[RESOLVED] Displaying game bezels while playing

[designone]

Hi

Is it possible to have the Space Invader deluxe bezel display while playing the game.

I have Missile Command running and it displays the Bezel, is that just the way the game is set up or is there something I can do to have it display around the game much like the real machine looked.

Sorry, I am new to this frontend and it will take a little time to figure it out.

It seems like a great program and it has so many options I am looking forward to having it set up the way I like.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank-you

[thurmansevolution]

I believe it has to do with the version of Mame you are using. (Someone please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) I have it working on my arcade at home...I'm away on business at the moment, but as soon as I get home (around Thursday or Friday), I'll check my settings and will let ya know something in more detail if you haven't figured it out by then :-).

[designone]

Hi thurmansevolution,

I was hoping somehow it would work. If it is the mame I'm using I'll change it. What do you have to do with the image to get it to display. I have put it in almost every folder so I think Ive got that covered and I've named it the same as the rom but like you said it may be the version of mame.

Thank-you

[Adultery]

You won't get too far without posting your settings and logs, we need that info to determine if it's MAME or GameEx.

[tthurman]

I have no idea why, but like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, this was the first thing that entered my mind.....

[designone]

Here are the files.

Thanks for your input

log.txt

GameEx.ini

[peterson65]

have you gone into the video settings for the game while its running and selected use bezel and tried changing from full to crop?

[DazzleHP]

Hi there designone!

It's been a while but if i recall, you need to have all your bezels, .lay files etc all zipped up (per romname) in a folder/directory in your base MAME directory called "artwork".

Once you have this, point GameEx to this directory in the Setup Wizard, under> MAME Settings> Artwork Preview Path.

Once you have established this, boot GameEx, go to MAME, scroll down and click Update List.

If you still have no joy then open your mame.ini (found in your base MAME directory). Find this:

## CORE ARTWORK OPTIONS#artwork_crop              0use_backdrops             0use_overlays              0use_bezels                0use_cpanels               0use_marquees              0

Then, change it to this:

## CORE ARTWORK OPTIONS#artwork_crop              1use_backdrops             1use_overlays              1use_bezels                1use_cpanels               0use_marquees              0

Click File> Save, OR press CTRL+S on keyboard. Reboot GameEx and launch a MAME game.

[designone]

Hi Dazzle,

It soundsl ike a good plan but it didn't change when I put the file in artwork preview and I can't find the mame ini.

I an using mame 0165b and it runs the games alright but I cant find the ini to change it.

What mame are you running?

There is a mame.sym and a whats new txt but all the rest of the files are exe and folders

Thanks for your help.

[DazzleHP]

Hi Dazzle,

It soundsl ike a good plan but it didn't change when I put the file in artwork preview and I can't find the mame ini.

I an using mame 0165b and it runs the games alright but I cant find the ini to change it.

What mame are you running?

There is a mame.sym and a whats new txt but all the rest of the files are exe and folders

Thanks for your help.

Oh OK, i'm still back on .154. My apologies but on MAME .161+ everything changed, and i believe GameEx changed too in that regard. I'm terribly sorry but i'm gonna have to hand you over to anyone who is running .161. Just keep providing them files that you gave us earlier, (new versions when asked) and you will get sorted

[designone]

I have the bezels working on mame and on gameexlite but not gameex. why would that be. It works perfectly in gameexlite and mame without gameex.

Here is the gameex ini and the log file. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

log.txt

GameEx.ini

[designone]

I found it.

In the log file it uses artworkgameex for the bezel and mame and gameexlite use artworkpreview. I changed that and it works perfectly now. On some machines I need to go into mame video settings and direct that to upright in place or cocktail but its good now.

Thank-you for your help, This front end is beginning to work very well. Now I'll attempt to add more emulators.

[tthurman]

Thanks for sharing your solution!