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General / Re: Screen not returning to Attract-Mode when exiting MAME

« on: July 24, 2018, 07:00:27 PM »

Not sure what else might help...  Here is the "general" form attract.cfg..

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general
language             en
exit_command         
default_font         arial
font_path            %SYSTEMROOT%/Fonts/
screen_saver_timeout 600
displays_menu_exit   yes
hide_brackets        yes
startup_mode         default
confirm_favourites   yes
confirm_exit         yes
mouse_threshold      10
joystick_threshold   75
window_mode          default
filter_wrap_mode     default
track_usage          yes
multiple_monitors    no
smooth_images        yes
accelerate_selection yes
selection_speed_ms   40
scrape_snaps         yes
scrape_marquees      yes
scrape_flyers        yes
scrape_wheels        yes
scrape_fanart        no
scrape_videos        no
scrape_overview      yes
hide_console         no
video_decoder       
menu_prompt          Displays Menu
menu_layout          nevato
and the mame.cfg

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executable           c:\retro\mame\mame64.exe
args                 [name]
workdir              c:\retro\mame
rompath              c:\retro\mame\roms
romext               .zip;.7z;<DIR>
system               Arcade
info_source          listxml
import_extras        c:\retro\mame\catver.ini
artwork    flyer           
artwork    marquee         C:\Retro\Mame\marquee
artwork    snap            C:\Retro\Mame\snap
artwork    wheel           C:\Retro\Mame\wheel
And one other thing that i found was giving me issues.. Somehow  my shortcut for AM was setting the wrong working path.. (most my settings had hard path.. so still worked)  But i did correct that with my rebuild.. Fixed a few other annoyance issues..

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General / Re: Screen not returning to Attract-Mode when exiting MAME

« on: July 24, 2018, 07:25:22 AM »

I was experiencing the same issue a few weeks ago.. But it wasn't 100% of the time.. It seemed to only happen every other or every 3rd game played..   I had some other issues and made some changes and it has seemed to have stoped happening..   The most notable thing I had done was to change that. (Multi Mon)  But In all the "fussing" i had done i know i changes a bunch of stuff.. But I don't know what if any stopped it from doing that..   
Side note.. here is a program i found for multi monitor setups that can lock you to a single monitor..  Dose a ton of other stuff.. But it "seemed" to help with that issue.. BUT i am NOT using it anymore  (yet)  As the issues is gone with whatever I did on my "reinstall" and rework 
http://dualmonitortool.sourceforge.ne

Let me know if you want to see my configs.. they are nothing special..  but i had the issue before and now it seems to be gone.

P.S.  are you using a Tankstick by any chance.?

T

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General / Re: Poll: What systems do you use most (85%+) of the time?

« on: July 23, 2018, 08:20:11 PM »

I mostly care about arcade games

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General / Re: Screen not returning to Attract-Mode when exiting MAME

« on: July 23, 2018, 06:09:24 PM »

Try changing Multi Monitor setting to NO.. See if that helps..

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General / Re: Roms work in AM but not in Mame64 (not kidding)

« on: July 21, 2018, 07:33:35 PM »

This is Awesome.. Thanks.. I knew "some" of this.. But i started looking at that video and I think its going to help get me from beginner up to at least novice.. ...

Thanks again.!

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General / Re: Roms work in AM but not in Mame64 (not kidding)

« on: July 20, 2018, 04:34:11 AM »

It sees the roms and lists them with there snapshots and info in the UI.. I did add the roms directory and CHD directory to the MAME config.. And made some changes to make it looks better on my system.. And had to piece the X-arcade config stuff in there.. But it was all onesie twosie things.. to get this or that working.. 
Not sure what else I need to do.. Especially with this newest behavior..

If anyone has a good sight on how romsets really (reeeeally) work.. Hook me up.. All the stuff I google was either too high level.. or not what I need to work this stuff out..

It seems I "should" be able to upgrade my (admittedly small ) romset to the new version.. I need a database file and some program.. But after that the exact how to gets fuzzy.. And the pages about it show you ONE method and that is it.. and if something goes wrong.. well.. thats that.. 

i know this isn't AM stuff.. But thank you for any help or pointers in the right direction.!

