How to stop CPU/Driver/Video info in MAME?

[Johnny T]

Is it possible to stop this little info window from popping up in MAME?

It's not a major problem but I can't see any use for it so would be good to bypass it?

Thanks  

[Lordmonkus]

You will need to find a No Nag build of Mame or compile one yourself.

@NJDave71 is an awesome person and uploads them here on the site for people to use.

https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/category/5-third-party-apps-and-plugins/

[Johnny T]

Brilliant!!! Thanks LM and a big thanks to @NJDave71 for your efforts too!

[FlightRisk]

Actually, you can skip those popups by putting these in the mame.ini file:

skip_disclaimer         1
skip_gameinfo           1

I believe you can also use it as a command line option when running mame from a front end loader with -skip_gameinfo. So no need to have to find a recompiled version or compile it yourself.

This will NOT get rid of the messages that report issues with the roms such as no sound or incomplete graphics. That does require a recompile. Apparently, this used to be an option, but so many people turned it off and then were complaining about issues with roms when a game didn't work, causing a support nightmare for the Mame developers, that they removed it. So now they purposely will not allow it to be turned off without someone going through the difficulty of finding a custom build or building it yourself. That should limit the people who forget they turned it off and report a known not working rom.

Also, there is the "No Name Mame" build that has options to add skip_gamewarning and skip_baddumps that takes care of those warnings too.

Edited September 27, 2018 by FlightRisk
correct typo and add no name mame tip

[Johnny T]

Hi @FlightRisk that's great info. Thanks very much. I'm not too fussed for the warning messages as, I agree, it's a good thing as it lets you know to potentially expect problems.

I'll stick the disclaimer/gameinfo bits in my .ini though.

Thanks again for taking the time to answer.

Cheers John