MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: help with running MAME in DOS command line mode please

Trev & Mr. Do:

Thanks much! -mouse worked perfectly.

Is it possible to update some config file so that will be a permanent thing and I don't need to remember to enter it every time?

Joe

> mame centipede -mouse
>
> Will enable your mouse as analog controls when you play Centipede.
>
> Second question... You would need to recompile, with the additionally required GUI
> source and tools, in addition to the normal MAME source and tools, to have the GUI
> version recognize your newly added game.
>
>
> > I'm trying to do some messing around with MAME and I'm needing to run a very old
> > version (MAME .135, 32 bit). But I imagine my question is still the same for the
> > current version.
> >
> > I need to run in DOS prompt command line mode. My problem is, for Atari trac-ball
> > games, like Missile Command and Centipede and Millipede (and I'm guessing any other
> > game that uses a trac-ball), I have to use the keyboard arrows to move the cursor
> > around.
> >
> > What paramater do I set to enable the mouse when running through the DOS command
> line
> > mode? If I used MAMEUI32, it's easy to map keyboard functions, but I don't know how
> > to do it from DOS.
> >
> > My other question, and I think I know the answer to this ("you can't do it"),
> without
> > recompiling MAME or MAMEUI32, is there a way to get the GUI to recognize a new game
> > that isn't in MAME (.135). Let's assume you've recompiled MAME and added the proper
> > driver (it works on command line mode). I'd like the GUI to recognize the game too,
> > so I could play it through the GUI.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Joe (joemagiera at Ameritech dot net)
> > [email protected]

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Joe (joemagiera at ameritech dot net)
[email protected]