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[RESOLVED] Which rom set for MAME?


meob

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I must be doing something  wrong so, my roms are:

C:\ROM_SETS\MAME 0.161 ROMs

GameEx location:

C:\GameEx

Emulators:

C:\Emulation

I run -> MAME System Pack Installer.exe and all looks OK as attached

i open GameEx, & update list [takes about 10 mins]

and i only see about 100 games.

any idea if I am doing something wrong?

roms.PNG

emulation.PNG

MAME System Pack Installer.PNG

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Hi moeb,

The Mame System pack contains lots of pretty pictures to make your GameEx experience cooler, but it isn't related to what games show up in the list. This is most likely related to a mismatched version between your Mame and Roms.

Make certain the rom set is 161 and the Mame version is 161. If they do not match, it can lead to 'missing games' due to incompatibility. Note, you can use different flavors of mame as long as the versions match (such as Mame161, MameUI161, MamePlus161, MameTacos161, etc).   ;)

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Nothing is really jumping out, and with the filter off.....hmmm.  This is around the time some pretty big changes started occurring with MAME however.  Evilforces had a similar issue. but it magically disappeared upon updating GameEx.

You could try reinstalling GameEx over itself, which "should" work without effecting any of your settings.  This is the way the incremental updates work BTW.  Then update and see if anything changes.

You may want to consider trying an official MAME binary as well.  I always use vanilla source, and compile with headkaze's excellent compiling utility.

 

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1 hour ago, meob said:

slight improvement, up to 231 games now

i'm guessing there should be over 10000?

I am using v161 allowing for only Working Games without Adult, Mahjong, Casino, and Clones and my list is about 2100. That's with 30,000 files. I don't know how reasonable that number is, but it is pretty rare when I cannot find a game that I expect to see in the list.

Are you 100% certain that your mame and roms are the same version? You haven't 'upgraded' your set by copying files for a v161 update to an older set and 'calling' it a v161 set (or anything like that...because that will not work).

 

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1 hour ago, meob said:

probably best i delete everything and try again

Starting over with new files really is a last resort, but if you feel that you have reached that point it may be best. From the filename in your GameEx.ini, it looks like you are using the official mame executable for 161, so it does make me question the validity of your set.

Also, if you are considering using other flavors of Mame like MamePlus, MameUI, etc I suggest getting your setup working with the official Mame build first. Then when you start fiddling with the other flavors, you always have a working setup to fall back to. Personally, I trust the official mame guys a little more than some of the outfits that take their builds and integrate them into their own thing.

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Only a suggestion, make sure you have "compatible games only" turned off in Touchscreen/Tablet options on Setup Wizard, and refresh the list...

I'm pretty sure is the cause of your problems with roms in MAME....

 

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