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daggerlee
10-07-2008, 01:15 PM
First of all i would like to say WAY TO GO for a beautiful FE!!! You're hard work and dedication is greatly appreciated and admired!!! Unfortantly, i am have overwhelming problems with this front end. I read that this front end is easy, even for novice users. But i can't get anything to work. I am very experienced with front ends and have built my cab from scratch and enjoy playing it always. I got goosebumps when i seen this FE! I have downloaded the torrent, but when i run it i can't get any of the games to start. If the emus and roms are needed, i don't know which folder to put them in, which makes configuration impossible since there are no roms to read in order to configure them. I would hate to put this on the shelf until it grows more, but i feel i have no choice since this is still new and needs lots f work. any type of help would be great cause my Cab is dying for a FE like this one, really want to show it off bad!!!!
Thanks for reading this and good luck with this project, again it is truly beautiful!!!
Goalies Rule
10-07-2008, 01:30 PM
OK well, you say you're experienced, but you must set your paths just like any front end!
The roms are not included in the torrent. Use Hyper HQ to set your paths, or you can edit the ini files for mame that are under the settings folder.
What does your log file say? Its right in the main directory. Likely it says "file not found" or something along those paths.
Check the wiki as well. Everything you need will be in there. Sorry, not the best answer in the world, but we need to know where you stand.
daggerlee, the above post is absolutely correct... Setup on this FE is exactly like any other. We DO NOT include ANY games/roms and the paths to your roms needs to be configured. Using the new version of HyperHQ can help in getting your paths setup, you will need to specify the path to your emulator and to your roms folder for each system.
If all else fails, look at the log file that is created in your HyperSpin directory. This file should state why the game did not launch.
daggerlee
10-07-2008, 02:55 PM
OK well, you say you're experienced, but you must set your paths just like any front end!
The roms are not included in the torrent. Use Hyper HQ to set your paths, or you can edit the ini files for mame that are under the settings folder.
What does your log file say? Its right in the main directory. Likely it says "file not found" or something along those paths.
Check the wiki as well. Everything you need will be in there. Sorry, not the best answer in the world, but we need to know where you stand.
I tried to set the path, but there seems to be no game list. it the other options. i will keep trying , i just cant seem to put this down.
Goalies Rule
10-07-2008, 02:57 PM
Well HS (kinda) only supports games that there are themes for. What does your log file say? Post it and we'll go from there. Its in the main directory. Just copy and paste
daggerlee
10-07-2008, 03:02 PM
ive set the specific paths for my mame emu and roms. tried to play and this is what i got:
05:01:06 PM | HyperSpin Started
05:01:06 PM | Startup Program Unvavailable
05:01:06 PM | Menu mode is multi
05:01:06 PM | Menu.xml found
05:01:06 PM | Entering fullscreen mode
05:01:06 PM | Setting resolution to 800x600 refreshrate is 60
05:01:07 PM | Main Menu.xml loaded
05:01:07 PM | Loading wheel images
05:01:08 PM | Entering Menu
05:01:13 PM | Menu.xml found
05:01:13 PM | MAME.xml loaded
05:01:13 PM | Loading wheel images
05:01:13 PM | Entering Menu
05:01:20 PM | Excecutable is MameUI32.exe
05:01:20 PM | Error: Cannont Find Rom File: C:\Documents and Settings\Damien\Desktop\VIDEO GAME CONSOLS\ARCADE\MAME v0.125\MAMEUI32\roms\roms\trackfld.zip
05:01:20 PM | Returning to HyperSpin
05:01:21 PM | Excecutable is MameUI32.exe
05:01:21 PM | Error: Cannont Find Rom File: C:\Documents and Settings\Damien\Desktop\VIDEO GAME CONSOLS\ARCADE\MAME v0.125\MAMEUI32\roms\roms\trackfld.zip
05:01:21 PM | Returning to HyperSpin
05:01:22 PM | Excecutable is MameUI32.exe
05:01:22 PM | Error: Cannont Find Rom File: C:\Documents and Settings\Damien\Desktop\VIDEO GAME CONSOLS\ARCADE\MAME v0.125\MAMEUI32\roms\roms\trackfld.zip
05:01:22 PM | Returning to HyperSpin
05:01:23 PM | Excecutable is MameUI32.exe
05:01:23 PM | Error: Cannont Find Rom File: C:\Documents and Settings\Damien\Desktop\VIDEO GAME CONSOLS\ARCADE\MAME v0.125\MAMEUI32\roms\roms\totcarn.zip
05:01:23 PM | Returning to HyperSpin
05:01:25 PM | Excecutable is MameUI32.exe
05:01:25 PM | Error: Cannont Find Rom File: C:\Documents and Settings\Damien\Desktop\VIDEO GAME CONSOLS\ARCADE\MAME v0.125\MAMEUI32\roms\roms\timekill.zip
