PDSUK Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Hope somebody can help. When I try to launch a mame game from Launchbox or Bigbix the game doesn't load. it tried to load it but then it cuts out. I can launch mame manually and run the roms from there. I installed a megadrive emulator and successfuly luanched games using the same methods. Mame version is 0.240b Launchbox installed to D:\Launchbox Mame Installed to D:\Launchbox\Systems\Mame Lauchbox imprted games to D:\Launchbox\Games\Arcade Launchbox has detected all games and metadata Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Are you running standalone Mame or Mame in Retroarch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDSUK Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) I'm using standalone mame. The first time I tried this I let Launcboix download and install mame for me the second time I tried it all manually in the same way I set up kega fusion. Either way Launchbox just doesn't seem initiate mame correctly. But like I said if a launch mame on its own I can rund the games from there. Edited February 18, 2022 by PDSUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Weill if they run fine directly in Mame then you have a setting wrong. Can you edit the emulator in LB and post a pic of the Details tab and the Associated platforms tab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDSUK Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 Attched a few pics of how its set up. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Uncheck the remove quotes box from your 2nd screenshot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDSUK Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 Just tried unchecking the remove quotes box but still no joy I'm afraid. Thanks for taking the time to try and help by the way. It's a strange one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDSUK Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 Ok I unticked the "attempt to hide console window" and manged to capture a quick pick before it went off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Ok that means your 1942 game rom is wrong. You say that you can load games manually, does your rom set match your emulator version ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDSUK Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 Iv'e started afresh and have managed to get it Launchbox/Mame working together by setting everything up manually only adding the roms I want to the mame/roms folder. Which is fine because I prefer a more compact, curated setup. May I ask a mod to remove my pics as they havge my account name on. Thanks for your input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 27 minutes ago, PDSUK said: May I ask a mod to remove my pics as they havge my account name on. Done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorchio Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 I had this same problem with mame roms today if I put them in the same folder as LB says to in the instructions when you try to run a rom it just goes black then back to the LB screen showing the roms, make sure that you just have LB on it's own in a folder and just direct it to your mame and the roms in their original folder (separate, don't have them in the LB folder) hope this makes sense, I have no idea why it won't work when in the same folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 5 hours ago, Scorchio said: I had this same problem with mame roms today if I put them in the same folder as LB says to in the instructions when you try to run a rom it just goes black then back to the LB screen showing the roms, make sure that you just have LB on it's own in a folder and just direct it to your mame and the roms in their original folder (separate, don't have them in the LB folder) hope this makes sense, I have no idea why it won't work when in the same folder. It will work in the same folder. Many users do this. If you have your roms in a different folder than the Mame folder you need to make sure to change the folder location within the Mame ini file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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