| Description | This option allows you to add a command that will be run when a system starts. This can be useful for computer systems that require a command to load a software image. |
| Full Command | -autoboot_command <string> |
| Alt. Command | none |
| Reverse Command | none |
| Example | mame64 spectrum batman -autoboot_command "j""""""\n" -autoboot_delay 5The Sinclair Spectrum used quick keyboard shortcuts to enter commands. "j" is the quick key for Load. Any quotes need to be inside... err... quotes to be shown. Thats why there are six quotes in the command just to create the command Load "". The \n is use for a new line. The delay is there to allow for the system to finish starting up. |
| Mame.ini Command | autoboot_command |
| Command Default | |
| Argument Format | <string> |
| Description | This command is used to delay the string that you have added to the -autoboot_command. The value after is the amount of seconds to delay. This command can be useful if the system takes a while to finish booting. |
| Full Command | autoboot_delay <integer> |
| Alt. Command | none |
| Reverse Command | none |
| Example | mame64 spectrum batman -autoboot_command "j""""""\n" -autoboot_delay 5The Sinclair Spectrum used quick keyboard shortcuts to enter commands. "j" is the quick key for Load. Any quotes need to be inside... err... quotes to be shown. Thats why there are six quotes in the command just to create the command Load "". The \n is use for a new line. The delay is there to allow for the system to finish starting up. |
| Mame.ini Command | autoboot_delay |
| Command Default | 0 |
| Argument Format | <integer> |
| Description | This option loads a LUA script when you run Mame |
| Full Command | -autoboot_script <script> |
| Alt. Command | none |
| Reverse Command | none |
| Example | mame64.exe -autoboot_script myscript.lua |
| Mame.ini Command | autoboot_script |
| Command Default | |
| Argument Format | <string> |
| Description | This option enables Mame's LUA console. This can be found on the command prompt and allows you to enter script commands whilst Mame is running. |
| Full Command | -console |
| Alt. Command | none |
| Reverse Command | -noconsole |
| Example | mame64.exe -console |
| Mame.ini Command | console |
| Command Default | 0 |
| Argument Format | <boolean> |
| Description | This option enables Mame's LUA plugin system. |
| Full Command | -plugins |
| Alt. Command | none |
| Reverse Command | -noplugins |
| Example | mame64.exe -noplugins |
| Mame.ini Command | plugins |
| Command Default | 1 |
| Argument Format | <boolean> |
| Description | This option lets you specify which plugins are loaded by Mame when it starts. You can add several plugins to the list by separating them with a comma. |
| Full Command | plugin <plugin> |
| Alt. Command | none |
| Reverse Command | none |
| Example | mame64.exe -plugin cheat |
| Mame.ini Command | plugin |
| Command Default | |
| Argument Format | <plugin>,<plugin>,<plugin> |
| Description | This is the opposite to the above option as it is used to disable plugins that are enabled in the plugins.ini. You can add several plugins to the list by separating them with a comma. |
| Full Command | noplugin <plugin> |
| Alt. Command | none |
| Reverse Command | none |
| Example | mame64.exe -noplugin cheat |
| Mame.ini Command | noplugin |
| Command Default | |
| Argument Format | <plugin>,<plugin>,<plugin> |