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clrmame Discussion / Complete a limted MAME collection
« on: 23 May 2016, 23:11 »
I'm wondering if it's possible to use cmpro for someone who isn't trying to collect every rom in existence. I have selected less than 400 games, and I'd like to make each zip file contain all the roms to run that game, even if that means some duplication. I think the term is "non-merged", if I read the tutorials correctly.
Of course, running a scan gives me so much missing, that I can't find what I actually need. Searching this forum, I found:
Hide Fully-Missing Sets
This is great, and so I could now use this as an auditor and manually fix the missing roms. However, I cannot have cmpro fix it, because it still tries to fix everything, not just what is shown in the Scan Results window.
Second attempt: I made a dat file.
I downloaded "MAME v0.173 - (Arcade).dat" and wrote a python script to delete all game nodes not in my text list. I added it with Add DatFile, but it doesn't appear to give me more options. CMPro is still using the full list, which it got from the exe file. I can't make a mame profile without pointing to an exe, and if I don't select a profile, I am kicked to the profiler. Strangely, although many people offer dat files for download, I can't find any talk or docs on how they are used. If cmpro can complete and verify my roms based on my dat file, then that would be perfect.
Any hint on how to proceed, or an alternate method to achieve my goal would be appreciated. Thanks.
Of course, running a scan gives me so much missing, that I can't find what I actually need. Searching this forum, I found:
Hide Fully-Missing Sets
This is great, and so I could now use this as an auditor and manually fix the missing roms. However, I cannot have cmpro fix it, because it still tries to fix everything, not just what is shown in the Scan Results window.
Second attempt: I made a dat file.
I downloaded "MAME v0.173 - (Arcade).dat" and wrote a python script to delete all game nodes not in my text list. I added it with Add DatFile, but it doesn't appear to give me more options. CMPro is still using the full list, which it got from the exe file. I can't make a mame profile without pointing to an exe, and if I don't select a profile, I am kicked to the profiler. Strangely, although many people offer dat files for download, I can't find any talk or docs on how they are used. If cmpro can complete and verify my roms based on my dat file, then that would be perfect.
Any hint on how to proceed, or an alternate method to achieve my goal would be appreciated. Thanks.