MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Parsing error when running CLI

> > Can someone look over this ini and tell me why I am getting a message that says:
> >
> > Error in command line:
> > While parsing ini\1941.ini
> > Warning: unknown option in INI:
> > Warning: unknown option in INI:
> > Warning: unknown option in INI:
> >
> > This did not start happening until I upgraded from 213 to 217.
> >
> > I have stared and compared and there is nothing that looks different than the
> > mame.ini generated from the exe. The message is not giving me what exactly is the
> > unknown option, it's just blank.
>
> Looks like your file has the "ef bb bf" byte order mark denoting Unicode. As far as I
> am aware, all .ini file are expected to be plain text. Try saving it as "Normal Text
> File" or whatever is usually .txt with your editor and it should correct your issue
> you are seeing.

Still not working. Any other suggestions?

EDIT:Found out what was causing it. Too many large gaps in between INI options. I dunno why this would be an issue but putting all the options closer together stops this error message.

Thanks for the help though

Edited by Dante82 (01/09/20 03:09 PM)