The Beginners Guide to MAME

why does MAME32k ++ 0.117 run so slow for me? my computer is running on Vista and 2 gigs of RAM. oh, and AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58.

also, why is the default properties (or any individual game properties) greyed out for me in MAME32k 0.64?

Did you give the problematic Mame it’s own directory, or put the exe in with an older Mame version? Give each version it’s own directory and see if that helps.

I’ve never seen that before, but it sounds like the cfg/ini files might be messed up, or maybe it can’t write them. Things can get messed up over time so save anything you might want saved (like input recordings), erase the old directory and start fresh.

yes, the mame is in it’s own directory.

Because MAME ++ 0.117 sucks ass. Its a resource hog (for my computer at least).

Well I just looked over the whole thread and in those 21 threads I didnt get an answer, for some reason he kept skipping or ignoring the question or im not getting something here. How do you record on .117 Mame? The Ctrl+Shift doesn’t work and the home key is to talk, Ive been trying to figure this out but no answer, I know Blaq Records, but idk how to reach him :confused:

These are the examples of his recordings o_o

http://youtube.com/user/bboyforever2002

Edit: Oh, and when the game desync’s randomly does the game still record that, or does it just blow up and everything erases?

Try that first and let me know if you get it to work cause I didn’t bother to re-read it just now.
Stressed out from work and I need to be a lil more drunk first.

Try what first…?:shake:

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I guess I had to be a little LESS drunk!!! I really don’t know what hap.there man sorry.

What I meant to say was http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=145656

Two things…

  1. Can someone please re-up this… http://rapidshare.com/files/49578987/MAME_special_effects_pack_by_M.Bigode.rar…link is dead.

  2. Is this USB converter the best one for PS2 controllers?

That damn radioshack one delayed too many of my inputs on fighting games. Didn’t realize this until I tried it on the PS3.

Don’t know, but perhaps the Controller Adapter/Converter Thread does. Of course you wanna be extra careful in doing your homework on those, since as you’ve discovered, you can easily end up with one that doesn’t work well enough with your stick/pad. :sad:

Thanks for that thread link. A lot of useful info in there.

Found the scanlines I wanted finally!

Hey,

I’m really new to this on-line thing, but I’m curious, is the main Kaillera server down right now? I get errors when searching for waiting games, server lists, etc. The only thing that appears is the “Recent servers” (which strangly, I can connect to.)

Yeah, the master list thing (with servers and waiting games, etc.) doesn’t seem to be working for me either.

As you found out, the servers themselves still work, or you can still play games P2P if you have the right network client .DLL and an opponent. :tup:

I have a beast computer and a beast internet connection, I can even ping the new york servers at 15ms, but when I try and play online through mame, it says my ping is 360ms? I don’t get it? I tried running custom dlls but that didn’t help, any ideas?

What’s the ip addy for godweapon?

I’m getting an error when I start MAME saying “comctl32.dll” is old, but it’s the latest version. Microsoft.com doesn’t have the version I have to download either.

Also, “Default Options” is greyed out. May be caused my the missing .dll.

Are you trying to use MAME 0.64 on Vista or something? If so, that will always happen as there is no updated “comctl32.dll” file for Vista yet.

Does anyone know where I can download MAME++ 0.119? I’ve been looking everywhere for it w/ no luck.

That would be why. Thanks.

The greying out for MAME.64 is a Vista problem, I also have the same problem.

But an even worse problem for me now is when I run MAME32k.64 I can’t use TAB (or any of my buttons for that matter) to access the menu. So I can’t set my arcade stick up even though I used to be able to. I even tried deleting my files in cfgwin.

When I run MAME32++ I can access the menu but it does not register my stick even though I have it set out to recognise my stick in the default game options menu.

Any help please ?

EDIT: Nevermind, I merely redownloaded MAME32k.64 and copied over my roms file.

I still don’t understand my problem with MAME32++ though ?

hazzerone its because your using a DOA Stick or a VF5 Stick i had the same problem. download x padder