MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: -bench command

> Shouldn't running a bench disable artwork by default? I'm running a bench in the
> hopes of grabbing a 7950x3d this weekend to complete my new build, but during the
> bench, I keep getting warnings about deprecated bezel elements and such...
>
> Don't care about correcting the errors just yet, but it concerns me that this shows
> up during a bench...

The -bench only issues that certain combination of commands (-str xx -video none -sound none -nothrottle) and does not influence other settings (such as -artpath). It is up to the user to decide what settings to disable or change. I'd suggest if you are looking a bare bones approach, simply add the -norc (noreadconfig) command-line trigger and then add something for -rompath or curate a special mame.ini with the specific settings you desire.

> Also, mame creates an .ini file with the bench settings! So after running "mame dkong
> -bench 90", the next time I feel like playing dkong, the darn thing just runs a 90
> second bench instead of launching the game! Please tell me this is a bug and not
> expected behavior...

This does not happen with any version released by MAMEDEV by default. It would sound to me like your writeconfig is set to 1 in your INI file. Set this to 0 if you don't want to retain the last launch settings.