Robert

MESSUI (full version) will become the new MAMEUI. This means you will get an extra panel on the right, which adds proper MESS software support. The panel can be switched off by entering the View menu and turning off the software area. The panel contains 3 sub-panels. SW Items: This displays the list of software that exists in the HASH files, for the selected system. To select and run an item, firstly single-click, then double-click the item. The system will start up with the software loaded. SW Files: This displays whatever random (loose) software you have which is usually not in a software list. Again, to select and run, follow the advice as above. Media View: This displays each kind of software slot and what is currently mounted. You choose a slot by clicking the little button to the right, and some actions will appear - Unmount, Load File, Load Item. Load File is the same as "SW Files" above. Load Item only appears if there's a suitable software list for that device, and allows you to choose individual items from a software-list item, and mount it in whatever slot you want (not necessarily what the software-list says it wants). NEWUI: Provides a windows menu-bar at the top of the running system, to allow you access to commonly-used actions without needing to go to Partial Emulation. You can also load SW Files from here, stop and start cassettes, etc. Setting Up: Firstly, it is the usual thing to have individual ini files for consoles and computers, but not for arcade. NEWUI is handy for computers and consoles, but only gets in the way for arcade. We need to set things up so NEWUI and ini-file saving features are turned off or on depending on what system you run. How are we going to do this? Firstly, we need a place to store ini files, that place will be the ini folder. If mame.ini does not exist, type mameui -cc which will create a default one. Use Notepad to adjust it to whatever you need. Make sure the following settings are changed: writeconfig 1 menu 1 Now save the file. Copy the file to the ini folder. You'll also see ui.ini, open this with Notepad and make adjustments as needed. Save it. Now move (or copy) it over to the ini folder. Now, switch to the ini folder. Take a copy of mame.ini and call it arcade.ini. Open it, and delete everything except what you see here. Change writeconfig to 0, and menu to 0. Save it. The next thing is to set up some folders. Start up MAMEUI (first run takes a while). Click on Options, Directories... and make any required adjustments. Set Software File Base to point to the root folder of your loose software. Set Software List Base to point to the root folder of your software-list software. You need to include this folder among the Roms folders as well. Now you are ready to begin. Press F5 to validate your roms (this can take a long time). Then exit, so that all your settings are saved. Then start up MAMEUI again (much faster this time), and play a game. How to set up a software base for each system: This only works if you have writeconfig set to 1 as recommended. Right-click on the computer or console, choose Properties, then choose the Software tab. Navigate to the location of loose software for that system and choose it. Click OK until the properties close. Now reselect the system, and any suitable files will appear in the SW Files panel. To make things easier, you only need to set this up for parent sets, and the clones will inherit the setting. Further, in the few cases where Compatible Software setting is populated in the source, just select the grandparent, and all compatible systems will inherit it. Example, for the vc4000 sets, set up vc4000 only. All the other parents and clones will pick up the setting automatically. More information on ini files (a bit dated, but may help you): http://www.1emulation.com/forums/topic/35414-messui-mameui-and-ini-files/ What can cause a crash? MAMEUI is dependent on MAME being well-behaved. Unfortunately MAME has a bad habit of crashing when unusual situations occur, instead of handling it gracefully. Some reasons for crashing: - Crash as soon as a system is selected. Probably a bad entry in the game's ini file (usually an unknown slot device). Delete the system's ini file and try again. - Crash when a floppy disk is selected. The code for FD/WD controllers cannot handle floppies that contain more data than expected. Don't use that disk. - Random crash after trying out a number of different systems. Usually a memory leak. You can try running the same systems from MAME's internal UI and the same crash should eventually happen. - Crash with unusual random software. MAME often cannot handle everything. Try another emulator of that particular system.

MESSUI 0.180 has been released and is available at the usual place: http://messui.1emulation.com/ Changes: - Fixed 7z support in SW Files tab - Added back "Software List Base" (SLpath) setting in the directories - Made "Open Other Software" to default to the "swpath" instead of a random folder - In Device View, Open Item now only shows if there is a matching software list - In Device View, Open Item now opens the folder of the software list instead of the SLpath. - The DATS settings is now moved back to messui.ini --- If your DATS folder is not "dats", you will need to set it up again - Removed 3 items from the treeview for a faster startup MAMEUI 0.180 has been released and is available at the above link. Changes: - MESSUI (full version) has been renamed to MAMEUI. The old MAMEUI interface has been retired. HBMAME 0.180 has been released and is available at http://hbmame.1emulation.com Changes: - It has been decided to reactivate all those homebrews that have been copied to MAME, such as Pauline Edition. - NEWUI has been removed.

