SOLVED: Unable to see, use cheats for 0.152

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philp
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SOLVED: Unable to see, use cheats for 0.152

Post by philp »

There was something about [Tab] which bothered me, so I kept digging until I found out it's the apostrophe ['].




I'm running 0.152, have modified .ini to 1, verified I can see the cheat setting on/off via F6.

I haven't played with MAME in several years, so this is the first time it's been installed on this box.

What I can't see is anything when I press [Tab] - I've tried several games.

Cheat.7z is in the same directory as mame.exe & mame64.exe (I've verified I'm running 0.152 of both .EXEs).

And I'm running Windows 7/64.

One thing different about this machine - and one would hope it's irrelevant: there's no sound card, so I'm getting an error from MAME: "Error creating DirectSound: 88780078"

Suggestions?

Thanks!

update: I'm sure some have had a laugh about not having a sound card and getting that error - I'm not looking to correct that - I know an error in this case should be expected. What I'm seeking is seeing cheats and being able to use them.

(Now, stop laughing) ;)
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Re: Unable to see, use cheats for 0.152

Post by Pugsy »

Well I use 7/64 and I have no problems.

Only thing I can suggest is the cheatpath is wrong or missing.

Do you have this line in your ini:-

cheatpath cheat

If not add it.

Failing that I suggest copying mame.exe and cheat.7z to a new dir
and run mame.exe -cc
and then edit the ini that will now be in that new directory to point at your roms and set the two cheat settings.
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