game isn't loading it is either a missing parent / bios or a rompath issue but it doesn' appear to be the issue since the game is green in MameUI. You mentioned that you have 3 games including Asteroids with this problem, what are the other games ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djwar Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 all of em are vector games, they are asteroids asterois deluxe and boxing bug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Ok so it's not just Atari games. Man I am really at a loss on this one. If the games are loading though MameUI 0.175 itself they should load through Launchbox unless you somehow got some setting in Launchbox causing a problem. It has to be some weird little thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djwar Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 If I had an incorrect setting wouldnt be affecting all games ? I can make a mp4 clip, but can it be upload it here ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Like I said I am completely stumped at the moment. Everything I can think of off the top of my head right now I don't think it is. I thought maybe you had a different emulator set for those games but I can see in your first pic it's set to 0.175. Your second pic is showing the rom is green in MameUI so your roms are correct. My first post I said whenever I have run into this problem it was a rompath issue or I didn't have a parent rom copied over but you only have the one rom folder. Sorry I am stumped, hopefully someone else sees this and can think of what the problem would be. I really don't think this would cause or fix the problem but I don't use MameUI, I use the command line version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djwar Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 I have mame .167 and .175 added in launchbox, both have same settings and path. If I switch to .167 the games launches with no problem whatsoever, but if I select .175 i got this weird isnit.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Hmm, open your rom file and see what's inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djwar Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 yeah I re download the roms and I checked a website to see how many files should be in there also. But remember they open fine in mame interface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Here is what is inside my astdelux.7z file. It matches what is missing in your picture. That message usually means it cannot find those rom files so your rom path is wrong or your rom file is wrong. But everything you are saying and showing says your path and rom is correct. I am really stumped but I can almost guarantee at this point once you figure it out it is going to be something really stupid and simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djwar Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 I was doing some test .. does vector games have different paths or settings ? I set mame to run in window mode, but vector games run in full screen ... mmmmm weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 They don't have different paths. I don't know about settings though but they should run in windowed mode just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djwar Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 I found out that right click on vector folder in mame interface has properties... let me know if you are able to watch this clip, black screen before it ends, means running in full screen asteroi.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Yeah I saw the video. Yeah there are properties but the vector section is just how the vector lines are displayed so you can tweak how they look. So weird that it will run full screen but not windowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djwar Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 and you see, is working fine, weird that it isnt through launchbox... I been checking all my mame games 1 by 1 (this is taking me forever)... so far only asteroids has this issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 It is weird, i'm at a total loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djwar Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 Now that we are talkin.. is there a way to refresh your roms games through launchbox? for instance, you put more roms in your rom folder, refresh through launchbox to look for new files and add em.. if there isnt, that would be helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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