SDLMAME and WiiControl
 

Hi, people

i have litle problem with apps i have downloaded and installed on my N900. When i start SDLMAME and WiiControl after 2 sec then they crash. I don't know if u people have same prob. like me.
If there some solution pls need help

sry. for my bad english.

Re: SDLMAME and WiiControl
 

For Wiicontrol to start up properly make sure Bluetooth is enabled before you start the application as it won't start it itself, it just exits.

Re: SDLMAME and WiiControl
 

Wiicontrol needs to be fixed as the profile button are borked and it's not very intuitive and it's probably a minor problem... :-)

Re: SDLMAME and WiiControl
 

thanx i have tried and works good. :)

now still need help around SDLMAME :)

Re: SDLMAME and WiiControl
 

I too would like to know how other people got sdlmame working.

I've installed it fine and then used sudo gainroot to make a folder called "roms" in /opt/sdlmame/ and then copied both the .zip and an extracted .zip of a rom to this folder (I was using Canyon Bomber as I love games with 1 button!).

When starting up sdlmame however, I still get a message saying no roms are found and to check the config.txt for the location of the roms folder.

I notice in the config file that initpath is set as /home/ - is this right, or should it be changed to /opt/sdlmame/ as the rompath is set as "roms".

Re: SDLMAME and WiiControl
 

me too!

I edited /home/opt/sdlmame/mame.ini and /home/user/.sdlmame/mame.ini to point to the correct rom path. but still? shows no roms.

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I couldn't find any (working) way to change the paths it's looking for. By default, it looks for ROMs in /mnt/media/roms and, I think, /home/user/MyDocs/roms.

Re: SDLMAME and WiiControl
 

did you try making a symlink ?

ln -s /mnt/media/roms /home/user/MyDocs/YourRomFolder

Re: SDLMAME and WiiControl
 

Sorry, thinko there - should be /media/mmc1/roms, not /mnt/media/roms.

And I did think about symlinks, but both /media/mmc1 and /home/user/MyDocs are FAT32 so don't support symlinks.

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Also make sure you have the original (large) parent rom and not one of its dependents (children roms)

I dont have mame on the N900 yet but if you guys tell me DoDonPachi runs full speed I will definitly have to take the time to figure out how to install it and get it working :D I love shmups and is what I normally play on mame.

Re: SDLMAME and WiiControl
 

DonDonPachi and DonPachi both run at near full speed with sound. Both are very playable and seem about as good as the PSX framerates :) Several Cave games play far better than I expected.

You will be very surprised that quite a few shooters play great including NeoGeo 's Pulzstar and Viewpoint :)

Gaplus and Vulgus play great too! Sadly, Galaga 88 does not, but should get better, once Flandry has time to work even more magic!

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ROMS go into the following folder:

/home/user/MyDocs/roms

Re: SDLMAME and WiiControl
 

I put mine in the internal media memory: "\roms". Also made a samples directory too (for Bezerk sounds, of course).


Bezerk with sound on N900 equals = Super sweet :)

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And which config(s) did you edit to make it pick them up on new location??

Care to share instructions? :)

Re: SDLMAME and WiiControl
 

edit the /opt/sdlmame/sdlmame-start.sh script to change the location where roms are searched/

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Symlinking worked for me actually (as root)!
First, remove the default 'roms' folder in home (if there is one).
Then create your roms folder under media/mmc1, and then:

ln -s /media/mmc1/roms/mame/ /home/user/roms

because I use 'roms' as the general folder for different console roms, and a subfolder beneath that one for each console.
So I have currently there:
snes
mame

under /media/mmc1/roms

Re: SDLMAME and WiiControl
 

i turned the bluetooth on then ran wiicontroller but it crashes/closes right away. someone plz help

Re: SDLMAME and WiiControl
 

same here.
Turn on bluetooth
Start wiicontrol.
Press 1+2 on wii remote
Wiicontrole closes.

any ideea''s?