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Need some help with MAMEWAH?  Try the following:

NOTE: THIS APPLIES TO MAMEWAH v1.61 ONLY!!!  Anything relating to older versions have been removed, to void confusion and as such is unsupported.

 

1) Consult the MAMEWAH documentation -  (if you have installed MAMEWAH it will be located in your \mamewah\docs folder).  The documentation is far from exhaustive, but you may find your answer.  Here are the docs as supplied with MAMEWAH:

readme.txt - this should get you started

ini.txt - a list of all available ini file settings

layouts.txt - an explanation of how the layout system works

ctrlr.txt - an explanation of how the ctrlr (input) system works

tips.txt - performance-enhancing tips

faq.txt - frequently asked questions

whatsnew.txt - whatsnew in all versions

license.txt - license agreement

 

2) Consult a help site:

John Crouse's CPViewer site - excellent information as well as example ini files & layouts for download

Marcianitos - excellent start to finish tutorial including layouts for download (in Spanish)

Many thanks to the authors of the above sites for going to such trouble - much appreciated!

 

3) Search the message boards - your questions may already have been answered (several times!):

ArcadeOS / MAMEWAH board (MAMEWorld)

Software board (BYOAC)

If you cannot find what you are looking for then post a question...please use the ArcadeOS / MAMEWAH board if possible - I regularly visit both boards, but of course I am a moderator of this one.

 

4) Contact me:

Since I get an awful lot of emails please make sure you have thoroughly checked the above methods before emailing me.  Please note that to reduce spam my email account automatically blocks emails from certain domains (& does not notify me of this) so if I do not reply try from a different email account if possible, or use the message board.

PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL ME UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AS IT IS GENERALLY EASIER FOR ME TO SUPPORT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD(S).  THANKS!

minwah1959AThotmailDOTcom (replace AT with @ and DOT with .)