Negatron.ini
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 10:14 pm
Hello,
Not a bug per se but something to consider either in instructions or perhaps a fix is in order:
If there are any spaces in the path names for your directories (MAME, Extras, and Multimedia), Negatron will crash and tell you to edit the Negatron.ini file or delete it so it can be re-created next time it runs; however, if you still have spaces in your path names, the process will keep repeating itself.
Possible Solutions:
1) Replace spaces with underscores. For example, replace
c:\mystuff\MAME 0.200\mame.exe with
c:\mystuff\MAME_0.200\mame.exe
(I did this and it worked just fine)
2) Not sure if an option (hence possible fix) but have quotations around path names of directories in Negatron.ini file. I personally don't know if this will work (I went with option 1 above) and it may be cumbersome to have to change each time the directories change, if ever, but if Negatron would include them from the start, it would alleviate having to replace the spaces in the path names for the directories.
Not a bug per se but something to consider either in instructions or perhaps a fix is in order:
If there are any spaces in the path names for your directories (MAME, Extras, and Multimedia), Negatron will crash and tell you to edit the Negatron.ini file or delete it so it can be re-created next time it runs; however, if you still have spaces in your path names, the process will keep repeating itself.
Possible Solutions:
1) Replace spaces with underscores. For example, replace
c:\mystuff\MAME 0.200\mame.exe with
c:\mystuff\MAME_0.200\mame.exe
(I did this and it worked just fine)
2) Not sure if an option (hence possible fix) but have quotations around path names of directories in Negatron.ini file. I personally don't know if this will work (I went with option 1 above) and it may be cumbersome to have to change each time the directories change, if ever, but if Negatron would include them from the start, it would alleviate having to replace the spaces in the path names for the directories.