[SOLVED] Can't get rid of Mame 2003 nag screen even though I've set retroarch-core-options.cfg accordingly

j.e.f.f

Hello.

I'm building a Retropie install from scratch for a new Raspberry Pi 3B+. My old image (based on Raspbian Jessie) for a 3B does not boot on the newer raspberry pi, so I'm forced to rebuild from scratch, using the latest Stretch-based build.

I've run into a snag where I can't get mame-2003 emulated arcade games to suppress the copyright nag screen at startup. I've following the instructions here:

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/lr-mame2003#nag-screen

and have verified that the following line was present:
mame2003-skip_disclaimer = "enabled"

but it doesn't seem to have any effect. I've tried restarting emulation station and rebooting the pi completely, but the nag screen continues to appear.

I remember having a similar problem on my 3B build, and I can't for the life of me remember what I did to solve it. Is this configuration file no longer valid? Or is retroarch looking for the file in a different location? Or has the configuration itself changed to something else, and the docs are just out of date?

For clarity, I have all of the arcade games in the arcade rom folder. When I tried starting a game for the first time, I was prompted for the default emulator, and I chose lr-mame2003 from the list. I hadn't installed any other mame emulators; I'm using the one included with the Retropie 4.4 install.

Has anyone else run into this issue?

Thanks!

Jeff

mitu

I think that if you have a recent Mame2003 Libretro core, the option is mame2003_skip_disclaimer. You can always set it up from the RGUI if you want, it's automatically saved.

grant2258

I just checked the latest version its working fine not sure what version your on but try updating from source

mame2003_skip_disclaimer = "enabled"
mame2003_skip_warnings = "enabled"

if that doesnt help make sure there is only one entry for this you might have two in the file

to check type type

less /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-core-options.cfg | grep mame2003_skip_

the copyright only shows the first time you load a game ie a controller config is not made for it if the message appears again for the same game it a warning screen telling you there is problems with the game skipping this screen stops you seeing what clones work if any.

mitu

@grant2258 I think the problem is that previously the options would be separated by - and not _, so mame2003-skip_disclaimer != mame2003_skip_disclaimer.
We need to update the wiki :).

j.e.f.f

@mitu said in Can't get rid of Mame 2003 nag screen even though I've set retroarch-core-options.cfg accordingly:

I think the problem is that previously the options would be separated by - and not _

Most likely the culrprit. I'll try this later and report back.

Thanks for the quick replies!

Jeff

j.e.f.f

Just wanted to drop a line to say changing the dash to an underscore solved the issue.

Thanks again!