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Thanks Retro, I see a platform named "MAME" that is associated with this emulator.

 

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Also tried the path suggestion.  Here is what I see in logs, and nothing happens (game doesn't launch)

 

2024-01-18 09:08:40 PM Music.Pause Start
2024-01-18 09:08:40 PM Music.Pause Start
2024-01-18 09:08:40 PM MameHighScores.Prepare: Beginning the preparation process...
2024-01-18 09:08:40 PM Aborting MameHighScores.Prepare: Uploading MAME high scores is disabled in settings.
2024-01-18 09:08:40 PM Begin M3U Check.
2024-01-18 09:08:40 PM RomPath after M3U build: D:\Launchbox\Games\MAME\roms\720.zip
2024-01-18 09:08:40 PM MarkGamePlatformChanged called: 720 Degrees (MAME) - LastPlayedDate = 1/18/2024 9:08:40 PM
2024-01-18 09:08:40 PM WARNING: MarkGamePlatformChanged complete, change has been recorded
2024-01-18 09:08:40 PM Game.PlayCount changed from 7 to 8: 720 Degrees (MAME)
2024-01-18 09:08:40 PM MarkGamePlatformChanged called: 720 Degrees (MAME) - PlayCount = 1
2024-01-18 09:08:40 PM WARNING: MarkGamePlatformChanged complete, change has been recorded
2024-01-18 09:08:40 PM DataManager.SaveInternal started.
2024-01-18 09:08:40 PM Saving InputBindings.xml...
2024-01-18 09:08:40 PM Saving GameControllers.xml...
2024-01-18 09:08:40 PM Saving ListCache.xml...
2024-01-18 09:08:40 PM Saving Settings.xml...
2024-01-18 09:08:40 PM Saving UnsyncedChanges.xml...
2024-01-18 09:08:41 PM Saving D:\Launchbox\Data\Platforms\MAME.xml...
2024-01-18 09:08:43 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: The given key 'Music' was not present in the dictionary.
   at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowKeyNotFoundException[T](T key)
2024-01-18 09:08:44 PM Aborting MameHighScores.Parse: Uploading MAME high scores is disabled in settings.
2024-01-18 09:08:45 PM Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.window.Deactivated Start
2024-01-18 09:08:45 PM Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.window.Deactivated Before Pause Video
2024-01-18 09:08:45 PM Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.window.Deactivated Completed
2024-01-18 09:08:45 PM DataManager.SaveInternal completed successfully.

Posted

@evanestal So if the roms work directly in Mame (without using LB) then it is a LB setting issue. I do not use all the custom command lines that LB places when it sets up Mame so that might not be the issue.  

What version Mame are you running?

Can you provide some more pics. 

Right click and edit a Mame game and post the following pics:

1. Metadata tab 2. Launching tab 3. Emulation tab

>Tools >Manage >Emulators and edit Mame post a pic of your Associated Platforms tab. 

Posted

I think I'm on to something ...

 

So one thing I noticed was that when I ran from the command line ,  it  DID run, but I didn't notice it wasn't picking up the config file.    That led me down a path to see if that was a factor.

If I run WITHOUT the config file, games launch.   If I run WITH the config file, they fail without so much as a peep even in verbose mode.

Config file attached.

ADCRetro_MAME.cfg

Posted

It is, being a noob I wasn't sure which  (retroarch or mame.exe) was running the games but it was - in fact - retroarch.

I was able to track down the offending line which was :

video_max_swapchain_images = "0"

I basically did a binary search on the config file until I found the line that stopped the load.  No idea WHY that was causing it but commenting it out fixed the issue.

Posted

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Ya, all the suggestions given were geared towards stand-alone MAME.

In the case of Arcade machines, RetroArch will "work" (as you eventually got it to [nice tracking down the issue, BTW]), but stand-alone MAME is what's strongly recommended.

Posted

Good to know, this was a pre-built/pre-configured drive so using RetroArch is based on the drive author's recommendation.  I don't know why he chose RetroArch instead of Mame, but the setting of 0 doesn't seem to be a valid setting (at lesat every reference I read has a value of 2 or 3).   

Thanks for the help, I'll ask the creator of the drive if he has a reason to not be on MAME but just glad it is working!

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