Art files for MAME

[Lauren Tyler]

I recently got the art files for Turbo to display the score, gearshift, etc. But I can't figure out which folder to put them in, or if I need to separate them to separate folders?

[Rybags]

There should be an "artwork" folder in your MAME folder.

 

If the art files for a game are in a Zip file, just put the Zip file in the artwork directory.

 

If they're in a directory, just copy that directory into the artwork folder.

 

Double check that MAME is looking for artwork via Options->Directories.

 

Enable display of artwork in Options->Default Game Options/Miscellaneous.

[Lauren Tyler]

I put both the .zip file and the art files in my Artwork folder, but it's still not working. Does it not work for WolfMAME?

[+HatNJ]

Do the art file names match the rom name (not counting the extension zip, etc)?

[Lauren Tyler]

Match? You mean as in the individual ROM files or just the general ROM name (in this case turbo?) Either way, how would I rename them if necessary?

[+HatNJ]

Lets say your file is for Zaxxon and you have the rom in the roms dir and you now have the artwork the name I believe has to be the same if the Rom is say Zaxxon1.zip then the artwork file must be the same Zaxxon1.zip just using an example

[Lauren Tyler]

OK, so going along with this, we have Turbo.zip as the ROM, does that mean I should have the artwork in a file called Turbo.zip as well? Also, should I make a subdirectory called Turbo in the artwork folder?

 

OK, here's an example:

 

ROMs are located in the ROM subdirectory. This is the directory layout for Turbo:

 

C:\MAME32\ROM\Turbo

 

and here's the layout for the artwork:

 

C:\MAME32\ARTWORK\Turbo.zip (the .zip file with all the artwork)

 

I'm wondering if I need to keep the .zip file of the ROMs as well??

Edited October 14, 2007 by LarcenTyler

[Lauren Tyler]

OK, does WolfMAME even support artwork?