I'm running Mame 0164, the latest version as of this writing.
I've tried it with the latest catver.ini and nplayers.ini too. When I check "use database file" mGalaxy says "Filters returned an empty gamelist".
Even when ignoring any filtering options, mGalaxy always uses the .zip's names.
Out of desperation I've reinstalled mGalaxy and Mame. I've set it up again and I'm still having the same issue. I made sure to clean my temp, fix my registry and reboot beforehand. No luck.
mGalaxy's xmlout.xml is basically empty if that helps you out
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<dbase version="0.164 (Jul 29 2015)" name="Multi-system [MAME]"/
Systems.xml says about mame:
-<System Type="Arcade">
<Name>Multi-system [MAME]</Name>
<AppPath>D:\mame 164\mame.exe</AppPath>
<RomPath>D:\mame 164\roms</RomPath>
<SnapPath/>
<VidPath/>
-<Emu selected="0">
<Cmd value="-rompath "%path" %file%ext -volume -%volume(32,0) -skip_gameinfo -nowindow" name="MAME" id="0"/>
</Emu>
<Extensions>.zip,.7z,.chd</Extensions>
<Active>True</Active>
<Script>True</Script>
<Database>False</Database>
I've unchecked "use database file" for now since when I check it, no roms are being displayed at all.
Well I guess I should have said "gamelist" editor instead of database editor .. It was very early in the morning
I was talking about that:
You can rename, rearrange and remove items from the gamelist. You can add as many lists as you want (e.g. Classics, Modern Games, Favorites)