Error running MAME game through Gamex

[Schizoid2k]

Hi all...

Running the latest version of GameEx and version 0.131 of MAME.

Ever since the GameEx upgrade, I cannot run the game 1942. I can run it via MAMEUI fine. If I try to run it via GameEx, I hear a few dings and it returns to the MAME game list.

Any ideas? I previously could load this game. All other games seem to load fine as well.

thanks

[Tom Speirs]

  Schizoid2k said:

Hi all...

Running the latest version of GameEx and version 0.131 of MAME.

Ever since the GameEx upgrade, I cannot run the game 1942. I can run it via MAMEUI fine. If I try to run it via GameEx, I hear a few dings and it returns to the MAME game list.

Any ideas? I previously could load this game. All other games seem to load fine as well.

thanks

Please post the log. Does it run if you do Run Last Game from the start menu? Post this file.

[Schizoid2k]

  TSpeirs said:

Please post the log. Does it run if you do Run Last Game from the start menu? Post this file.

Wow, fast reply! Thanks Tom.

Here is the log file. The game does not run when I choose Run Last Game from the start menu. I get a popup with a list of files not found. The standard popup from MAME.

What is strange is that MAME thinks the rom set is 1942a (1942 Revision A), when I have the rom set named as 1942, which is Revision B... althought I can load it via MAME, just not GameEx. Wierd.

Thanks for your help!

log.txt

[Tom Speirs]

  Schizoid2k said:

Wow, fast reply! Thanks Tom.

Here is the log file. The game does not run when I choose Run Last Game from the start menu. I get a popup with a list of files not found. The standard popup from MAME.

What is strange is that MAME thinks the rom set is 1942a (1942 Revision A), when I have the rom set named as 1942, which is Revision B... althought I can load it via MAME, just not GameEx. Wierd.

Thanks for your help!

Edit the run last game file, add "pause" to the end of it. Save it then run it, and see what the output from MAME states. It will tell you why it cant run the game.

Its obviously some kind of MAME rom version issue or invalid rom for the particular mame version, its nothing to do with GameEx. GameEx is behaving how it should. Cant really help other than that.

[Schizoid2k]

Thanks Tom...

I got it working by including an earlier ROM set and running that.

I am not sure why this happened, since it was running fine previously.... but as long as it is working I am happy!