MAME Install Defaults

[PRBITNA]

HI - I am still testing and will keep having questions/issues so will try and consolidate in seperate posts.

I have installed latest MAME and pointed at rom sets. Some questions:

1) Searching/returning in large lists: I heard in the live stream/updates full searching is coming - GREAT. Will you also be addressing some minor issues like: when switching from list to artwork view, it returns you to the top of the list. Ideally context should remain.

2) Mame defaults:  I installed latest MAME through HQ and great it all installed and metadata downloaded - but it seems the high score plugin is not available by default and 'nag' screen when launching games still appears. Any plans to default these ? Realise No-Nag is a mame patch but hi score is an official plugin (which in this current process I seem to have to launch mame and enable it) - maybe could be an option to turn on and off?

3) Mame Artwork - With all defaults on - i launched Space Invaders and the background artwork was not present - is this a seperate setting - or something we manually have to add?

More to come....

 

[Dazz]

There is quite a bit of work that needs to be done with MAME. Personally, I'm not happy with how we are handling MAME right now. 

On 1/23/2025 at 9:30 PM, PRBITNA said:

1) Searching/returning in large lists: I heard in the live stream/updates full searching is coming - GREAT. Will you also be addressing some minor issues like: when switching from list to artwork view, it returns you to the top of the list. Ideally context should remain.

I completely agree with this. Instead of going back to the top of any game list in HQ, it should remain where you left at.
 

On 1/23/2025 at 9:30 PM, PRBITNA said:

2) Mame defaults:  I installed latest MAME through HQ and great it all installed and metadata downloaded - but it seems the high score plugin is not available by default and 'nag' screen when launching games still appears. Any plans to default these ? Realise No-Nag is a mame patch but hi score is an official plugin (which in this current process I seem to have to launch mame and enable it) - maybe could be an option to turn on and off?

I just downloaded new package of MAME .273b.  It does include the plugins and looks like plugins are enabled by default. 

On 1/23/2025 at 9:30 PM, PRBITNA said:

3) Mame Artwork - With all defaults on - i launched Space Invaders and the background artwork was not present - is this a seperate setting - or something we manually have to add?

As far as I know, MAME handles all of it's own artwork. Bezels, backgrounds, and things that you would find in the MAMEExtras downloads.