Ok, I need some MESS experts. I have been doing battle for a while now and I can't get MESS to play nicely with RCB. Two nights ago I started an import of 18 ROM sets. RCB "finished" but there were only like 7 or 8 platforms successfully imported. No errors, just sitting there in the RCB UI when I saw that it was "done". Anyways, my MESS mess....
So far, I have only tried to launch ColecoVision, Odyssey2, Intellivision & Atari 5200 via MESS. I am using a clean fresh version of MESS 0.148u1 64-bit. I also grabbed a MESS64UI version to test my BIOS files & ROM sets, etc. I have BIOS files for every system available zipped and placed in the MESS\roms and MESS\bios directories as well as unzipped in the MESS\roms & MESS\bios directories. MESSUI64 audit confirms that my BIOS files are functioning and the mess.ini romspath is set to roms. I also have copies of the BIOS files zipped and unzipped where the game roms are too; basically, they are redundantly sprayed throughout
I am able to successfully launch all of these platforms via MESSUI64.
I am able to successfully launch all of these platforms with MESS64 via commandline using the below settings:
F:\Arcade\Emulators\MESS\0.148 64bit>mess64 intv -cart "F:\Arcade\ROMs HOLD\Mattel - Intellivision\BurgerTime! (1982) (Mattel).int" -skip_gameinfo -nowindow
Average speed: 100.00% (3 seconds)
F:\Arcade\Emulators\MESS\0.148 64bit>mess64 odyssey2 -cart "F:\Arcade\ROMs\No-Intro (2012-06-30)\Magnavox - Odyssey2\Atlantis (USA, Europe).zip" -skip_gameinfo -nowindow
Average speed: 99.77% (95 seconds)
F:\Arcade\Emulators\MESS\0.148 64bit>mess64 a5200 -cart "F:\Arcade\ROMs\No-Intro (2012-06-30)\Atari - 5200\Beamrider (USA).zip" -skip_gameinfo -nowindow
Average speed: 100.00% (4 seconds)
F:\Arcade\Emulators\MESS\0.148 64bit>mess64 coleco -cart "F:\Arcade\ROMs\No-Intro (2012-06-30)\Coleco - ColecoVision\Boulder Dash (USA).zip" -skip_gameinfo -nowindow
Average speed: 100.00% (27 seconds)
So, basically I am getting predictable results using both MESS64.exe commandline and with MESSUI64.exe - they work.
Different story in RCB... (Is this where I need to start messing with Solo Mode
? - Very little knowledge/experience with it, but tried selecting that and MESS starts initializing the game, quits and also quits XBMC.)
My RCB settings are consistent for all 4 platforms above (without trying to use solo mode):
RCB EMU COMMANDLINE PARAM: <
system> -cart "%ROM%" -skip_gameinfo -nowindow
RCB EMULATOR CMD: <
path-to>\MESS\mess64.exe
RC ROM FILE MASK: *.zip (all except Intellivision. Intellivision ROM FILE MASK is set to .int)
When I use the above RCB settings for the 4 platforms above, MESS starts real quick, and exits real quick. If I change the RCB EMULATOR CMD to use MESSUI64.EXE, MESSUI64 starts and dialog boxes start popping up saying that it can't find the BIOS <
system>.rom file
I guess either my commandlines in RCB are wrong, or I need to use Solo Mode and use the applauncher.bat stuff with pre- and post- commands. Can someone direct me here on getting MESS to play nicely with RCB? Thanks
Here is a direct
link to my xbmc logs. XBMC Log Uploader wasn't happy with me