MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: An end to support

> All my artwork and samples have come from the 'official' Mr. Do and Twisty. I deleted
> the corresponding artwork and samples but that didn't seem like it had anything to do
> with it. It seems that the official commandline MAME has stopped crashing and runs
> the game fine now. But MAMEUI 0.142u2 still crashes the game 50% of the time. Maybe
> it was just a coincidence that the official commandline MAME had crashed a couple
> times running that game. I was mostly testing the game on MAMEUI 0.142u2. So when I
> said both MAME and MAMEUI crashed the game 50% of the time, I was mostly referring to
> MAMEUI 0.142u2. Ok, so now the official commandline MAME seems to run the game fine.
> I tested it 20 times and no problems. But MAMEUI 0.142u2 still crashes the game 50%
> of the time. It is probably a bug in MAMEUI 0.142u2 that has been not been noticed
> for that version. Would somebody be so kind enough to download MAMEUI 0.142u2 and run
> the game a bunch of times to see if it crashes. I bet ya its that particular version
> (0.142u2) that crashes the game 50% of the time. If you are kind enough to test it
> out, make sure you download the "u2" (MAMEUI 0.142u2)

Ok. I am convinced this is a "UI" only issue. Look here for answers: http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=252375

To sum it up in short, go to Default Game Options -> Controllers -> Default Input Layout and selecting "Sample" from the drop down menu. This should stop the crashes. If it doesn't, try disabling "cheats". Beyond that, someone else will need to help you.

There is a reason why MAMEUI is no longer officially supported or developed - there are far too many weird bugs and annoyances that frustrate both the people using it and the people who try to help people figure out the issues with an external program that is essentially NOT MAME. MAMEUI, while it carries the MAME name, is not "MAME". It is a front-end carefully (or not so carefully) grafted into the MAME core. It may contain the MAME core from that particular version, but the UI itself is beyond anything the MAMETesters will consider to be a bug as it is not within MAMEDEV's control.

Given the state of MAMEUI in recent months, it is very close to be prohibited as a valid means for testing, confirming and/or reporting bugs at MAMETesters. You seem to be (judging from your profile information) educated enough to be able to use an external front-end rather than the the integrated (UI) approach.

While I have the soap box, if I might make a suggestion... rather than you asking questions about every little thing about MAME as you have over the first 6 days being part of this site and it's multiple forums, simply take some time on your own to research and experiment first! Part of the fun of MAME is the initial learning process and then the eventual satisfaction of understanding it to the point of being in a position to help others with their assorted issues.

To get a strong foothold regarding MAME, I'd suggest visiting and digesting the following sites:

-EASYEMU's Mame Guide
-MAMEDEV FAQ

Also, check this forum via a search related to your issue, being a specific as possible by searching relative keywords. In general, you often find an answer here because someone else had your same (or similar) problem.