roms should they be zip

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hi there again thanks for the help i have recieved so far i have created the emulators folder as mine didnt load one up when i first downloaded hyperspin and put my emus in there and in the emu folder i put a rom folder with the roms in but when i go into hyperspin to the said emu mame and scroll down to the rom and select and press to go into it starts to load but then say in a box ADVANCE ERROR UNKNOWN OPTION 3COUNTB.ZIP so i wanted to ask i have winrar on my pc so the roms say zip but are in the winrar book type files will they not work that way or should they be in the traditional zip looking folder thanks also 1 more thing is loading project 64 and the dreamcast emus the same as loading say mame emu just telling hyperspin in the hyperhq where said emu and rom is or is there something different i need to do thanks

[cathaldub]

I've never seen that error before, can you post your log file from the hyperspin folder and also your mame.ini from the settings folder

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10:16:06 AM | HyperSpin Started
10:16:06 AM | Startup Program Unvavailable
10:16:06 AM | Menu mode is multi
10:16:06 AM | Play intro video is true
10:16:06 AM | Intro video found......adding video
10:16:06 AM | Entering fullscreen mode
10:16:06 AM | Setting resolution to 1024x768 refreshrate is 0
10:16:25 AM | Intro video finished
10:16:26 AM | Menu.xml found
10:16:26 AM | Main Menu.xml loaded
10:16:26 AM | Loading wheel images
10:16:26 AM | Entering Menu
10:16:31 AM | Menu.xml found
10:16:31 AM | MAME.xml loaded
10:16:31 AM | Loading wheel images
10:16:32 AM | Entering Menu
10:16:41 AM | Excecutable is advv.exe
10:16:41 AM | Running in normal rom mode
10:16:41 AM | Executable Found
10:16:41 AM | Rom Found
10:16:41 AM | Attempting to launch
10:16:41 AM | Pausing Animations
10:16:41 AM | Launching file
10:16:41 AM | Command Line is: "C:\HyperSpin\emulators\AdvanceMAME\advv.exe" 3countb.zip
10:17:17 AM | Menu.xml found
10:17:17 AM | Main Menu.xml loaded
10:17:17 AM | Loading wheel images
10:17:17 AM | Entering Menu
10:17:21 AM | Exiting HyperSpin
10:17:21 AM | Quiting program
10:17:21 AM | Exit Program Unvavailable
10:17:21 AM | Bye!



path=C:\HyperSpin\emulators\AdvanceMAME\
rompath=C:\HyperSpin\emulators\AdvanceMAME\roms\
userompath=false
exe=advv.exe
romextension = zip
parameters =
searchsubfolders = false
pcgame = false
winstate = HIDDEN
hyperlaunch = false

[themes]
themes_only = false
animate_out_default = false

[wheel]
alpha = .15
style = normal
speed = high
vert_wheel_position = center
text_with_images = true
text_width = 700
text_font = Style2
small_text_width = 260
large_text_width = 400
text_stroke_size = 8
text_stroke_color=0x000000
text_color1=0x00BFFD
text_color2=0xFFFFFF
text_color3=0x00BFFD
color_ratio = 100
shadow_distance = 0
shadow_angle = 45
shadow_color=0x000000
shadow_alpha = 1
shadow_blur = 0

[pointer]
x = 965
y = 384

[video defaults]
path = C:\Hyperspin\Media\MAME\Video\
width = 650
height = 360
x = 345
y = 445
rotation = 0
animation_time = .3
animation_type = fade
animation_start = none
border_color = 0x000000
border_size = 0
border_color2 = 0X000000
border_size2 = 0
border_color3 = 0X000000
border_size3 = 0
forceaspect = horizontal
belowwheel = true


[sounds]
game_sounds = true
wheel_click = true

[navigation]
game_jump = 25
sort_by_name = false
remove_info_wheel = false
remove_info_text = false
use_parent_vids = true
use_parent_themes = true

[artwork1 defaults]
x = 380
y = 120
rotation = 0
animation_time = .5
animation_type = ease
animation_start = top
animation_rest = none

[artwork2 defaults]
x = 200
y = 500
rotation = 0
animation_time = .5
animation_type = ease
animation_start = right
animation_rest = none

[artwork3 defaults]
x = 200
y = 500
rotation = 0
animation_time = .5
animation_type = ease
animation_start = left
animation_rest = none

[artwork4 defaults]
x = 512
y = 500
rotation = 0
animation_time = .5
animation_type = ease
animation_start = none
animation_rest = none

[Special Art A]
default = false
active = true
x = 512
y = 720
in = .4
out = .4
length = 3
delay = .1
type = normal
start = bottom

[Special Art B]
default = true
active = true
x = 512
y = 740
in = .4
out = .4
length = 3
delay = .1
type = fade
start = none

[Game Text]
game_text_active = true
show_year = true
show_manf = true
show_description = true
text_color1 = 0xffffff
text_color2 = 0x0099cc
stroke_color = 0x000000
text_font = Style1
text1_textsize = 26
text1_strokesize = 7
text1_x = 32
text1_y = 610
text2_textsize = 36
text2_strokesize = 8
text2_x = 30
text2_y = 640

[Genre Screen]
allgames_title = All Games
text_color = 0x000000
text_x = 150
text_y = 200
stroke_color = 0xffffff
stroke_size = 7

[BadBoyBill]

The error your are getting isnt related to HS, but maybe try setting userompath = true, Im not sure how advance mame is different, also try running that command line on the actual command line to see if the game loads outside of HS>

[SophT]

i would try using regular mame.exe and seeing if that resolves it.