outchy Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I'm having a MAME region issue and I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. When I launch "Michael Jackson's Moonwalker" through LaunchBox, it opens the "World" version of the ROM instead of the US version, which doesn't function properly. I know the US version works because when I choose it manually in MAME itself, it boots right up with no problem and works great. I just don't know how to force LaunchBox to choose the US version. I tried choosing "Edit" from the game's sub-menu and changed the region dropdown to US but that didn't help. Thanks guys, I appreciate any help you can give. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 When you imported your MAME games, did you select world from the region selection or US? You can go back and edit the game, and change what rom file it's loading to the one you want, if you know what the name of the US rom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outchy Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 I originally selected North America, I believe. The file (mwalk.7z) has the "mwalku" folder within it. Perhaps I should just take that folder out and zip that up to use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outchy Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 And might I say, this is the slickest forum I've ever seen in my life... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 You don't need to edit the actual files. Right Click -> Edit the game entry, and change the rom path to the one you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outchy Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 Hmm, I don't see a way to choose a specific version of the ROM in the ROM file field under "Launcher"... just a specific 7-zip file. Am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Nope. Where it says Rom File, click Browse and choose the other rom file you need, if the importer is not importing properly. If it's not, obviously we need to update the MAME Data files or it was a fluke bug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outchy Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 Sorry if I'm being thick here... but you're saying to just choose a different 7z file that only contains the US version of the ROM? Because this specific 7z file contains a bunch of different versions (World, US, etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Well it depends, if you got the merged version of a MAME Rom set, then that is the case, and that would be exactly why LaunchBox wont give you the proper region. In a split set, that is exactly how that works. A single game can have up to a dozen separate files, and all be completely valid. There's the parent rom, then the child roms, and a child rom may depend on just the parent rom, or an entire line of child roms, and the differences may only be regional differences. In MAME .182, split seems to be broken in a couple of areas, so a non-merged set is preferred as you have your full range of import options, but it has near perfect compatibility. So generally, when you want a different variant on a MAME rom, you can either re-run the import process again and choose the region you want for a second import (you'll import all the non-duplciated games), or you can simply change the path to the rom file when you edit a game. If you only want to change 1 game, and aren't interested in other regions, then editing a single game and choosing the rom file that reflects the region you do want is probably simpler and less cluttered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outchy Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 Ok thanks for the explanation. The weird thing is, this same rom file used to work fine a while back using LB. As far as I know, nothing else has changed but my version of LB. I'm using mame64 v.175 and the same mwalk.7z file as before. I just tried deleting the game from LB and reimporting, making sure to choose North America and it's still launching a distorted version of the ROM (sounds are strange and it's very slow and off-center). But when I go into mame64 directly without involving LB and choose the US version (or a few other versions), it loads up correctly. So confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 someone suggested renaming the rom to the name of the zip you want to use if a merged set but I don't know if it was ever tested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I recall this being an issue too... but I don't recall what fixed it. Your romset will still work on a later version of MAME, have you tried updating MAME by chance? I also want to say restarting had something to do with this, but I honestly do not remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outchy Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 Yes I've tried on mame64 v.182 or whatever the latest version is, same issue. I'll try renaming the file to mwalku.7z and see if that makes a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outchy Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Is there any way I can get an installer for LaunchBox 6.3 or 6.4? I just want to test and see if the rom plays correctly in that build, as I believe it once did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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