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  • #91829
    legin
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      @legin

      Great job on the frontend guys.  I have VPX installed and running beautifully and I love it, but…

      I am having trouble getting mame to run in Pinup.  I am using the standard command line mame located on C:\mame

      When I run a mame game from pinupmenu I get an error message (see pic)

      Pinupmenu freezes and I have to use Task manager to shut it down.  Usually after it shuts down I lose my taskbar (start button etc) and I have to restart my computer before I can restart pinupmenu.

       

      Heres my current script for mame:  (I am definately not the man to see about scripts!!!!)

      START “” “[STARTDIR]Launch\VPXSTARTER.exe” 2 2 10
      c:
      cd “c:\mame”
      START “” “[diremu]\mame.exe “[GAMENAME]”

       

      I havent even bothered with the close script yet as I cant even get it to start.

      #91830
      TerryRed
      Moderator
        @terryred

        Mine for reference. Works for me. :

        Launch:

        START “” “[STARTDIR]Launch\VPXSTARTER.exe” 1 2 10 “Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator”

        g:

        cd “G:\Emulators\MAME”

        START “” “[diremu]\mamelayplus.exe” “[GAMEFULLNAME]”

         

        Close:

        “[STARTDIR]LAUNCH\PUPCLOSER.EXE” PROC “mamelayplus” 2 1

        #91831
        legin
        Participant
          @legin

          I changed the script to:

          START “” “[STARTDIR]Launch\VPXSTARTER.exe” “Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator” 2 2 10

          c:

          cd “c:\mame”

          START “” “[diremu]\mame.exe” “[GAMEFULLlNAME]”

           

          Now I dont get an error message and no crashing of pinupmenu, but the game still didnt start.  After trying to start the game I see the usual loading screen then I see my desktop.  I can push Q for quit and I go back to pinupmenu which I can exit out of normally by pushing x.

          #91833
          legin
          Participant
            @legin

            Success!!!

            I installed mameuifx64 and used that instead, Now everything works.

            I only installed one mame game for testing so now I have to get some more installed.

             

            I noticed on Terrys videos he had a marque around his playfield.  Where can I get those?

            I also noticed he is using mamelayplus which I cant find.  Seems like the website is now dead.  Hopefully the marques were not part of that program.

             

            Heres my scripts for those interested:

            LAUNCH SCRIPT:

             

            START “” “[STARTDIR]Launch\VPXSTARTER.exe” “Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator” 2 2 10

            c:

            cd “c:\mame”

            START “” “[diremu]\mameuifx64.exe” “[GAMEFULLNAME]”

             

             

            CLOSE SCRIPT:

             

            “[STARTDIR]LAUNCH\PUPCLOSER.EXE” PROC “mameuifx64” 1 1

            #92389
            Kleig
            Participant
              @kleig

              Following with great interest!!!

              #98347
              themotherbrain
              Participant
                @themotherbrain

                Are you using mameuifx64 version 1.75.1 by chance? I’m having the same exact issues with getting the error (see attached pic) and my computer locking up. I need to reboot every time I try and fail. I’m using this script below and using this version of mame. What am I doing wrong?

                START “” “[STARTDIR]Launch\VPXSTARTER.exe” “Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator” 2 2 10
                c:
                cd “c:\Mame”
                START “” “[diremu]\mameuifx64.exe” “[GAMEFULLNAME]”

                I am lost! can somebody help me with this please? Am I supposed to do something with the game file in the game manager as well? I see something about needing to specify the TITLE in custom parameters but I don’t know what it means. I’ve only downloaded a few games to test out and they run on mameuifx64 alone, but I can’t get pinup to play them. :scratch:

                #98371
                NailBuster
                Moderator
                  @nailbuster

                  problem is your script:

                  see here:  https://vpinball.com/forums/topic/pinball-fx3-wont-launch/#post-87938

                  #98452
                  themotherbrain
                  Participant
                    @themotherbrain

                    Beautiful! It seems to be working now! :yahoo: Thank you so much for the heads up on that thread. I would have never caught that. Great info to know!

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