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clrmame Discussion / Is it possible with Batch Datfile load/scanning to disable the user OK?

« on: 02 January 2021, 00:50 »

There are hundreds of Datfiles with all the softwarelists.

I currently have the delay between scans to 1 second, but it still takes a long time to let the scan finish and then click OK or select keyboard to jump to the next.  Is there is a setting to disable the need to select OK and let it auto jump to the next scan ****unless there is an error and we have it configured to ask to fix (at which point we can cancel the batch run and fix, go on, etc.?

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clrmame Discussion / Re: clrmamepro 4.038a released

« on: 09 August 2020, 08:20 »

The Acorn Electron Cassette profile i created using the hash and running merged sets removed 62 items from the software list roms electron_cass folder (one file was xanagram - it does not appear to be in the hash file).   I kept a back up of the original folder.  Thought I would point that out as I was wondering why the combined mode did not do the same on earlier scans.

Also, I have created a few profiles using the hash files.  I notice that some profiles cannot be set to merged (while some can).  Even though I select in the Scanner tab for profile batchrun to have all "merged".  Is this because merged makes no sense for that particular profile?

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clrmame Discussion / Update

« on: 08 August 2020, 22:19 »

OK, completed the scan:

1. pc98_cd:  dorse93 and dorse93a folders were merged together (which seems correct) and CHDs were moved into the merged folder.  CMP did NOT try to move the CHDs between pc98_cd and fmtowns_cd, which also seems correct.

2. fmtowns_cd:  dorse93 and dorse93a were NOT merged.  It also did not try to move them to pc98_cd.  I would have assumed that it should have merged those two folders and CHDs to dorse93 as it did with pc98_cd?  This may be an issue.  Since it didn't try to merge the two folders, I wonder if it just skipped them?

3. pro student:  CMP asked me to merge the CHDs in prostudg and prostudgr into prostudg, which seemed correct.  However, when I ran the scan AGAIN, it reported that prostudgr is "missing but fixable".  The "r" CHD is still in the prostudg folder, but reported as missing after CMP wanted to merge them.  So it wanted to merge them, then next run complained that the one was missing.

Note:  I did have cricket in electron_cass AND bbc_cass, but I deleted it from electron_cass.  The older versions of CMP seemed to think it was OK?

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I was playing around with trying to set up separate profiles and started with SoftwareList 3do_m2.   When I set up the profile, set the rompath, and ran the scan, I found that CHDs and folders for imsarcng and shootr2d were not in my romset at all.   But the scans using combined mode did not report that at all.  I have no idea how long this has been the case.  Once I downloaded and added them to the 3do_m2 folder, the scan completed with no error using just the 3do_m2 profile.   When I run a normal scan using combined mode, the testing unneeded scan at the start does not report anything unneeded about the two new folders I added.  That seems odd.

I also copied all of the existing hash folder files into a backup folder, deleted the hash files, and re-installed mame to get a clean set of hash files for the profile creation.





Matt

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clrmame Discussion / Re: clrmamepro 4.038a released

« on: 08 August 2020, 19:59 »

I'm scanning the whole set...at 29%...

So far the only unexpected thing is:

Cricket [folder: cricket - size: 521kb]
unneeded file: L:\MAME\Software List ROMs\electron_cass\cricket\cricket_be.uef [not fixed]

I said no to the fix since I am not sure if this file really is unneeded...I don't see cricket as a set in the pleasuredome complete software list rom set under electron_cass, so maybe it is not needed?  The 4.038a build didn't see this, but maybe it is part of the algorithm tweak that now noticed it?

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clrmame Discussion / I will give it a try...question...

« on: 08 August 2020, 19:13 »

There was an explanation as to how to set up with separate profiles.  If this doesn't work, swapping to that set up might be better anyway.

Can you point me to how to set it up?

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clrmame Discussion / Re: clrmamepro 4.038a released

« on: 08 August 2020, 17:28 »

I am using merged sets.

Let me know if you need anything other than the attached files.

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clrmame Discussion / Re: clrmamepro 4.038a released

« on: 07 August 2020, 22:23 »

Combined.

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clrmame Discussion / Circular renaming/moving still on pc98_cd and fmtowns_cd for dorse93/93a?

« on: 07 August 2020, 20:14 »

Roman:

4.038 and 4.038a may still have an issue with the CHDs for:
dor se (special edition) '93 (japan)
dor special edition '93 (alt)
pro student g(japan)(rerelease) (in fmtowns_cd)

It looks like both pc98_cd and fmtowns_cd should have a dorse93 and dorse93a folder (or maybe just a dorse93) based on torrents.

Starting with each of pc98_cd and fmtowns_cd having a dorse93 and dorse93a folder (the JP in the dorse93 and the alt in the dorse93a folders), what I see is this:
1. CMP asks to rename fmtowns_cd\dorse93 to dorse93a
2. Both CHDs are put into fmtowns_cd\dorse93a
3. CMP says a CHD is in the wrong place and asks then to move both the JP and alt versions of the CHD from fmtowns_cd/dorse93a (just renamed) to pc98_cd\dorse93
4. CMP then says that I need to move the two CHDs in the fmtowns_cd/dorse93a (which it just renamed) to set "dorse93" presumably in fmtowns_cd.
5. CMP reports dorse93 under fmtowns_cd as "missing but fixable"
6. Then CMP requests to remove the JP version of the CHD from the fmtowns_cd\dorse93a folder, which leaves only dor special edition '93 (alt) left in fmtowns_cd/dorse93a.

