Mame Tutorial for n00bs

[EvilHomer777]

All of them.

[Lordmonkus]

Ok.

Try copying your mame.ini file into the main Mame folder where the executable is located.

[EvilHomer777]

Holy wacamole. That worked! O_O

The file was originally located inside a folder called ini by default. Thanks!

Edited December 8, 2017 by EvilHomer777

[Lordmonkus]

Good to hear, there seems to be an issue with Mame where if the mame.ini file is located in the ini folder it doesn't read it when launched through Launchbox (maybe other frontends as well but I don't know).

One of the first steps I have in my guide is with a new install of Mame is to generate a mame.ini file using the command line parameter -cc, this generates the mame.ini file right in the main folder.

[EvilHomer777]

I did upgrade from Mame ver.172. Maybe back then the ini file was not inside a folder like it is now.

Actually, scratch that. It was from ver. 162.

Edited December 8, 2017 by EvilHomer777

[Lordmonkus]

It could very well be that those older versions didn't mind the mame.ini being in the ini folder and launching Mame via command line through Launchbox.

[EvilHomer777]

It looks like that was the case.

Now, what's a quick way to transfer all the control config settings from each game, from the old version of Mame to the new one, without having to go into each game individually? 

[Lordmonkus]

I would assume simply copying over the .cfg files to the cfg folder should be just fine, I can't say that for certain though since I have never done it myself.

[SagaXIV]

Hi, i hope I'll be able to find an answer here.

 

I currently have trouble importing MAME 0.192. Certain games that have been added in 191, for exemple Dragon Tresure 1 and 2, dont show up in the import list in Launchbox.

Is there anything I can do for that, like manually changing a mame.dat to 192 somewhere? Or any orther solution? 

If needed, for futher information, im using Arcade64(formerly mamuifx), and got a merged set 192 w/ roms and CHDs.

Thanks!

[Lordmonkus]

Merged rom sets are not recommended, non merged or split sets are.

You could also try manually importing individual roms for specific games and forcing it to import duplicates.

[neil9000]

3 minutes ago, Lordmonkus said:

Merged rom sets are not recommended, non merged or split sets are.

You could also try manually importing individual roms for specific games and forcing it to import duplicates.

Agreed, 

 

[SagaXIV]

I guess I'll try one last import, and see if anything goes. In other cases, I'll run some RomVault to make a split or non-merged. Thanks!

[neil9000]

11 minutes ago, SagaXIV said:

Hi, i hope I'll be able to find an answer here.

 

I currently have trouble importing MAME 0.192. Certain games that have been added in 191, for exemple Dragon Tresure 1 and 2, dont show up in the import list in Launchbox.

Is there anything I can do for that, like manually changing a mame.dat to 192 somewhere? Or any orther solution? 

If needed, for futher information, im using Arcade64(formerly mamuifx), and got a merged set 192 w/ roms and CHDs.

Thanks!

Nope, unfortunately. The MAME file in Launchbox is older than your file.

[Lordmonkus]

You should still be able to force import individual games though, I did that with Akai Katana.

[neil9000]

1 minute ago, Lordmonkus said:

You should still be able to force import individual games though, I did that with Akai Katana.

Yep me too.

[SagaXIV]

Boo, after reading a couple threads on mame import, I fully understand the issue and situation. I guess it's either manual game imports as suggested, or ... idk!?

[neil9000]

The majority of games will import just fine.. If you have a specific game just add it manually.

[Chris Kant]

Does anyone know if I can run the MAME Arcade64 Version in LaunchBox? I did not able to start any game yet :-( even through Rocketlauncher not

[Lordmonkus]

It should work, I seem to recall trying it at one point but I won't wear that I did.

Look in your main Mame install folder where the exe is and see if there is a mame.ini file there, if there is not then look in the \ini folder for it and if it is there instead copy it out to the main folder next to the exe.

[Lordmonkus]

Updated the original post to add an image to illustrate the differences between merged, non merged and split Mame rom sets.