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General / Re: Roms work in AM but not in Mame64 (not kidding)

« on: July 18, 2018, 08:01:16 PM »

Finding a lot of contradictory information on this.. And some contradicts what I know has worked. in the past..

I had a bunch of roms from a WHILE back.. if i had to guess (1.25 ish) version of mame.. most all of them worked.. But when I upgraded to a newer version (1.83) a few years  ago.. many of them stopped working.. (But they just worked.)

What it (my research) seems to be telling me is that they roms don't really "change, what changes its how mame expects them to be organized.. The same rom in version 1.10  is just cut up differently and put in differently named files in the rom..

I assume some of them change.. better dump.. Newer version of the code from a machine.. But mostly it seems the actual  roms don't get new info in them..  In general... .. ..

Anyone care to enlighten me more.. Or is there a good non super technical place that this is explained..

Again.. i tried to get some of the programs to upgrade romsets to later versions.. But it never went as expected..

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General / Re: Roms work in AM but not in Mame64 (not kidding)

« on: July 18, 2018, 07:46:58 AM »

@hermine.potter   thanks a TON!

That seems exactly it.. And it lead me to try and use the command line to launch the files.. And (of course) it worked..

On my last reinstall I grabbed a new version of mame .199 and didn't retest all the roms i had in both... seemed if AM worked.. it was all good.

Not sure what to do here.. I'm open to suggestions.. 

1.  Do i need to change anything really - probably not but seems like its just ignoring a problem..
2.  Downgrade to an older version of Mame..  i think i started on 1.8... something.. and everything worked.  but again.. ignoring.
3.  Upgrade/update my rom files - could never get clrmamepro  to work.. i could try.. but any advice would be great.. the stuff i tried didn't go well.
4.  Get an updated ROM set - seems this is what I really should do.. But also the most daunting... I have a metric TON of roms that dont' work just because they are old..

Any other suggestions.. or advice would be greatly appreciated..

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General / Roms work in AM but not in Mame64 (not kidding)

« on: July 17, 2018, 09:06:02 PM »

OK. i know how this sounds.. BUT.. I run attract mode and play Samurai Shodown 1 2 or 3.. And it works great..
For some reason I  tried to open it up just running the Mame64 executable.. and it gives me the "one or more roms or chd's are missing or .. ... ....Red Screen and won't play!
But it JUST worked in AM.. And yes I know thats not possible.. But it is..
I'm assuming it has some sort of config or something that getting called when i open it native.. But not when AM calls it.. But for the life of me I can't figure out what..

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# Generated by Attract-Mode v2.3.0
#
executable           c:\retro\mame\mame64.exe
args                 [name]
workdir              c:\retro\mame
rompath              c:\retro\mame\roms
romext               .zip;.7z;<DIR>
system               Arcade
info_source          listxml
import_extras        c:\retro\mame\catver.ini
artwork    flyer           
artwork    marquee         C:\Retro\Mame\marquee
artwork    snap            C:\Retro\Mame\snap
artwork    wheel           C:\Retro\Mame\wheel
And if i got to c:\retro\mame\mame64.exe it runs the UI.. But won't run Sam Sho..   

I guess what is AM doing to get it to work?  How it it called.. Never been under the hood very far..

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General / Re: Using Attract-Mode on Steam Link shows both desktops

« on: July 16, 2018, 03:12:00 PM »

I'd say pretty good.. I'm not a very "demanding" gamer.. But it seems to be doing pretty well...  The PC is more than powerful enough for all the games I do play..   And its on a wired gig network....so.. no issues..  I had tried using the MAME actually on the steam link device, side loaded.. But it didn't work well with some of the newer and faster games..

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General / Re: Using Attract-Mode on Steam Link shows both desktops

« on: July 15, 2018, 07:01:58 PM »

Found a bunch of posts around the web stating you can have it "follow" your mouse around duel desktops. But it all seemed a bit "off"

Eventually i just ended up going through all the settings in Steam Link and Attract Mode.. And found a duel desktop setting.. I turned it to off..And its full screen.  Not sure that is the "fix" But its all i need..