05:01:25 PM | Returning to HyperSpin
05:01:26 PM | Excecutable is MameUI32.exe
05:01:26 PM | Error: Cannont Find Rom File: C:\Documents and Settings\Damien\Desktop\VIDEO GAME CONSOLS\ARCADE\MAME v0.125\MAMEUI32\roms\roms\timekill.zip
05:01:26 PM | Returning to HyperSpin
05:01:31 PM | Excecutable is MameUI32.exe
05:01:31 PM | Error: Cannont Find Rom File: C:\Documents and Settings\Damien\Desktop\VIDEO GAME CONSOLS\ARCADE\MAME v0.125\MAMEUI32\roms\roms\sfIII3.zip
05:01:31 PM | Returning to HyperSpin
05:01:31 PM | Excecutable is MameUI32.exe
05:01:31 PM | Error: Cannont Find Rom File: C:\Documents and Settings\Damien\Desktop\VIDEO GAME CONSOLS\ARCADE\MAME v0.125\MAMEUI32\roms\roms\sfIII3.zip
05:01:31 PM | Returning to HyperSpin
05:01:32 PM | Excecutable is MameUI32.exe
05:01:32 PM | Error: Cannont Find Rom File: C:\Documents and Settings\Damien\Desktop\VIDEO GAME CONSOLS\ARCADE\MAME v0.125\MAMEUI32\roms\roms\sfIII3.zip
05:01:32 PM | Returning to HyperSpin
05:01:38 PM | Menu.xml found
05:01:38 PM | Main Menu.xml loaded
05:01:38 PM | Loading wheel images
05:01:38 PM | Entering Menu
05:01:45 PM | Exiting HyperSpin
05:01:45 PM | Exit Program Unvavailable
Goalies Rule
10-07-2008, 03:05 PM
Yeah, definitely not finding your rom files. I assume you do have these roms right?
If you fire up your mame32 (by itself), can you play (for example) track and field? Street Fighter 3?
Aabra
10-07-2008, 03:08 PM
C:\Documents and Settings\Damien\Desktop\VIDEO GAME CONSOLS\ARCADE\MAME v0.125\MAMEUI32\roms\roms\sfIII3.zip
You don't notice anything wrong with that path at all? I very much doubt it's correct... especially since you have a roms directory within another roms directory.
brian_hoffman
10-07-2008, 03:13 PM
It thinks your roms are in a subdirectory called roms eg...roms\roms usually its only one level deep. Verify that
daggerlee
10-07-2008, 03:21 PM
C:\Documents and Settings\Damien\Desktop\VIDEO GAME CONSOLS\ARCADE\MAME v0.125\MAMEUI32\roms\roms\sfIII3.zip
You don't notice anything wrong with that path at all? I very much doubt it's correct... especially since you have a roms directory within another roms directory.
stupid me!!! i have my roms all over the place. got it to work with mame, thanks. Now just to learn how to make more themes. So is nestopia the only nes emu that works on here?? also if i cant find a theme i want and there is no flyer for it. where else can i find it?? i really would love to make a Wonder boy in Monsterland theme. thanks for your help!!
Getting closer!!!! YES!
stupid me!!! i have my roms all over the place. got it to work with mame, thanks. Now just to learn how to make more themes. So is nestopia the only nes emu that works on here?? also if i cant find a theme i want and there is no flyer for it. where else can i find it?? i really would love to make a Wonder boy in Monsterland theme. thanks for your help!!
Getting closer!!!! YES!Check out our Wiki above... If you click on the Resources link in the Wiki, we have a good listing of sites that have different kinds of artwork.
Goalies Rule
10-07-2008, 04:07 PM
I noticed the roms directory too, and was going to ask that, but I figured that I'd see what happened when he used it outside of HS.
Well, to answer your emu question. Use whatever emulator you want. Just make sure your roms are named via the No-intro naming and not goodset naming. The emulator needs to support command line launching.
If there isnt a theme for a rom you want, I suggest you take a peek on how to use photoshop and hypertheme to make some themes. If not, just relax and someone will be making one shortly enough. You could add an entry to your xml, but it would be a blank page
daggerlee
10-07-2008, 04:22 PM
I noticed the roms directory too, and was going to ask that, but I figured that I'd see what happened when he used it outside of HS.
Well, to answer your emu question. Use whatever emulator you want. Just make sure your roms are named via the No-intro naming and not goodset naming. The emulator needs to support command line launching.
If there isnt a theme for a rom you want, I suggest you take a peek on how to use photoshop and hypertheme to make some themes. If not, just relax and someone will be making one shortly enough. You could add an entry to your xml, but it would be a blank page
What is the best adobe photoshop version should i use??
Goalies Rule
10-07-2008, 04:52 PM
Doesnt matter really. Photoshop is used to pull certain images off of artwork, and for effects on the artwork. All of the images are put into Hypertheme to create your theme. Go check out the theme building part of the forum as there are some great videos and tutorials there