ArcadeFan Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Hello everyone!I am working on setting up my emulators and ran into an issue with MAME. I have MAME 0.149 with a 0.149 rom set. I have the correct path set and have updated the MAME rom list in GameEx. When I select a game to play, it launches and the screen goes black. I hear the sounds of the game and can operate the controls with the keyboard. I can hear credits adding and game play begin. How do I correct the black screen to show the game? I am stumped any help is greatly appreciated. I have other emulators running in GameEx without any issues. Attached are my GameEx log.txt and Configuration settings.Thank you.GameEx Configuration settings.txtGameEx Log.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazzleHP Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Hi ArcadeFan and welcome to the forums,You could try finding this line in your GameEx.ini:HIDEDESKTOP=Trueand change to:HIDEDESKTOP=FalseAlternatively you can use the setup wizard to change the setting. It's in the "Display Settings" section i believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadeFan Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 I did find that command in the wizard under display settings and changed it. It did not fix the black screen that shows up.Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Can you try to force direct3d via mame and see if it helps? I think the command is -d3d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadeFan Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 I tried to force Direct3D with -d3d by adding it to the command line in the GameEx set up wizard. I launched a MAME game and it now shows the launch screen and then goes black for a few seconds and loops back to the select game screen. I do not get any of the game sounds like I did before. The same also happens when I tried to use -gdi and -ddraw in the command line. Not sure if this is a step forward or backward. So close to playing these games I can taste it. Thank you again for the support and help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullPointer Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 What happens if you run a game via runitgame.bat? Refer to this thread for details on troubleshooting with runitgame.bat - specifically items 4.A and 4.B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazzleHP Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Mr null forgot to link his text here it is 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullPointer Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Yeah, what he said! LOL. Thanks for having my back there Daz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadeFan Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 I ran the Run last game and it reads.@ECHO OFFC:CD "C:\Emulators\MAME149"mame.exe 1943u -rompath "C:\Emulators\MAME149\Roms" -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfoI also added pause the file to see the command window. It reads:bm.7k not found <no good dump known> <tried in 1943u 1943 1943u> Warning: the game might not run correctly. Press any key to continue...I do not understand what this means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Well it means there's no dump of that rom available. You did run the d3d switch? It's actually -video d3d 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadeFan Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 Thank you Adultery for the command line correction, I had entered it wrong, using only d3d. When I corrected this command line I got the same result-no video but had game sounds. Run last game is listed below. Then I tried to use -video ddraw in the command line and this works. Also tried to change it to -video gdi and this works as well. I might try running with the -video gdi for a while, it looks a little better on my system. Wish I could get Direct 3d to work, but I am super excited to have everything working. Thank you everyone for all of your help, I would not have solved this without you!! Time to build a cabinet!!@ECHO OFFC:CD "C:\Emulators\MAME149"mame.exe 1943u -rompath "C:\Emulators\MAME149\Roms" -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo -video d3d@ECHO OFFC:CD "C:\Emulators\MAME149"mame.exe altbeast6 -rompath "C:\Emulators\MAME149\Roms" -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo -video ddraw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 I'm glad to hear it's working for you. :-)Looking forward to seeing some pics when it's done. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadeFan Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 I have one last request please. Can anyone please explain to me where I find the area to edit my thread title to resolved or change it for me. I'm not seeing where to change this.Thank You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 I got you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Edit: OK, Tapatalk is being a dick. You should be able to edit the title by editing the first post. If not ilk do it when I'm on an actual computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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