Some MAME games wont load

[dezblack]

I have some games that will not load through gameex, ms pacman and pacman are the two I know of for sure. They load just fine when going directly through mame. When I click in gameex to start them, they just lockup. I have done a fresh install of gameex and setup only the basic mame directories to test as well and they still lock up. I was not sure if it was the artwork files causing a problem or not. Im using the new mame 133u1. Thanks!

[bkenobi]

Try running the "runitgame.bat" file. If it works there, then you should be good. My guess is that you fill find an error when you run that file. Hopefully it will show what you need to change in the GameEx settings. Post the results if you aren't sure what you need to fix.

[dezblack]

ok, bit of an update. I loaded all folders back into the mame settings, and some games seemed to work again, including pacman and mspacman. I then started having trouble with centipede.

I checked the runitgame.bat and it was set to launch the last WORKING game which was xmen vs streetfighter. So I changed it to launch centipede. It was able to with no error or problem.

I then went and disabled the speak game name plugin and tried it again. It worked fine. I turned the plugin back on, and it wouldn't launch again. So again, disabled and then was able to launch the game. Looks like the problem is with the plugin!

It does work correctly when reading names and descriptions for every game so far. The problem seems to be when it gets to the part where it says "launching (game name here)". Some games it will say it correctly and launch, others it does not say anything and just stalls like it is waiting for it.

[bkenobi]

Hmmm, I'm not sure how to help with the plugin. Perhaps you could switch to using the LED plugin as it also speaks if I understand correctly. It's supposed to be a better speech plugin from what others have said anyway.

[dezblack]

Thanks for the info, I didn't know that one spoke too. I'll try it. I did some more tinkering and found it did not like the Cepstral voices I was using. the ms voices don't seem to have a problem.