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General / Re: How do you set up individual consoles with MAME?
« on: June 28, 2018, 10:14:26 AM »
Thanks for all your help. I'll definitely check out all the resources you linked.
I'll admit that I don't totally understand the emulator configuration options within Attract Mode but I'm slowly figuring it out with your help. I assumed (incorrectly) that Attract Mode needed the same ROM paths as my mame.ini and that's obviously wrong (now).
I basically used the default MAME config that comes with Attract Mode and modified with my paths. This is what I had...
And this is what it looks like now (which no longer has the list of CHDs at the end). Not sure if I still need system = Arcade though. I think probably not...
The only remaining oddity is this one game (worldadv) floating at the end of the list for some reason. Not sure where that's coming from. Maybe it doesn't have a proper description in MAME's listxml output or something....
As far as the mame chd files go, why even tell AM about these? There should be a .zip file for each of them and if MAME is setup properly they don't need to be configured in AM. I assume these are really duplicate entries because you have the <dir> extension defined. If not, you can always use an app like excel to reorder these games.
I'll admit that I don't totally understand the emulator configuration options within Attract Mode but I'm slowly figuring it out with your help. I assumed (incorrectly) that Attract Mode needed the same ROM paths as my mame.ini and that's obviously wrong (now).
I basically used the default MAME config that comes with Attract Mode and modified with my paths. This is what I had...
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# Generated by Attract-Mode v2.3.0
#
executable c:/mame/mame64.exe
args [name]
rompath e:/MAME 0.198 ROMs (merged);e:/MAME 0.198 CHDs (merged)
romext .zip;.7z;<DIR>
system Arcade
info_source listxml
artwork flyer
artwork marquee
artwork snap e:/MAME 0.198 EXTRAs snap
artwork wheel
And this is what it looks like now (which no longer has the list of CHDs at the end). Not sure if I still need system = Arcade though. I think probably not...
Code: [Select]
# Generated by Attract-Mode v2.3.0
#
executable c:/mame/mame64.exe
args [name]
rompath e:/MAME 0.198 ROMs (merged)
romext .zip
system Arcade
info_source listxml
artwork flyer
artwork marquee
artwork snap e:/MAME 0.198 EXTRAs snap
artwork wheel
The only remaining oddity is this one game (worldadv) floating at the end of the list for some reason. Not sure where that's coming from. Maybe it doesn't have a proper description in MAME's listxml output or something....