[RESOLVED] RocketLauncher with Mame for Bezels

[Black Mage]

I've been trying to configure RocketLauncher (1st time) and the end result was that Mame isn't opening anymore.  I'll try removing RL and getting back to my state where everything was working in GameEx.

Is there any tutorial available to help folks that want to use RL to (at least) take advantage of the RL only bezels (Unified, User Made, etc.) on MAME?  That should also be a good starting point for folks looking to do more with RL.

Thanks!

[tthurman]

Krakerman has been all over this.  He will probably chime in if he sees this.

Check this

 

 

[Black Mage]

AWESOME, I can't wait to use it!   I got RocketLauncher configured to load MAME using all the settings I set when getting MAME ready (I downloaded and updated rocketlauncher v1.4, added MAME as an emulator, used the MAME module, set MAME to Legacy Mode (important for maintaining shaders), added bezels in the rocketlauncher/media/bezels/mame/[ROM NAME] folder, and activated bezels).  It looks great.

 

HOWEVER I DONT KNOW THE ADVANCE MAME COMMAND LINE TO USE IN GAMEEX.INI to have GameEx open and run MAME through RocketLauncher.

MAYBE SOMEONE CAN SHARE THEIR GAMEEX.INI THAT HAS IT WORKING?

 

 

[Black Mage]

Guys, I'm sooo close to having this work!  I'm pretty sure GameEx config is the missing link.  Any help is very much appreciated!!  I have RL running MAME games w/bezels OK when I use RocketLauncher.exe to run them one by one.  MAME works well on it's own too of course.  Also, as I noted GameEx plays MAME just fine when I set "UseAdvanceMAME=False" in the GameEx ini file.  I edited my GameEx.ini file to note:

USeAdvanceMame=True
AdvanceMAMEEXE=RocketLauncher.exe
AdvanceMAMEPATH=D:\RocketLauncher
ADVANCEMAMEOptions=-s "MAME" -r "[ROM]" -f "D:\GameEx Arcade Edition\gameex.exe" -p "GameEx"

and in GameEx I hear the game, and I can press buttons to play (ex: add coins, etc) but I only see a blank screen (no bezel or game)

What do I need to tweak to get this all working?  Thanks in advance!  

 

GameEx.ini

[Draco1962]

I believe that Use AdvanceMame is for AdvanceMAME unofficial fork of MAME. You should probably be setting up RocketLauncher as a separate standalone emulator as it will not launch using the GameEx integrated MAME support.

[Black Mage]

Thanks.  I tried that but it's the same issue.  In RL I can load a game through RocketLauncher.exe just fine (bezel and all).  When through GameEx though RocketLauncher launches the Rom, but it's not the active screen.  I think it's a RL problem where it needs a GameEx UI plugin so it can talk nice with GameEx, but there is none.  

[Draco1962]

I do not believe a UI plugin is the answer as others have gotten this to work without. Have you read through this thread? While a few years old, I don't think that there is much different between RL and GameEx since the guide was put together. 

[Black Mage]

Draco, Yes i read the link you shared a few times.  It turned out that i didnt set up HL correctly and i didnt set MAME up as an emulator.  With that fixed it worked!  I needed to use the debug feature too.  Thank you!!