cannot get it to run any emulator

[abls1]

No emulator runs.. I do not gett!!!... stupid question but on keyboard Enter/leftCtrl are the only buttons to start the game?

[omegaman]

You should be able to map whatever keys you want under AM controller settings. What happens if you delete your select input map then reassign it.  Also, check your attract.cfg file under input_map section and see if it jives. Because your config and romlist look correct. There maybe a control mapping bug introduced with this latest update. I going to check on my end too.

[omegaman]

Fox-

Can you check to see what happens if you delete your select input mapping and reassign it. There might be a bug but I want to be sure. 

[abls1]

I deleted and added a new keyboard button but still nothing happends

The roms list names are now only with out any extensions..

688 Attack Sub
Sonic The Hedgehog

[omegaman]

At the beginning of each line in the romlist is the name of the rom that matches exactly the rom names in your folder excluding the .zip or whatever extension. The rest is just information about the rom you want to see in your list. There is no extension like .zip in the romlist because that gets passed from the front-end emulator config to the emulator. But, the romlist you posted looked ok as long as the rom name matched with what you have in your rom folder.

#Name;Title;Emulator;CloneOf;Year;Manufacturer;Category;Players;Rotation;Control;Status;DisplayCount;DisplayType
3 Ninjas Kick Back (USA);3 Ninjas Kick Back (USA);fusion;;1994;Malibu;Action;;;;;;
6-Pak (USA);6-Pak (USA);fusion;;1996;Sega;Miscellaneous;;;;;;
688 Attack Sub (USA, Europe);688 Attack Sub (USA, Europe);fusion;;1991;Sega;Simulation;;;;;;
AAAHH!!! Real Monsters (USA);AAAHH!!! Real Monsters (USA);fusion;;1995;Realtime Associates;Action;;;;;;
ATP Tour Championship Tennis (USA);ATP Tour Championship Tennis (USA);fusion;;1994;Sega;Sports/Tennis;;;;;;
AWS Pro Moves Soccer (USA);AWS Pro Moves Soccer (USA);fusion;;1993;ASCII Entertainment;Sports/Soccer;;;;;;
Action 52 (USA) (Unl);Action 52 (USA) (Unl);fusion;;1993;Farsight Technologies;Miscellaneous;;;;;;
Addams Family Values (Europe);Addams Family Values (Europe);fusion;;1994;Ocean;Role-Playing;;;;;;

[omegaman]

abls-

Did you check your attract.cfg at the root. Could you post the input_map part so I can see what is assigned because this is making no sense whatsoever. Here, I am going to upload a genesis.xml file that you can import for your list.

[abls1]

I added the xml file to romlist folder but nothing happend

My attrac.cfg



# Generated by Attract-Mode 1.5.2
#
list   fusion
   layout               attracman
   romlist              fusion
   filter               All
   filter               Favourites
      rule                 Favourite equals 1

list   gens
   layout               attracman
   romlist              gens
   filter               All
   filter               Favourites
      rule                 Favourite equals 1

list   steam
   layout               attracman
   romlist              steam
   filter               All
   filter               Favourites
      rule                 Favourite equals 1

list   nestopia
   layout               attracman
   romlist              nestopia
   filter               All
   filter               Favourites
      rule                 Favourite equals 1

list   mednafen
   layout               attracman
   romlist              mednafen
   filter               All
   filter               Favourites
      rule                 Favourite equals 1

sound
   sound_volume         100
   ambient_volume       100
   movie_volume         100

input_map
   select               E
   random_game          R
   exit                 Escape
   select               LControl
   select               Return
   configure            Tab
   prev_display         Left
   next_display         Right
   up                   Up
   down                 Down
   screenshot           F12
   up                   Joy0 Up
   down                 Joy0 Down
   prev_display         Joy0 Left
   next_display         Joy0 Right
   page_up              Joy0 PovX+
   page_down            Joy0 PovX-
   next_letter          Joy0 Button1
   prev_letter          Joy0 Button2
   exit                 Joy0 Button6
   select               Joy0 Button7
   configure            Joy0 Button8

