I’m trying to sort out a xp mame

[Retroman839]

I have nice mame 32 for xp

But it dose not have the options
To configure mame ?

When it has loaded into the gui
I have game selection via keyboard search type_
And I have only

Configure controls
Exit

No other options such as
To configure mame ,
Set rom paths etc …

Can I correct this ?
As I know I have my bios in with the roms folders …
But games won’t run and I’m suspecting it’s because bios ath is not configured.


Also in game Tab menu Options.
Won’t let me go up or down ?

.ini Is
ui_keyboard up Keyboards_up


ui_keyboard down keyboard_down

Can I fix with command prompt or can I update ?
I want to keep all my folders
As I have all flyers / bezels etc

Any help appreciated

 

[Hitesh]

Screenshots of GUI Mame32 would help

 

[Retroman839]

Screenshots of GUI Mame32 would help

I will add screen shots later ..
It’s an old mame but I like it 🤗

 

[Retroman839]

I looks same as this

Only has configure genral inputs

No options

 

[Retroman839]

I need this


Basically to show it the bios path in configure options

 

[ZedEx48K]

Why XP, and are you going to be using a frontend? If so just get the UI version, set up in that and then still run it via command line, but the controls you would set up in the game, not the menu you are looking at. Open a game, press tab, everything is there, common or per game.

 

[Retroman839]

Xp…
Just because it’s a small xp pc I have it’s all set up ..

All I need to do is point mame to the roms folder for bios path.

The mame configuration options is not pressent

 

[cools]

That version of MAME is ancient, you're better off just editing the mame.ini directly with Notepad or similar

 

[ZedEx48K]

Also, mame should by default use a folder called roms in the same dir as the exe.

 

[Retroman839]

Also, mame should by default use a folder called roms in the same dir as the exe.

I do have a roms folder in same as .exe 🫡

 

[Retroman839]

Just to say I have groovymame
Mister ,
Etc..

I just like this xp mame and small pc I have it on ..
I’m keeping it vga 31khz rather than 15khz like groovy.

I just don’t have the mame configuration option!
I’m trying to find out how I modify the .ini or .cfg
Só as that it would then be avalible to me to add bios / rom path ?
Cheers 😁

 

[Retroman839]

Also, mame should by default use a folder called roms in the same dir as the exe.

It sees the roms but not the bios …?

Bios is in with the roms.

Second issue is nagotiating
The in game tab menu …
I don’t have up or down on key board or game pad/joystick ?

 

[cools]

The ini should be in the same folder as the exe. If it's not, whoever has configured it might have done something funky with startup. Does MAME run automatically on boot?

 

[Bods]

All Bios are in the Roms folder, think it was different on early versions

so like STVbios.zip is in Roms

In mame 0229 it has Configure Options, configure directories, roms which is only folder but has add folder

 

[Retroman839]

The ini should be in the same folder as the exe. If it's not, whoever has configured it might have done something funky with startup. Does MAME run automatically on boot?

Nope I have maximum front end
But need to configure mame before setting to boot right into on power up

 

[ZedEx48K]

All Bios are in the Roms folder, think it was different on early versions

so like STVbios.zip is in Roms

In mame 0229 it has Configure Options, configure directories, roms which is only folder but has add folder

Yeah, I wonder if he is mix and matching Mame and rom release versions

 

[Retroman839]

Yeah, I wonder if he is mix and matching Mame and rom release versions

You are correct..
But I still have the up and down issue in game tab menu ?

With correct mame & rom set ?

 

[ZedEx48K]

Get the latest mame, get the latest roms, pleasuredome has the roms, most games don't require much extra grunt, a Pentium4 plays most stuff.

MAME Sets & Datfiles

retro arcade

pleasuredome.github.io

 

[Retroman839]

Get the latest mame, get the latest roms, pleasuredome has the roms, most games don't require much extra grunt, a Pentium4 plays most stuff.

MAME Sets & Datfiles

retro arcade

pleasuredome.github.io

Thanks but can’t be arsed to download another rom set..

Thats just why I want to resolve with what this is ..

I have other pc with mame ..

Just liked the idea of this old set being usable …

I will preserver with trying stuff
Like -cc config mame etc

 

[Hexen]

I will add screen shots later ..
It’s an old mame but I like it 🤗

It’s an old mame but I like it

Still use DOS in mine. And FEMAME.