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General / Re: Filters not working for different displays

« on: July 15, 2018, 07:49:44 AM »

saying i "fundamentally miss understood" is possible an understatement.  I had somehow completely missed the "next filter" and "previous filter" options.. Seeing that might have pointed me in the right direction..   Its funny how missing something so basic sets you on a path, and you are so intent to find your way ON that path.. you never think to look at another path..

Saying thanks again.. And sorry for seems now a very silly question. 

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General / Re: Filters not working for different displays

« on: July 15, 2018, 05:46:10 AM »

This worked great..  Thank you.. !!

 But makes me think i have fundamentally miss understood how filters work.  Only global filters work all the time.. the others are turned on and off somehow..
Going to go play with it.. But any pointer won't go amiss.. .. 

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General / Filters not working for different displays

« on: July 14, 2018, 08:53:39 PM »

Trying to set up a few different displays to make getting around the 200 mame games I have..
First trying to set up just a "fighting" game display.

Using the following filter...

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display a
layout               Basic
romlist              mame
in_cycle             yes
in_menu              yes
global_filter       
filter               All
filter               "2 Player Simultaneous"
rule                 Players contains sim
rule                 CloneOf not_equals .*
filter               "Fighting Scrolling"
rule                 Category contains Fight
rule                 Category contains Scrolling
rule                 CloneOf not_equals .*
filter               "Fighting Versus"
rule                 Category contains Fight
rule                 Category contains Versus
rule                 CloneOf not_equals .*
But it still shows every single game I have

Here is a 'bit' of my mame.txt

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lwings;Legendary Wings (US set 1);mame;;1986;Capcom;Shooter / Flying Vertical;2;90;joystick (8-way),joystick (8-way);good;1;raster;;;;
mace;Mace: The Dark Age (boot ROM 1.0ce, HDD 1.0b);mame;;1996;Atari Games;Fighter / Versus;4;0;joystick (8-way),joystick (8-way),joystick (8-way),joystick (8-way);good;1;raster;;;chd;
mplanets;Mad Planets;mame;;1983;Gottlieb;Shooter / Field;1;270;joystick (8-way),dial;good;1;raster;;;;
mswordu;Magic Sword: Heroic Fantasy (USA 900725);mame;msword;1990;Capcom;Platform / Fighter Scrolling;2;0;joystick (8-way),joystick (8-way);good;1;raster;msword;;;
mhavoc;Major Havoc (rev 3);mame;;1983;Atari;Shooter / Misc.;2;0;dial,only_buttons;good;1;vector;;;;
marble;Marble Madness (set 1);mame;;1984;Atari Games;Maze / Marble Madness;2;0;trackball,trackball;good;1;raster;atarisy1;;;
mshu;Marvel Super Heroes (USA 951024);mame;msh;1995;Capcom;Fighter / Versus;2;0;joystick (8-way),joystick (8-way);good;1;raster;msh;;;
which looks like i have right.. Few games have category as Fighter... lots do not.. But everything shows up in the display.

I eventually just put in a very simple..

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display a
layout               Basic
romlist              mame
in_cycle             yes
in_menu              yes
global_filter       
filter               All
filter               "Fighting Versus"
rule                 Category contains Fight

But still shows every single game I have.. Tried a few others.. players, year..   nothing seems to limit me down.. Every display i make always shows all my games.
i tried removing       filter               All   but that didn't help either..
Any  ideas what might be wrong.?

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General / Using Attract-Mode on Steam Link shows both desktops

« on: July 14, 2018, 02:52:02 PM »

Setup AM on my PC.. been getting it 'just right' for a few weeks. And its working pretty awesome.. (makes me want to build an arcade cabinet)
BUT.
Trying to stream it to my Steam Link it displays the AM program as  half my screen on the TV and showing what I assume is my other monitor (duel monitor setup) as the other half.  None of my other Steam games do this.  And I'm not 100% sure it an issue with AM.. But i'm hopefully someone else knows what to do..

Current versions of Attract-Mode, Nvidia drivers, and Steam all installed on Windows 8.1 also fully updated..  I do NOT have the nvidia expreince installed as it has caused some other issues with non streaming games. 

Any help for a new guy.?