[RESOLVED] Model 2 setup

[zeenon]

So i went to setup Model 2 emulation in GameEx and ran into some issues.

First I have about 5 zipped ROMs that are in my d:\roms\model2 folder, d:\emulators\model2 contains the nebula 1.0 emulator and edited the emulator.ini to point to the ROMs dir so, standalone, everything works.

Next I turned the model2 emu ON in GameEx, fired it up and only see two ROMs. (which I'm sure is coming from the mame ROMs dir since GameEx mods the emulation.ini). The other three were already there so I didn't need to d/l another set.

So....after googling gameex and model 2, I decided to setup nebula as it's own emulator. That works but it pulls in every model2 rom even though I have the emulator.ini only pointing to the dir with the five ROMs. To add insult to my pain, I pulled the assets for these 5 ROMs and those don't show either. (not my first emu so I've gotten very proficient at configuring the asset dirs)

Z

[Draco1962]

A copy of your emulator config may be in order. Also, did you remember to disable the Model 2 emulator in Setup Wizard after setting it up as a separate emulator?

[zeenon]

Yes, set the Model 2 emu to no before I started to config nebula as a separate emulator.

Z

EMULATOR.INI

GameEx.ini

log.txt

[nullPointer]

I'm guessing that it's likely an issue with your map file.

MapFile=D:\GameEx\MAP FILES\SEGA Model 2 Emulator v1.0.map

You'll want to be sure that the names of your ROMs match the names in the map file exactly. You'll also want to be sure that the map file contains only the ROMs you have, and none that you don't. In other words if you only have 5 ROMs you'll want to be sure that your map file contains 5 (and only 5) entries. There are numerous map creation / editing tools available, but being that this is a very small number of ROMs I'd probably just edit the map file using a text editor.

fRequEnCy's Map Files

Adultery's Map File Maker

Tempest's Map File Magician

As a last word of advice, you'll probably want to back up the default Nebula map file before making any edits (always good to have a recovery plan in the event of an error ).

Good luck man, let us know if this helps out.

[zeenon]

Learn something new everyday.......I thought the map file was like a dictionary lookup??

I edited the .map file with only the ROMs I had (I was using fRequEnCy's to begin with), fired up GameEx and BINGO I have my list of ROM and Assets (snaps/videos/etc). (I'm really surprised the assets did not show with the full map file for the game assets I had)

Another issue solved!!! Thank you both for your time!!!!

Z

[nullPointer]

Glad you got it sorted out zeenon. Happy gaming!

Edited February 13, 2013 by nullPointer
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