05586: ncombat: MAME post error in XML

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
05586	Misc.	Typo	Always	May 18, 2014, 08:37	May 18, 2014, 16:25

Tester	haynor666	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To		Resolution	No change required	OS	Windows Vista/7/8 (64-bit)
Status [?]	Closed			Driver	neogeo/neogeo.cpp
Version	0.153	Fixed in Version		Build	64-bit
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	05586: ncombat: MAME post error in XML
Description	After game start MAME post twice this message "Improperly formatted XML file 'default', ignoring"
Steps To Reproduce	Just run game from cmd
Additional Information
Github Commit

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Regression Version
Affected Sets / Systems	ncombat

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No.10720 Tafoid Administrator May 18, 2014, 15:19 edited on: May 18, 2014, 15:20	The only items that would use xml files would be the HASH file (hash\neogeo.xml) or a ncombat.xml cheat file. Does it happen with -cheat is off?
No.10722 haynor666 Tester May 18, 2014, 15:33 edited on: May 18, 2014, 15:34	cheat is off, in fact cheat file is not present. Default mame settings and no hash directory or hash files - still happens.
No.10723 Tafoid Administrator May 18, 2014, 15:37 edited on: May 18, 2014, 15:45	mame64 -showconfig \| find "default" What does it say when you try this command? Actually, looking that the source, the only instance that message will show up is regarding artwork layout file (.lay). In this case, the ncombat one you have must be corrupt? In fact, I can confirm that is the issue - using my package I have from Mr. Do, that running ncombat with artwork paths included will produce the error. It might not be the latest.. but the problem lies outside of MAME and is not a bug to be reported here.
No.10724 haynor666 Tester May 18, 2014, 16:13	Ok, it's artwork problem, removing artwork ncombat archives solves problem. Generic artwork for neo-geo is ok.