Config. the trackball to work on a compiled mame...

[Shmizzle]

Well, a couple months ago I discovered the MAME compiler and went ahead and compiled my own mame following the instructions word for word. Worked great but realized that was the time my trackball stopped working.

I'm sure the problem is in the MAME config (not in Gameex but the actual MAME config) but I can't figure out how to initialize the mouse without being in MAME32.

I have hit the exe the compiler created but when I scroll down to the config option it starts the game on the top of the list???

Anyone know where I need to go to initialize the mouse???

Sorry if I'm rambling.....

[Kenpachi]

Goto advanced mame settings in gameEX. You have to add -mouse to command options to enable any use of a mouse in mame, such as a trackball.

[bkenobi]

You can also create a mame.ini file by using the command

mame.exe -createconfig

Then, edit with a text editor. Go through the entire file and edit what you want. This will eliminate the need to add any command line arguments other than the rom name. Somewhere in there (near the end I think) is a place where you need to change

mouse  0

to

mouse  1

[Shmizzle]

Thanks guys, Did 'em both, works now! I guess it hasn't worked since I switched to GameEx... Hmmm...

[bkenobi]

Just a note, you only need to do one of the two. Doing both won't hurt, but it is redundant.

[Tempest]

You can also create a mame.ini file by using the command

mame.exe -createconfig

Then, edit with a text editor. Go through the entire file and edit what you want. This will eliminate the need to add any command line arguments other than the rom name. Somewhere in there (near the end I think) is a place where you need to change

mouse  0

to

mouse  1

If this is the case, can you just use your mame.cfg from mame UI32? I haven't tried compiling yet, although I'm planning on it in the future, and this is one of the (mental) blocks that I have...I also guess that I am waiting till I am (mostly) done messing with things, and the last two things I'll do is compile, and shelling.

[bkenobi]

You only need one thing on the command line to make MAME work if you use a MAME.ini file - the rom you want to run. If you use a config file, you can de EVERYTHING the command line arguments can do, but you don't have to worry about forgetting them or getting them wrong. As far as MAMEUI, yes you can. However, I believe that it is called MAMEUI.ini. Either way, it can be done by running 'MAME -createconfig' or 'MAMEUI -createconfig'. Then just go through it line by line and edit values to what you want.