Game won't load in LaunchBox, works fine in mame

[Armhunter]

I tried looking at other threads on this but couldn't find exactly what I need.

I have a few machines.  One at my JiuJitsu academy and one at home I just built.  The one at the academy has Killer Instinct 1 and 2 and they work fine.  No Issues at all.

I copied the files, kinst.zip and the CHD folder.  brought them home and placed them in my Mame directory which is the exact mame version that other machine is running.  The game works fine in Mame, so then I populated it into Launchbox and it won't load.  It acts likes its loading and it goes back to the main screen.  I think its trying to load the incorrect version because its asking for a file I don't have in the folder.  but I already know it doesn't need it since the academy arcade works fine in mame and launchbox and this game works fine in mame on this same machine.  I figure I can't be the only one with this issue.  I appreciate the help.

 

[Retro808]

4 hours ago, Armhunter said:

It acts likes its loading and it goes back to the main screen.  I think its trying to load the incorrect version because its asking for a file I don't have in the folder. 

LB will only attempt to load the rom that you imported. That is unless you use the Full Mame Set import tool and do not keep a full mame rom set. What file is it asking for?

If it works directly in Mame and not in LB that typically means something is not linked right in your LB. Is the path to the rom correct in LB and is it pointing to the correct emulator? Safe to assume the other Mame games in this particular cabinet work in LB?

[Armhunter]

3 hours ago, Retro808 said:

LB will only attempt to load the rom that you imported. That is unless you use the Full Mame Set import tool and do not keep a full mame rom set. What file is it asking for?

If it works directly in Mame and not in LB that typically means something is not linked right in your LB. Is the path to the rom correct in LB and is it pointing to the correct emulator? Safe to assume the other Mame games in this particular cabinet work in LB?

It’s pointed to the same rom file.  All the others in the folder work.  It’s looking for a full set of files for kinst.  I’ll try to delete and pull it in a different way. It’s doing the exact same to killer instinct 2 and they both work in mame.. I’ll do more testing and get back to you guys Sunday. 

[Retro808]

Not sure what you mean by its looking for a full set of files. KI only needs the correct zip and chd file. Is it telling you you are missing files inside the kinst.zip? 

Gonna ask again as you never answered. What exactly is the file you say it is asking for?

Technically LB does not care what is in the zip. Its only sends a command line to Mame to start the game. Mame cares about the game zip contents. Which is odd since you say it works in Mame. What version is your Mame and roms?