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MAME Scans but displays No results


rod419

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Hi everyone, 

             I DL'd launchbox and tried to import MAME using the built in wizard. It runs for a few hours, but returns zero results every time, and I've tried at least 10 times at this point. Anyone have any idea whats going on?

My configuration is (H:\) is a logical partition of ?\:, but i did run LB initially in the Users folder, with the exact same results):

LaunchBox Location: H:\LaunchBox

MAME folder: H:\LaunchBox\MAME

Roms folder: H:\LaunchBox\MAME\roms 

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16 minutes ago, neil9000 said:

If the importer is running for a few hours then its definitely doing something, likely downloading all the media. Can you show some images please? Are you saying that after the import you have no arcade platform? Also are you using the MAME fullset importer?

 

Yes, I'm using the full set importer and each time the bar reaches the end and says it's gathering info for "zwackery". thought it might be getting hung on that game so I took it out of the roms folder, and the results have been the same. 

I don't have "arcade"under platforms unfortunately. I'm going to run it again and post pics when it's all done

Just out of curiosity, should the roms be unzipped? 

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2 minutes ago, rod419 said:

Yes, I'm using the full set importer and each time the bar reaches the end and says it's gathering info for "zwackery". thought it might be getting hung on that game so I took it out of the roms folder, and the results have been the same. 

I don't have "arcade"under platforms unfortunately. I'm going to run it again and post pics when it's all done

Just out of curiosity, should the roms be unzipped? 

No MAME roms should never be unzipped.

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6 hours ago, neil9000 said:

No MAME roms should never be unzipped.

aaaand wouldnt you know it. The last scan worked. I didnt do anything different, this time than I did the previous 10 times, but at least I can move on to the next part of my build. 

 

I appreciate the help 

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10 hours ago, rod419 said:

UPDATE: while the scan did finish successfully, it added a bunch of garbage files like these. Is there a way to filter these out? Or does anyone know how they were added?

Launchbox.PNG

What romset are you using? I ask because those "games" in your image are not MAME games. Can you click on one so the details are in the sidebar and take a pic?

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On 7/15/2019 at 5:13 AM, neil9000 said:

What romset are you using? I ask because those "games" in your image are not MAME games. Can you click on one so the details are in the sidebar and take a pic?

Happy Saturday. I ran it again, and the results weren't any different. Can you recommend a good romset? 

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25 Carrot Gold, 250 CC and 28 Plays Later are electromechanical games (fruit/pinball stuff).

2650 Computer System refers to an old 8bit Signetics microprocessor.

These are all emulated by MAME.

Not too sure about the Memory stuff.

It looks like you may have imported everything instead of setting filters.

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