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Yay.. I'm working now without having to pull down a whole new rom set. I got the source for 119 compiled it and used the high score patch to get rid of the nag screen.. All games seem to be working correctly. One last question if I may. How do I create a favorites list? Right now when I select a game the next window shows the controls or title art but theres not an add to favorites option. All I've ever done is only keep the few "favorite" roms installed because that list just gets too big when I have all of them installed. If I could just make a list that had those 25-50 games for easy access I could keep those other games. When you have people over that are 8 - 10 beers in, their patience level to find that one game in a list of several thousand is very low. Thanks again for your help,

Well I tried to just compile a 119 version since MAME32 version 119 works (but with nag screen) I compiled a new one and I still have the nag screen. I've missed something during the compile that removes that. Can anyone tell me what? I'm using MAME Compiler version 117. Thanks

I pulled down the 141 source and the newest MAME Compiler from Headsoft (v 1.20) As far as patches go which patches do I use? If I look here 140u1-3 are the newest patches. I don't see anything for 141. What do I use for no nag screen?

That's pretty cool but I am ok with manually selecting games and dropping them in the ROM directory and having GameEx update the list. My (bigger) issue is ROMs not working. I did a custom compile years ago and I don't know what version it is. I also don't know where I could download the ROM's specific for my version if I knew what version it was. I've pulled down at least 10 different versions of the original Dig Dug rom and none will work with my build, but will work with an already compiled version of MAME32 I found (version 0.119) but if I use it as my MAME executable it pops up that "NAG" screen which I don't like.

Alright well I clearly did something wrong. Nothing has changed. My PC is only a P4 1.8 with 1gb of RAM and running XP. It works great for the older stuff. I only have 3 buttons for each player (2 players) so a lot of the newer games I cant even consider playing. What would you do? I only use this thing for playing games. I dont use any of the other features that GameEx provides. I'm afraid if I recompile a newer version of MAME then I will be stuck with 0 working ROMS. CLRMame was pretty confusing for this arcade n00b. I dont know if I have merged sets or split sets. I followed the directions but it still requires some knowledge that I don't have. My end goal is this. Only to have 50 or so games from the 80's with maybe a couple of early 90's games mixed in. I need to use the hardware I have because I just dont have the money for anything else now. Whats the easiest way to get there? Most of the games work great, but Dig Dug isn't. I'm sure there are others that don't as well I'm just using that one as an example. Once I get it to work, it will close it up and never update it again. Thank you again for the help..

Thanks to both for the help, I'm certain I will need more soon. Thanks for the link to Headkaze's Mame Comiler. Thats actually what I had on my system but I didn't know where I got it. I have version 0.3 so it's a bit old. I'm trying to run CLRMame now using my old compile of MAME and seeing if it fixes anything. Keeping my fingers crossed. All I'm seeing are red X's scrolling up so I'm not sure if its working or not.

Almost 4 years ago I built my cabinet for the sole purpose of playing 80's games. I bought GameEx and set it all up once and forgot about it. It's worked great, I love it. I was talking to some friends about coming over, and the MAME machine came up and they asked if I had DigDug. I knew I had the ROM but it wasn't in the ROM directory, I put it in and it didn't work. So I found and tried about 10 other different Dig Dug ROMS and none of them worked. I found some threads that suggested it may be because of the version of MAME I'm running. So I found an old already compiled version of MAME32 and it works. BUT, after you select the game it comes up with a screen that has the ROM info with resolution and stuff. I've tried going through the GameEx configuration looking for where I turn that screen off but I can't find anything. Can anyone tell me where I do that? Also does someone have an idiots guide for keeping MAME up to date? I set this thing up like I said almost 4 years ago and I dont remember how I did it. I found a MAME compiler app where I compiled a version for my processor but I dont know how to compile a new one. There has to be an easier way. I greatly appreciate any help anyone can offer. I've been searching the forums and just haven't found the answers I need. I'm sure they are out there. Thanks for the help

Then how would you recommend me get it set back up? The Advanced Configuration or the Basic or Advanced Wizzard? I'm only concerned with MAME32 for now... Doing this wont effect my MAME32 player control settings will it?

I've attached a screenshot.. How do I get rid of all the .001 .002 .003 .004 etc ?

I'm not having any issues navigating around GameEx so I suppose I dont need to worry about it... I opened up notepad and pressed all mu buttons and joystick directions and it's just keys on the keyboard they are mapped to, so maybe I just leave it as is.. How do I update the game list? If I drop some new zip files in my mame32\roms directory what is the recomended procedure to make sure they get noticed by GameEx?

I had been to the menus in the pictures.. In the drop down where it shows your Saitek P990 the only option there for me is All Attached Devices or a blank. Nothing for Xarcade. I seem to be able to navigate ok so it may not be an issue... I turned off the game launcher mode and went back to the MCE style and there are about 100 categories that are labeled .001 .002 .003 etc.. Any idea what those are? Whats the easiest way to have it scan for games when I add or remove them? The only way I've run across yet is in Advanced Configuration and delete all game info... Then restart it and it does a search. I'm sure theres a better way that I'm not seeing. One last thing and I promise I will try to not bug you for the rest of the day... How can I disable the page when you launch a game and it has the name of the game the year and CPU info ?? When the screensaver kicks on it will launch a game and just stick at that screen. Thanks again..

Hey guys.. I have to tell you the support on here is amazing.. I greatly appreciate the help. I have MAME32 working correctly right now. Thanks for the help there. When I went into the GameEx advanced configruation and tried to select the Xarcade.. It's not an option. The only thing that is in the drop down is All Attached Devices. I really like the Media Center look but it lists all the games regardless if I have them or not. Is there a way to turn that off so it only shows what I actually have? I changed to the simpler menu and it only shows what I have.. Thanks again for all your help.. Finding help is not easy on most forums these days.. I'm glad I donated to such a great community...

Ok.. Thanks guys...

Sweet thanks ! I have another couple of questions though.. Player X Coin is defined in each games settings rather than in general settings. Do you really need to go in and configure each game or is there a file I can edit somewhere that says for all games Coin Slot X is this button or key ? And When you are in a game playing and you want to get back to the main GameEx screen what do you push? Or where can you define that? Thanks again for the help..

Hi there... I just got my first MAME cabinet last weekend.. It came with a very old version the command line MAME and glauncher front end. I built out a new PC this week and wanted a more modern front end so I purchased GameEx. I've installed everything but I can not figure out how to assign my buttons.. The controls are the Xarcade controls but they were taken out of the stock Xarcade box and put in my Atari cabinet.. Not all buttons on both sides were installed in this cabinet as it was intended for classics only. There are 3 buttons to the side of each joystick (2) the player 1 and 2 buttons and 1 coin slot is wired up to player 1 button 6.. Anyway, I can't find where I need to define my buttons inside GameEx or Mame32. I'm sure there is a simple solution but it's wearing me out.. Ive been digging around for hours now. I've been through the setup wizzards and the advanced configuration and just cant find it.. I would really appreciate some help.. Thank you in advance.