general
   language             en
   exit_command         
   default_font         verdana
   font_path            %SYSTEMROOT%/Fonts/
   screen_saver_timeout 600
   displays_menu_exit   yes
   hide_brackets        no
   autolaunch_last_game no
   confirm_favourites   no
   mouse_threshold      10
   joystick_threshold   75
   window_mode          default
   filter_wrap_mode     default
   track_usage          yes
   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

[omegaman]

Update-

I thought there might be a bug but it was just coincidence, I think. Anyway, I deleted my select input mapping and reassigned a different key but it didn't take for some reason. Which means I couldn't select anything on the menu, so I had to kill the task. When I ran AM again, I still couldn't select anything on the menu because the Return wasn't mapped or working. So, I checked my attract.cfg and put the right key I wanted to map for select and it worked fine. I then deleted my input again and was able to delete and reassign a key without any problem. There was definitely a glitch but something that I can't reproduce now. I will put this in the odd but working category.     

[omegaman]

Well, that looks OK too. Not sure what to tell you  :p  From what you posted everything looks good. Except for one thing. If you imported the gensis.xml I uploaded then you need make sure the rom names match what's in your rom folder. I know I sound like a broken record but I need to double check everything. 

[abls1]

thanks for your help.. do you have an older version so i'll try that to see if i'ts an input bug!!! select does not work at selecting a game but to select other options works fine

[omegaman]

We could try one last thing. Make a copy of the attract.cfg and delete it. When you run AM again it will create a new attract.cfg but you need re-input stuff. But, it doesn't look like you have too much configured anyway. 

[omegaman]

Here is the link for the older releases. https://github.com/mickelson/attract/releases

[raygun]

I'm using windows 64 not sure if that matters

A bit of a long shot, but are you sure you installed the 64 bit version of Attract-Mode?  I'm pretty sure what is happening t(no emulator being able to run at all) happens if you try running the 32 bit version on windows 64.

[abls1]

Yes.. I'm running windows 7 64 abd AM 64.. I made a new installation with on a new folder but nothing.. I will upload the whole folder and someone can view the files and configurations i made

http://www.mediafire.com/download/rcpok48tnnboaaz/attracmoded151.zip

[akafox]

well according to your set up you shouldn't even have a list..if what I am looking at is right.

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# Generated by Attract-Mode 1.5.1#
executable           D:\attracmoded151\emulation\Fusion364
args                 "[romfilename]" -fullscreen
rompath              D:\attracmoded151\emulation\Fusion364\roms
romext               .sms;.sg;.sc;.mv;.gg;.cue;.bin;.zip
system               Sega Genesis
info_source          thegamesdb.net
artwork    flyer           $HOME/fusion/boxart
artwork    marquee         
artwork    snap            $HOME/fusion/videos;$HOME/fusion/snap
artwork    wheel[/code]
 you say that your extension is a ".gen" file....but..you do not even have a "gen" extension for your rom extension

Code: [Select]

# Generated by Attract-Mode 1.5.1
#
executable           D:\attracmoded151\emulation\Fusion364.exe
args                 "[romfilename]" -fullscreen
rompath              D:\attracmoded151\emulation\Fusion364\roms
romext               .gen
system               Sega Genesis
info_source          thegamesdb.net
artwork    flyer           $HOME/fusion/boxart
artwork    marquee         
artwork    snap            $HOME/fusion/videos;$HOME/fusion/snap
artwork    wheel

Copy the above as is and try it. Name it fusion.cfg

Also if gen is the only extension you have you can delete the other extensions and leave just that gens
 
Also you must put a ".exe" for your executable file! I fixed that as well up there

Delete your rom list first and then rebuild it using the config file I posted