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clrmame Discussion / Re: DAT upgrade question

« on: 04 April 2020, 16:44 »

welcome to the world of special cases ;-)
I guess it picks the first it finds (by looking at the name stored in the header) and proposes that.
You can still click "no" in that update prompt and cmpro will ask you then what do to with it...if you then select update you get a full list and you can pick the right, second one.
I highly doubt that I will change that behaviour

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clrmame Discussion / Re: No-Intro header files are not recognized

« on: 24 March 2020, 12:10 »

Header support hasn't changed for a decade or more. I've just tested a clean install with no intro nes dat + header file and it works fine.

Maybe you should go to settings, switch the drop down box at the top (ROM-paths, ....) to "Header" and see if you got the header definitions enabled for your profile in question.

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clrmame Discussion / Re: No-Intro header files are not recognized

« on: 24 March 2020, 05:40 »

reboot your machine 

as you said, there is no logical reason. Header definitions need to be placed in cmpro's header folder, cmpro should be installed in a non-uac controlled path and not run with admin rights...that's basically at. Modifications in headerfiles or new ones get active when cmpro gets restarted.

So....assuming you haven't changed a single thing, there is no logical reason, so reboot ;-)
If you changed something or using a new datfile, do check the changes in detail.

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clrmame Discussion / Re: Language selection in 1G1R mode

« on: 22 March 2020, 08:30 »

most likely you need multiple release elements

release name="xxx" region="EUR" language="De"
release name="xxx" region="EUR" language="En"

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clrmame Discussion / Re: Strange things happening with some new System Paths in MAME

« on: 19 March 2020, 21:04 »

the latest nightly is from march 8th 2020.
for your path problems I need more info...turn off the fix options and let me know what the scanner tree says

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clrmame Discussion / Re: [BUG] clrmamepro-generated 1G1R ROM sets missing ROMs or selecting wrong region

« on: 15 March 2020, 13:22 »

A set is always a parent unless it's a clone ;-)

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clrmame Discussion / Re: error using ClrMamePro 4.036a on Linux (Wine 4.0)

« on: 08 March 2020, 20:36 »

https://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/binaries/cmpro20200308.rar

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clrmame Discussion / Re: dir2dat and CHDs in 4.036a

« on: 08 March 2020, 16:48 »

just a quick note, next nightly build will have a "keep chds as roms" switch....

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clrmame Discussion / Re: error using ClrMamePro 4.036a on Linux (Wine 4.0)

« on: 08 March 2020, 12:19 »

ah...nice finding....found and fixed ;-)
Will be included in next nightly build......later today

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clrmame Discussion / Re: TOSEC folder structure

« on: 08 March 2020, 07:59 »

Well, I've checked the latest TOSEC pack and since they use " - " as separator in the dat header like "Commodore Amiga - Games - Public Domain - [ADF]", there is no "subfolder" definition in there. I can check if it's easy to add something like an "treat - as subfolder" option.......but iirc they used real subfolders in the past (ok, last time I've checked was most likely 10 years ago...)

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clrmame Discussion / Re: error using ClrMamePro 4.036a on Linux (Wine 4.0)

« on: 08 March 2020, 07:47 »

thanks. I'm able to reproduce the problem with Mint.....so that's a good start to fix it ;-)

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clrmame Discussion / Re: error using ClrMamePro 4.036a on Linux (Wine 4.0)

« on: 07 March 2020, 19:55 »

ok...virtual box setup, linux mint 19.3 64 bit installed.....installed latest wine stable (5.0) and ran cmpro 4.036a. Loading a mame datfile (e.g. from progetto snaps page) works fine.

I can see in your screenshot that it shows "building prefered names" which indicates that you use a set with 1g1r mode possibilities. Which dat are you using? Can you send it please, so I can test that one

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clrmame Discussion / Re: ZIP compression level

« on: 07 March 2020, 18:56 »

erm....if you scan an empty path you get an empty path afterwards...unless you got fix-missing enabled which looks into your setup addpaths, the rompaths and the backup path for something which might be the missing file and adds it.
But nothing, really not a single bit gets over the line (unless you use network drives ;-))

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clrmame Discussion / Re: error using ClrMamePro 4.036a on Linux (Wine 4.0)

« on: 07 March 2020, 16:37 »

no trick, I guess I used Ubuntu 18.04 LTS last time...but as I said, as soon as I installed a virtual machine with Mint 19.3, I give it a try....

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clrmame Discussion / Re: ZIP compression level

« on: 07 March 2020, 16:36 »

"by the end of that scan CMP has downloaded some missing bits and pieces"

eeeeh...what? cmpro does not download anything by the end of a scan...
What makes you think that cmpro download anything?

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clrmame Discussion / Re: error using ClrMamePro 4.036a on Linux (Wine 4.0)

« on: 07 March 2020, 11:46 »

well, yes you can give the latest nightly a try but in general the wine fixes in there are for some specific thread api call which causes problems on Macs (and would appear earlier and not during loading a profile).
During that Mac issue I tried it on Ubuntu/Wine and it went well....but I give Mint a try as soon as I find a little time.

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clrmame Discussion / Re: ZIP compression level

« on: 07 March 2020, 11:43 »

"I'm still scratching my head about against what the initial - empty, so to speak - scan runs.
That is: yes I'm left with the difference, but the difference between the datfile at hand and.. what?"

erm...I don't get that part? what do you mean with "initial" scan run?

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clrmame Discussion / Re: ZIP compression level

« on: 06 March 2020, 17:25 »

The usual method of updating is:
Load the updated dat/profile
Scanner, run a full scan with all fix options on
After that you should only have missing stuff left
Then drag'n drop the "new" stuff into the scanner window...
(this internally runs a rebuild operation, which adds the new stuff to your collection, if your rebuilder destination points to your rompath)

So normally, on a modern system (SSD, fast CPU), a MAME update is done within minutes.....

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clrmame Discussion / Re: ZIP compression level

« on: 06 March 2020, 14:14 »

you mean the 3 users out there who run rebuild jobs which take longer than half an hour ;-)
hehehehe......good to hear it helped you.

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clrmame Discussion / Re: ZIP compression level

« on: 05 March 2020, 14:43 »

lucky you....

https://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/binaries/cmpro20200305.rar

cmpro.ini
Packer_Zip_CompressionLevel = 9