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Keatah
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Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly?
10/23/12 02:41 AM


According to the manual, MAME should parse its .ini file, even if renamed.
So why doesn't mame0147.exe parse mame0147.ini ??

mame.exe parses mame.ini just fine, though.. So what's happening? Anyone know?





Exceprt from manual

Configuration options
---------------------

-[no]readconfig / -[no]rc

Enables or disables the reading of the config files. When enabled
(which is the default), MAME reads the following config files in order:

- mame.ini
- .ini (i.e. if MAME was renamed mame060.exe, MAME
parses mame060.ini here)
- debug.ini (if the debugger is enabled)
- vector.ini (for vector games only)
- .ini (based on the source filename of the driver)
- .ini (for clones only, may be called recursively)
- .ini

The settings in the later ini's override those in the earlier ini's.
So, for example, if you wanted to disable overlay effects in the
vector games, you can create a vector.ini with the "effect none" line
in it, and it will override whatever effect value you have in your
mame.ini. The default is ON (-readconfig).







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Subject Posted by Posted on
* Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly? Keatah 10/23/12 02:41 AM
. * Re: Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly? Tourniquet  10/27/12 10:49 PM
. * Re: Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly? angileena  10/25/12 08:52 AM
. * Re: Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly? krick  10/23/12 06:23 AM
. * Re: Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly? R. Belmont  10/23/12 05:29 AM
. * Re: Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly? Keatah  10/23/12 08:00 AM
. * Re: Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly? B2K24  10/23/12 08:32 AM
. * Re: Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly? CiroConsentino  10/23/12 01:00 PM
. * Re: Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly? Keatah  10/23/12 10:39 AM
. * Re: Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly? B2K24  10/23/12 04:24 PM
. * Re: Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly? Keatah  10/24/12 02:57 AM
. * Re: Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly? Dullaron  10/24/12 06:31 AM
. * Re: Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly? Keatah  10/25/12 04:38 AM
. * Re: Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly? joey35car  10/24/12 07:59 AM
. * Re: Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly? Keatah  10/25/12 10:58 AM
. * Re: Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly? Ziggy100  10/25/12 01:57 PM
. * Re: Mame0147 not parsing mame.ini correctly? joey35car  10/26/12 04:56 AM

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