MAME slow to load in Hyperspin?

[mosaiclive]

Since I'm really new to all this, I'm trying to understand why MAME loads really slowly from the main hyper spin wheel? I was on MAME 148 and I just updated to MAMEUIFX 173 and now when I click on MAME on the main Hyperspin menu it thinks for a really long time before loading the game list. 148 wasn't instant but it was pretty quick. Is this just a quirk with a newer version of MAME?

[Metalzoic]

Clicking on it from the main menu wouldn't have anything to with MAME itself since the emulator doesn't launch until you actually select a game.

What else did you change? Database? Rename any folders? Etc... If you renamed something maybe the capitalization doesn't match. That can cause weirdness.

Someone with a better idea will probably chime in though.

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[mosaiclive]

Okay, that's already a help- just knowing it's not MAME itself. The whole system was working and all I did was update MAME. I'll have to go back through everything I did to make sure I didn't do anything else. I don't really know enough to change much so I was just focusing on getting MAME updated. Maybe someone else has some other ideas about what could be causing it to load the MAME game list so slowly.

[Metalzoic]

Okay, that's already a help- just knowing it's not MAME itself. The whole system was working and all I did was update MAME. I'll have to go back through everything I did to make sure I didn't do anything else. I don't really know enough to change much so I was just focusing on getting MAME updated. Maybe someone else has some other ideas about what could be causing it to load the MAME game list so slowly.

So you updated your MAME emulator to UIFX and version 173, but you didn't update your database XML to 173? Did you update your romset to 173? And your CHDs?

When you update you want to update all of those things so they are all the exact same version. Especially coming from a version as ancient as 148.

Did you make any changes to your MAME system in RocktLauncher or HyperHQ? Did you add a lot of new game theme's or wheel art that could take it longer to load the MAME wheel? Did you install any other software that could maybe be running in the background slowing the entire system down a bit? Have you made exceptions for HyperSpin & RocketLauncher to make sure the delay isn't caused by your anti-virus scanning them constantly?

Does the game wheel always load or does it sometimes bounce you back to the main menu? How long does it actually take to load now?

EDIT: Did you recently change your filters in HyperHQ to Wheels only, Roms only etc...?

[mosaiclive]

Metalzoic- thanks for all the great questions/ideas. I don't know the answer to all of them because I'm not even sure how to do what you're asking! I did update everything to 173 except the Database. I didn't know that had to be updated also. I'll look into that.

 

I didn't change or add any art and I'll look back through HyperHQ and Hyperlaunch to make sure I didn't accidentally change something. I tried to do as little as possible since everything was working so well before. The wheel's always loading and it takes about 20-30 seconds to load the game wheel now. It just seems to freeze when you click on MAME from the main wheel.

 

I don't actually know anything about the filters but I'll look to make sure they're set correctly. Like I said before, the more I learn the more I realize how much I don't know!

[mosaiclive]

In case this helps any other new people, I just wanted to give an update on the outcome of my problem. As suggested by Metalzoic, it was the MAME Databse that was the problem. I updated that and MAME suddenly loaded from the main wheel much faster. I'd updated everything else but forgotten about the databases!

 

Thanks again to Metalzoic who's helped me out with a number of issues and questions I've had.

[Metalzoic]

Glad you got it working man

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