I then stopped the scan at this point and started over.  I wanted to see what CMP would do with the files and folders in the state that it left them in through the first run.

1. CMP asks to move the alt CHD from fmtowns_cd\dorse93a to pc98_cd\dorse93
2. It reports that the moved CHD is "missing but fixable"
3. it reports now that the JP CHD is missing from fmtowns_cd "dorse93" (which in the last run it renamed the folder "dorse93a" and also asked to remove this CHD).

I can email you screenshots in order of the progression if you would like to see them.

For the "pro student g (japan) (rerelease).chd", the CHD is in the prostudg folder under fmtowns_cd, but it reported as "missing but fixable (-> prostudgr)"

Matt

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clrmame Discussion / Re: Version 4.037a back and forth rom renaming on one ROM

« on: 11 July 2020, 21:25 »

20200711 update 22:47CT
Scan completed twice with no errors.  Must have been what you thought...one or both roms must have been named incorrectly and the tool switched back and forth at least the time I noticed it.

Thanks Roman, appreciated.

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I downloaded both roms from pleasuredome and replaced them.  The mpc800 rom set in MAME is merged to bbcm.  I checked the name of the roms here and in SoftwareList bbc_rom mpc800.   Both are corect.  I am running a scan now...

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clrmame Discussion / Re: Version 4.037a back and forth rom renaming on one ROM

« on: 08 July 2020, 01:04 »

Are you asking if I manually change them to be what they should be if the tool will try to change them?  If so, I have not that.  Let me know if I am understanding what you are asking.

...and please enjoy your vacation!  This is certainly not a big deal.  =)

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clrmame Discussion / Re: Version 4.037a back and forth rom renaming on one ROM

« on: 06 July 2020, 19:24 »

Sorry for the delay, was on vacation last week.

I used merged sets.   I have both MAME and SoftwareList sets fully complete.

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clrmame Discussion / Version 4.037a back and forth rom renaming on one ROM

« on: 27 June 2020, 21:21 »

Roman:

I updated to version 4.037a and scanned for the 0.222 MAME build.  I found that for the SoftwareList ROM folder bbc_rom and file mpc800.zip, the tool
asks to rename MasterPieCe800-2.40.rom --> mpc800manager-2.40.rom.  Then later in scanning, the tool asks to put it back the way it was originally.  I verified that it is renaming the ROM at each step.  Not sure why it wants to switch it and then switch it back.  No errors are raised in the scan results window.   I have ClrMamePro set to ask me before fixing and these are the only two queries the tool makes in scanning the entire set.

As a reminder, I am doing combined scanning.

Everything else seems to be working as expected.

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clrmame Discussion / The nightly build seems to have solved the issue. Thank you Roman!

« on: 20 May 2020, 22:31 »

Appreciate the quick look into the reported issue.

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clrmame Discussion / Re: Version 4.037 deletes dragon's lair (1&2), space ace, odyssey, and maddog (1&2)?

« on: 20 May 2020, 19:03 »

Will do.  Thanks Roman.

I can scan MAME roms separately, by just not importing software lists.

If I wanted to, how would I separate the software list sets and scan them separately as a group?

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clrmame Discussion / Re: Version 4.037 deletes dragon's lair (1&2), space ace, odyssey, and maddog (1&2)?

« on: 20 May 2020, 15:58 »

Thank you Roman.  Appreciate all the work you do on the tool!

Matt

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clrmame Discussion / Re: Version 4.037 deletes dragon's lair (1&2), space ace, odyssey, and maddog (1&2)?

« on: 20 May 2020, 14:59 »

Thank you for the reply.  Profile is Mame + imported software lists.

When mame was updated, I cleared cache in the profiler and did a database update.    Imported software lists.

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clrmame Discussion / Version 4.037 deletes dragon's lair (1&2), space ace, odyssey, and maddog (1&2)?

« on: 20 May 2020, 05:03 »

Hi, thank you for the amazing tool.

I updated to the latest version of clrmampro today and downloaded merged software list CHD's for dragon's lair, space ace, odyssey, and maddog macree from pleasuredome for software list cdi, megacd, and segacd CHDs.  Updated the clrmame pro mame profile, new cachefiles.

When scanning, clrmame pro deletes and backs up the CHDs and then reports them as missing.   If I prompt first before fixing, it reports them as "unneeded diskimage"?

Odd that it is just these files when no others are affected.   My originals were also removed and marked as unneeded.  I re-downloaded just to be sure, but no go there.  Any recommendations on how to run down what is happening?

Here is a sample while I watch it scan after dragon's lair 1&2:

Dragon's Lair (US Rev. F2) [folder: dlair - size: 32kb]
unneeded diskimage: L:\MAME\Software List CHDs\cdi\dlair\dragon's lair (1994)(philips)(eu)[dvc].chd [not fixed]
unneeded diskimage: L:\MAME\Software List CHDs\cdi\dlair\dragon's lair (1994)(philips)(us)[dvc].chd [not fixed]
unneeded diskimage: L:\MAME\Software List CHDs\megacd\dlair\dragon's lair (1994)(sega)(pal)(m4).chd [not fixed]
unneeded diskimage: L:\MAME\Software List CHDs\megacdj\dlair\dragon's lair (japan) (en,ja,fr,de,it).chd [not fixed]
unneeded diskimage: L:\MAME\Software List CHDs\segacd\dlair\dragon's lair (usa).chd [not fixed]
unneeded diskimage: L:\MAME\Software List CHDs\segacd\dlair\dragon's lair (usa, demo).chd [not fixed]

Thank you,
Matt