Works for me... Click the orange "Download Now" button on the right, it will start downloading immediately. You might need to install an ad blocker.

It's a bug in MAME. They are working on it.

use OSD=messui The winui target no longer works. The winui_fx folder was a test and won't work either.

* Hatari 2.0.0 [Atari ST] - http://download.tuxfamily.org/hatari/ * jpcsp (2016-11-03) [PSP] - http://www.jpcsp.org/ * Xebra/Arbex (2016-10-28) [PSX] - http://drhell.web.fc2.com/ps1/index.html * AdvanceMAME v1.5 (2016-11-01) - http://www.advancemame.it/ * Wine 1.8.5 - https://www.winehq.org/ * Emucon 2.7.2 [FE] - http://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/downloads.htm

You haven't posted the error message.

and hello to you. Which audit? I tried all 3 and it was all finished in a few seconds.

MAME 0.179 was released * Official - http://mamedev.org/release.html * MESSUI - http://messui.1emulation.com/ * MAMEUI - http://www.mameui.info/ * WolfMAME - http://wolfmame.marpirc.net/ * SDLMAME - http://sdlmame.lngn.net/ * pfeMAME 1.002 - https://sourceforge.net/projects/pfemame/rss?path=/ * RPCEMU 0.8.15 - http://www.marutan.net/rpcemuspoon/ * ClrMamePro 4.031b - http://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/ * QMC2 0.69 [FE] - https://sourceforge.net/projects/qmc2/rss?path=/ * Emu Loader 8.2.5 [FE] - http://emuloader.mameworld.info/downloads.htm * EmuCon 2.7.1 [FE] - http://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/downloads.htm

To compile 0.179, take the source from the mameui git repository instead of using official mame source.

Things have gotten quiet over the last few years, because most arcade things are emulated, there's not much left to do. Your chankast utilities site http://chankast.1emu.net/ hasn't been updated for 12 years, did you forget about it?

Welcome back

MESSUI 0.179 has been released and is available at the usual place: http://messui.1emulation.com/ Changes: - Restored ability to modify sourcename.ini which was removed in 0.144 - Restored support to read horizont.ini, vertical.ini, vector.ini, parent.ini, grandparent.ini, which were removed in 0.144 - Added support to read arcade.ini, console.ini, computer.ini and othersys.ini - Because parent.ini can contain loaded devices and software, which can cause issues to clones, these items cannot be inherited. - Changes to code to support new core swpath parameter, replacing the comment_directory workaround. -- This means you will have to set up your software paths again. - Added a switch in the View menu to hide/show the software panel. When hidden, it looks very similar to MAMEUI. MAMEUI 0.179 has been released and is available at the above link. Changes: - Restored ability to modify sourcename.ini which was removed in 0.178 (it hadn't worked for some months prior). - This is the last release in this form. There's no new release of HBMAME at this time. Upcoming news: - Currently MESSUI is available in 3 forms: -- Full version, all arcade and MESS, released monthly -- MESS-only version, released monthly -- MESS-only bleeding-edge version, 32-bit only, released approximately every 1-2 weeks. - From now, the monthly MESS-only version will no longer be released. - At 0.180, the current GUI for MAMEUI will be retired. The full version of MESSUI will be renamed to MAMEUI.

Thanks!

* Final Burn Alpha 0.2.97.39 - http://www.fbalpha.com/downloads/ * Pantheon 5.108 - http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/Download.htm * SNES9X 1.54 - http://www.s9x-w32.de/dl/ * BML3mk5 1.4.4 - http://s-sasaji.ddo.jp/bml3mk5/download.htm * Altirra 2.81 - http://virtualdub.org/altirra.html * hiscore.dat (2016-10-16) - http://highscore.mameworld.info/latest.htm * ScummVM 1.9.0 - http://www.scummvm.org/downloads/ * Mame Classic 8.7.0 [FE] - http://mameclassic.mameworld.info/

