Help with Mame4all and attract-mode

[A Former User]

Hi, I'm trying to set up attract mode with retropie. I can't seem to get Mame4all to work.

When I try and launch mame a black screen with code flashes and disappears.

Can someone tell me what I should put for these:

Executable
Command arguments
Snap
Wheel

I can see my full rom list but I can't play any of them. I am using a Raspberrypi 3.

Thanks in advance!

[Finhead]

@Scout43 said in Help with Mame4all and attract-mode:

Hi, I'm trying to set up attract mode with retropie. I can't seem to get Mame4all to work.

When I try and launch mame a black screen with code flashes and disappears.

Can someone tell me what I should put for these:

Executable
Command arguments
Snap
Wheel

I can see my full rom list but I can't play any of them. I am using a Raspberrypi 3.

Thanks in advance!

What image are you using or did you compile your own. Need to know if your using the X version or the non X, it takes different exe and arg to run.

[Floob]

Assuming you are running a non-X version of AM, here is the emulator file

http://pastebin.com/raw/NMSbL8BH

[A Former User]

Sweet! I'll try it and let you know.

[A Former User]

@Floob
I'm very new so by non x do you mean I start it without Xinit? The way I start it is by quitting emulation station and typing attract.

[A Former User]

@Floob

Yes!!! Thank you very much I got it to work!

[Floob]

Have you built your own Attract Mode setup? If so, if it runs by just typing "attract" then yes, that file I linked to above should work.

X allows programs to use a certain GUI method:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System

This is what Attract Mode used to require, but now it can be run with or without X. xinit starts X.