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In order to have a guaranteed match, you need to have the base file name of the rom and the video/snap/title/etc match exactly. If files don't match exactly, you can turn on the best match support, but you will get problems like you have experienced. There are some tools that have been getting development work recently that can help with your problem. Check out Fatmatch for the most current one. http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=7020

You could use one of the tools to goodmerge your nointro set. I don't know if the naming conventions will be a problem (that's been discussed in this thread already though). Anyway, if the set is goodmerged then it will show up like the second screenshot.

Just curious if anyone has worked on this any further. I'm stepping up to MAME 0.130 and thinking of incorporating this hack in as well. If it works, I'll be using my guns with modern versions of MAME! Just curious if there have been any drawbacks found (or if it really works)?

If you are set on recording your own videos, you should be aware that you are not going to get the sound. The built in recorder only captures video. Now, if it were me, I would just go to Emumovies.com and download the complete MAME set. Circo has spent a LOT of time building an awesome set. Unless you are bandwidth limited, I would go that route without a question. If you are limited, I would consider buying a DVD from Circo. Just my opinion, but the work has already been done (and done well), so why reinvent the wheel here!

Good call. We haven't seen that issue in a while, so I completely forgot about -tripplebuffer.

Start off with this thread: http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=138 If that doesn't help, then we can go on from there...

This can be caused by something trying to steal focus. I doubt that's the problem here, but just thought I would point it out so you can verify that's not the issue.

Yup, Alt-Tab rotates for me so I have to use ctrl-alt-del to switch. I think Tab alone rotates too. I mentioned this a while back but it seemed like I was the only one, so I didn't pursue a fix. Guess I should have. Oh well.

There is another setting that you have to change. My cab isn't on ATM so I don't remember where it is. The choices are the default setting, full screen preview image/video, and custom background. You want to select custom background.

Right, I don't know of any way to detect what menu options are displayed, so the only thing you could do is send keys that move the selection down a certain number, send select, send the selection down, etc... Since I was pretty sure, and as you've confirmed, the menus aren't consistent because some games have more options than others. As such, there's really no way to automate this process other than by slave labor.

If the names match the database and the filter for the file extension is set appropriately, the games should show up.

Is the menu structure always the same in MAME? If so, then you could still script this by using an older version of MAME that accepts script input (pre-0.117) or compiling a version of MAME that doesn't use the RAW system. If the menus are always the same, then you could go through the list and switch modes automatically. My guess is that things aren't consistent, but you never know. If you do want to use a script, you might want to use skip startup frames to make things quicker. On the other hand, as soon as the rom is loaded, you can go to the TAB menu anyway, so I guess you probably don't need that.

Interesting problem. This hasn't been addressed yet, so it might be something worth looking into. The only thing is, as you know, most people here use No-Intro in their cabinets and may keep a GoodSet for archival (because they want it all!). Anyway, if you want a solution to your problem that doesn't require Tom's help, I would suggest a script. I was thinking this script would need to step through your set(s), extract all files to a temp directory, delete files that don't match your criteria (if USA available, delete JAP, EUR, etc), rezip the files to a new set location, move on... This isn't too challenging, but it would be nice if you didn't have to do it. A map file or an edited database would do the same thing by only displaying games that matched, but it might be more work. The real problem is figuring out what files you want/don't want in an algorithmic way.

Perhaps you should ask whoever provided you the rom you are talking about? MESS plays a bunch of systems, so the answer is it depends...

There may be information in the bios for each game to figure this out. However, the time it would take to review the source for each bios (which covers multiple games) would be much greater than just loading each game and going through the TAB menu. Sorry, I don't know of an easy way to do this without having a list of what the dip switches do for every game.

I've seen that one before. I don't have a track ball, so it's truly irritating! Cameltry is fun on a driving cab because you have to spin that huge wheel rather than leisurely turning the spinner. I end up smashing my hand a few times every time I play it...AWESOME!

Nice! Thanks. Btw, did you decide against the spinner games on your driver? I've found that Camaltry is really fun. Unfortunately, I did something a while back that keeps it from displaying. I'm going to have to resync my roms and MAME version I think.

I think Adultery used either No-Intro or Goodset naming conventions for the base name. You should be able to use the databases without changing anything.

When you install GameEx, you can tell it to install MAME only mode (or whatever it's called). This will set it up for just MAME (no other apps, emus, web stuff, etc). This would preconfigure it to the state that you described. The only problem would be if you want to add console emulators or other applications down the road. If so, you would need to rerun the installer.

I think he has completed the renaming, but I don't know if he's shared them other than on the FTP ATM.

Try running mame.exe -showusage This spits out a bunch of stuff so I usually redirect the output to a file. Anyway, there is a section in there about rotation options: # # CORE ROTATION OPTIONS # -rotate rotate the game screen according to the game's orientation needs it -ror rotate screen clockwise 90 degrees -rol rotate screen counterclockwise 90 degrees -autoror automatically rotate screen clockwise 90 degrees if vertical -autorol automatically rotate screen counterclockwise 90 degrees if vertical -flipx flip screen left-right -flipy flip screen upside-down

Project64 1.6 and older don't need the quotes, but Project64 1.7+ does need quotes. Either that or it's the other way around...can't remember but I think it's what I initially said.

Cool! Glad you got it fixed.

It appears that the last thing GameEx was working on was loading fonts. I'm not sure that's what caused the crash, but if so you could try a different theme. It's possible the font is corrupted/missing/not working for some reason.

There are 2 reasons your games would be listed but not playable. Either you have a problem with your emulator and you need to follow the directions in the thread posted above by Tempest, or you have all filters turned off and it's just listing the available games for the version of MAME you are using. Either way, you should follow the procedure in that thread and post whatever you find in this one so we can help.