Zombeaver Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 I actually use an older build myself (v.167). I just got it from the MAMEUI website, though it's on v.188 now. Have you tried Retroarch at all? Like I said, that's what I use for the vast majority of my arcade stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Can i ask what method you used to import your MAME games? Because the fact that none of them work and that you have zero artwork also, is very strange to me. Unless you specifically unchecked ALL the artwork checkboxes at import you should have quite a lot of artwork in your Arcade section. Also did the mame import screen show? The one where you can prioritise region, skip clones, exclude adult games etc. It's just a hunch but as nothing works and you have no artwork, i'm wondering if you imported as something other than Arcade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheeler Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 I have artwork for MAME, all my other systems only have box art in launch box, but when I launch a game the art disappears. I just downloaded Retroarch and will try that as the emulator.....do I have to go into each Rom and edit them to run on RrtroArch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 use ctrl+a to select all games then use ctrl+e or right click to edit this will open bulk edit wizard there you can change the emulator for all selected games in one shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheeler Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 (edited) Will update this tomorrow with my progress. I cant thank you all enough for the help. Edited August 20, 2017 by Wheeler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 @Wheeler What version MameFX and what version romset are you using? Reason I ask is I can replicate this exact issue with my Mame 0.186 romset and any version of MameUI from 0.186 and newer. Both Mame and LB are pointed to where the roms are. The files will play fine in Mame, but when you direct LB to the Mame .exe and the correct roms it will not open in LB. It gives the file missing error and if you open the rom zip you can see the files there. The only way I have got it to work was download Mame 0.175 .exe. If I point LB to that version .exe and leave the 0.186 roms it will launch the rom. Change the .exe path back to 0.186 I get the error. I could even change it to 0.165 and 0.169 versions of the .exe I have and I do not get the error. So for now I just left LB pointing to the 0.186 roms and the 0.175 MameUI .exe. Here is an example of it saying files missing, but you can see in the rom there are there. This game will run directly in Mame no issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 @Retro808 very interesting! For standalone MAME I use MAMEUI v0.167 so that might explain why I haven't had this issue. That certainly seems like something worth testing @Wheeler. It looks like you can get older versions of it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheeler Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 (edited) OK I tried retroarch and I can get ROMs to play if I go into RetroArch itself and load it, but from launchbox I can right click and hit play and nothing happens. @Retro808 the roms worked just fine in HyperSpin launching from their FE. Edited August 21, 2017 by Wheeler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 @Wheeler With it working both in Hyperspin and directly in FE it still makes me curious about which version MameFX you are using. I can get any version of MameUI to work as long as it is before 0.186. Do you know what version the MameFX you are using is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 For RetroArch did you go into manage emulators edit your RA entry and add arcade to the RA associated platforms arcade is not included in the automatic setup if I remember correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Just now, DOS76 said: For RetroArch did you go into manage emulators edit your RA entry and add arcade to the RA associated platforms arcade is not included in the automatic setup if I remember correctly Was just about to say the same, also remember there are several mame versions, so you need to put the exact one you are using in the associated platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheeler Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 (edited) ok Arcade is there but whatever should be to the right of that is blank (which might also have been the reason MAME was not working). What exactly should go there? Edited August 21, 2017 by Wheeler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 13 minutes ago, Wheeler said: ok Arcade is there but whatever should be to the right of that is blank (which might also have been the reason MAME was not working). What exactly should go there? You will need to add the name of the mame core that you are using, you can find this in your Retroarch/Cores folder. So you should have a line that looks a bit like, -L "cores\the name of your specific core_libretro.dll" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Wheeler said: (which might also have been the reason MAME was not working) No, that's normal for standalone. For RA though, every core needs the .dll to be specified in the associated platform tab, as Neil indicated above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheeler Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 ok so I have been waiting to update the info for RetroArch as my PC if looking at every game in my library to get the box art and such. I started this by going to tools than download metadata. It took forever (still going) and noticed a red link above the cancel button that said I had over 9000 errors and when I click on it I get the following: And if you were to go to the right at the very end stated the remote server returned and error ( 404 error). I am signed into emumovies and it tests the connection to that just fine......so again I am at a loss. PS sorry for being a PITA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 (edited) It could just be that Emumovies API is down. It happens from time to time. Even though you can log into their site the API is different and sometimes goes down for a short bit. Edited August 21, 2017 by Retro808 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheeler Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 hank you will try again later on, now that that I all over with finally I tried to update RetroArchs core. There was a few MAME one and I tried them all with little success. It only plays the very OLD arcade games, where games like Killer Instinct 1 and 2 will crash RetroArch. I would love to top bugging you all with this, honestly. I just don't know why I cant see to get MAME or RetroArch to work with this FE. RetroArch will not open Killer Instinct with any code selected I should mention. Any thoughts and fixes is greatly appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Since you said previously that your rom set was the 152 set you will probably want to use the Mame 2014 core which is based off the 159 build of Mame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 (edited) No worries. One thing great about this forum is the members will stick with you and try to figure out any issues. I would try a different version of Mame. @Zombeaver earlier linked to some older version of Mame. Try one of those. edited to add: What version MameFX are you using? Maybe I can load it on my system and see if I get the error as well since I no I can recreate it with MameUI. Edited August 21, 2017 by Retro808 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I am going to make a suggestion right now and while it probably isn't the most appealing at first glance I believe it really is the best in the long run. I would suggest obtaining an up to date rom set and the command line version of Mame to match the set. If that is not an option due to internet bandwidth caps or something I fully understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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