Attract-Mode Support Forum
Attract-Mode Support => General => Topic started by: joewhite on December 30, 2023, 08:03:50 PM
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Howdy y'all,
I've got Mame 0.261 setup on an old Mac mini running Catalina that is working well with my X-Arcade Tankstick. The executable, ROM files, and all ancillary files reside on an external hard drive. I thought it would be nice to have Attract Mode handle the front end; however, I cannot seem to get it configured correctly.
I've scanned this forum and googled, but keep striking out.
I've tried using the absolute path
/Volumes/externaldrivename/mamefolder
I've tried making an alias to the Mame folder in my Documents folder and using
$HOME/Documents/mamefolder
and after reading @Hanone's suggestion in the thread at http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=3869.0 (http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=3869.0) I created a symbolic link to the folder in my root directory and used
$HOME/mamefolder
but none of these worked.
What am I overlooking?
# Generated by Attract-Mode v2.6.1
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executable $HOME/mame/./mame
args [name]
workdir $HOME/mame
rompath $HOME/mame/roms
romext .zip;.7z
system Arcade
info_source listxml
pause_hotkey $HOME/mame/marquee
artwork marquee $HOME/mame/marquee
artwork snap $HOME/mame/video;$HOME/mame/snap
PS Why are there four challenges (CAPTCHA and three questions) to search and to post? seems a bit excessive
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When you say it doesn't work, what does it mean? What error you get from the terminal when you try running a game? Also, no need to have $HOME/mame/./mame $HOME/mame/mame is enough
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Trying to generate the ROM list, I get zero added roms.
It appears to be a permissions issue.
Checking the console, I see Sandbox: attract(xxxxx) System Policy: deny(1) file-read-data /Volumes/whd/mame/roms
I have given Attract Mode Full Disk Access, and made the mame folder world readable-writable-executable
If I move the roms folder from the external to my home directory, it works fine.
Was not running from Terminal, but from the binary.
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Did you give full disk access also to the attractplus executable that is inside the app bundle?
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finally saw this thread
http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=3087.30 (http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=3087.30) in which zpaolo11x suggested adding bash to full disk access, which did the trick.
Now, to wait for it to generate the list for all my roms. ;-)
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That was the next thing I had in mind but new year celebration got in the way :D
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Thanks for the help, Paolo!
Happy New Year!!!