Problem with mameinfo

[Dan_Dan_91_07]

Hi. Like I always do when I ask for help, I have researched my problem extensively, I can not however fix it.

My mameinfo is configured correctly and works in MAMEUI but in GameEx I can not find where it is displayed.

Can I have some help please?

[Adultery]

Did you set the path to your MAMEinfo in the MAME configuration of GameEx itself?

[Dan_Dan_91_07]

Yes, I did that. Should it appear under the history.dat text, like it does in MAMEUI?

[Dan_Dan_91_07]

[Adultery]

Looks OK to me. Try updating your list maybe? That's the only thing I can think of.

[Dan_Dan_91_07]

Yeah, I have been doing that, plus I have changed the theme a few times and moved the file to where gameex is pointed towards, to find the file, by default.

Is it suppose to appear with the history.dat info?

[Adultery]

Maybe I'm mixing the two up? Which file is the one that tells a brief description of the game and which one tells the revision info? I don't get MAME revision info in my game descriptions so whichever one that is doesn't get used. Maybe GameEx uses that to determine driver\ROM status for the filters? Can anyone confirm or deny?

[Dan_Dan_91_07]

history.dat - game description

mameinfo.dat - revision info

So you're not sure that GameEx uses it. It would be a real shame if that was true, as I find it interesting.

I have also noticed an other issue. A member who goes by the name of LeedsFan also reported this problem, though in June 09. I will quote him:

"I have my GameEx FE set up to show some game info (together with Marquee, CP etc) whenever a game is selected. However, I'm not getting the full text info from History.dat. There is some really interesting Trivia and Cheat info in there which I just can't get to display in the "Info" section of the selected game in GameEx.

I can get a text description of the game, together with a lists of "Games in the series" and "Recommended games". But that's it. In History.dat file there is much more info on each game which is not displaying.

How do I do this? I checked all the config options in GamEx setup. If I launch a game directly from MameUI I get to see the full info in the History Tab. But sadly not in GameEx? "

He never got a reply however.

[Dan_Dan_91_07]

AAAARRGGHHHH!!!

I keep on double posting by accident. Sorry.

[Dan_Dan_91_07]

Okay, I have found a solution for both problems, though I'm not sure if I will like it better/indifferently/worse than how I originally thought I would be able to view these files.

The solution is to use CPWizard, as there are options in the programme that will let you view both files in full.

CPWizard - http://www.headsoft.com.au/index.php?category=cpwizard&page=about

Just in case, is anybody able tell me if the issues can be fixed within GameEx?