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clrmame Discussion / auto rename same-name different-hash roms on merge
« on: 05 August 2014, 18:39 »
This is the message that pops up when Clrmame finds a rom inside a clone that has the same name as one in the parent but a different hash:
"Issue: Can't merge set due to equal names for different ROM hashes
Press yes to remove parent/clone relationship or no to force split-merge mode."
Instead of that, how about this? "Press yes to rename this file to origname(__setname).xx or no to force split-merge mode.".
Since Clrmame is the most-used rom manager, currently MAME goes all the way around this issue and forces to have names of roms like that itself. IMO it'd be cleaner if this was done inside Clrmame instead, for people that want a completely merged romset.
"Issue: Can't merge set due to equal names for different ROM hashes
Press yes to remove parent/clone relationship or no to force split-merge mode."
Instead of that, how about this? "Press yes to rename this file to origname(__setname).xx or no to force split-merge mode.".
Since Clrmame is the most-used rom manager, currently MAME goes all the way around this issue and forces to have names of roms like that itself. IMO it'd be cleaner if this was done inside Clrmame instead, for people that want a completely merged romset.