* Phoenix 2.8 [3DO] - http://www.arts-union.ru/node/23 * Emu64 5.0.12 [C64] - http://www.emu64-projekt.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=1179 * XRoar 0.34.5 [Dragon / CoCo] - http://www.6809.org.uk/xroar/ * Fuse 1.3.0 [sinclair] - http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/ * Romulus 0.032 [Rom Manager] - http://romulus.net63.net/ * GameEx 14.58 [FE] - http://www.gameex.com/news/ * F.E.E.L v.1.9.5.4 [FE] - http://feelfrontend.altervista.org/download/

Finally got around to releasing MAMEUI 0.178. However MAMEUI has issues that make its demise inevitable. 1. Cannot handle software lists, or any of the other new stuff which is the direction MAME is going. 2. Lots of negative comments, seems nobody likes it much now anyway. So, it is quite possible that 0.178 will be the last release unless I get a lot of people requesting it stays. Anyone who wants a winui MAME for all emulators is advised to use MESSUI (full version) instead. Now, next thing is that MESSUI (MESS-only version) will no longer have monthly version-dot releases as there is no point any more. It will still be released as bleeding-edge (32 bit only) about each 1-2 weeks.

In 0.171 but not in 0.178 (some may have been renamed?) acpsx atluspsx atpsx cpzn1 cpzn2 crimfght2 cshootere dangar2 dmdtouch dolphtra enchfrst excitebka geishanz indiandr machridr machridra magicmsk magicmska majest12 margmgc mightybj mosyougi platoon psarc95 qotn roadrioto ssf2xjd ssf2xjr swthrt2v taitofx1 taitogn theendb tps vspsx wangmd2b also a huge bunch of tourvision games - was turned into a software list. and a bunch of gambling games.

MAME 0.178 was released * Official MAME - http://mamedev.org/release.html * MESSUI - http://messui.1emulation.com/ * SDLMAME for OS/X - http://sdlmame.lngn.net/ * WolfMAME - http://wolfmame.marpirc.net/ * GearMasterPlayer 1.0.2 (for Android) - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.vastness.altmer.gearmasterplayer * fceux build 3320 (2016-09-26) - http://www.fceux.com/web/download.html * jpcsp (2016-09-26) - http://www.jpcsp.org/ * Emu Loader 8.2.4 [FE] - http://emuloader.mameworld.info/downloads.htm * EmuCon 2.7 [FE] - http://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/downloads.htm * Qemu 2.6.2 [FE] - http://wiki.qemu.org/Index.html * QMC2 0.68 [FE] - http://qmc2.batcom-it.net/download/win32/

Turns out the crash was due to a bad ini file, so in fact there's no problem at all.

At the usual place: http://messui.1emulation.com/ Note: if you click on Unavailable, and there's nothing to show, MESSUI will crash. Also, there's no 0.178 release of HBMAME (nothing new has been added), and MAMEUI (can't be bothered).

You can download it 2 ways. Either copy/paste the entire link into your browser; or click the link, then paste the red part in when it asks for the key. EDIT: or click this -- https://mega.nz/#!lFl2VAja!IMULKo0cbg7HYp8v9StyZSk0oRIZNHHkY5Ls3ZEFQL4

* MacMAME 0.177 (OS/X app) - http://www.macmess.org/ * Mednafen 0.9.39.2 - http://mednafen.fobby.net/releases/ * fceux build 3308 (2016-09-17) - http://www.fceux.com/web/download.html * jpcsp (2016-09-19) - http://www.jpcsp.org/ * PPSSPP 1.3 - http://www.ppsspp.org/downloads.html

Thanks, downloaded. I'll look at them in a bit. I made a mistake earlier; the png should really be bmp, but it's ok as I used Paint to convert them.

* MasterGear 3.6 - http://fms.komkon.org/MG/ * Speccy 4.1 - http://fms.komkon.org/Speccy/ * fMSX 4.7 - http://fms.komkon.org/fMSX/ * ThunderMAME32UI+ 0.160X (2016-09-12) - http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Sunnyvale/8595/ * dgVoodoo2 2.53 [Plugin] - http://dege.freeweb.hu/index.html * Pantheon 5.000 [Multi-system emulator] - http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/Download.htm * GameEx 14.57 [FE] - http://www.gameex.com/news/