MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Mame Gives No Logs, PlzHlp!

well i sort of do have the basics worked out...

im using a Vector.ini for some default vector related changes as all the games i want on each screen are vector related. My initial intention was to do it all entirely through batch command line. which is still do abale. but kind of less necessary with a vector.ini though each game still requires some advanced spesiffic tweaking. which takes me back to the command line of course. Eventually ill have each of them cyceling between screens with even more. kinda like a screen saver. They aren't meant to be played so much as displayed. with the "-sound none" option as well or itd be a noisy mess!

but i am still not grasping how to escape//send the log-to-file aspect through start. some one posted a way to do it using ^escape characters but I've not been able to get such to work.

so heres what im looking add for each:
" >> C:\Games\Emu\Arcade\Mame0.198b\mameLog.txt 2>&1"
( which produced a blank log :{ )

(please note the >> as it indicates append rather then replace)

And heres my present working (but not logging).bat file below.

i still need help making that >> line work for each of these 4 start'ed commands.

Code:

start "STARWARS" C:\Games\Emu\Arcade\Mame0.198b\mame64.exe starwars1.zip -rp F:\ROMs\Arcade -skip_gameinfo -screen \\.\DISPLAY5 -triplebuffer -throttle -sleep -refreshspeed -sound none -bloom_overdrive 1.7,2.8,2.4 -phosphor_life 0.4,0.1,0.6 -flicker 0.9

timeout /t 7 /nobreak

start "ASTEROIDS" C:\Games\Emu\Arcade\Mame0.198b\mame64.exe asteroid.zip -rp F:\ROMs\Arcade -skip_gameinfo -screen \\.\DISPLAY4 -triplebuffer -throttle -sleep -refreshspeed -sound none -video auto -gamma 0.3 -full_screen_gamma 0.3 -bloom_overdrive 1.0,1.0,1.0 -phosphor_life 0.0,0.0,0.0 -bloom_scale 0.1 -flicker 0.5 -beam_width_min 1.0
-beam_width_max 1.0

timeout /t 7 /nobreak

start "TEMPEST" C:\Games\Emu\Arcade\Mame0.198b\mame64.exe tempest3.zip -rp F:\ROMs\Arcade -skip_gameinfo -screen \\.\DISPLAY3 -triplebuffer -throttle -sleep -refreshspeed -sound none -flicker 0.6

timeout /t 7 /nobreak

start "BATTLEZONE" C:\Games\Emu\Arcade\Mame0.198b\mame64.exe bzone.zip -rp F:\ROMs\Arcade -skip_gameinfo -screen \\.\DISPLAY2 -triplebuffer -throttle -sleep -refreshspeed -sound none -video auto -flicker 0.8