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clrmame Discussion / coming up

« on: 16 December 2015, 21:24 »

well...as you might noticed, it's pretty silent around cmpro...why? well...holiday season is coming up...end of year real life stress....

But from time to time I add some tiny not really that important stuff...currently this...

misc: 32bit version still runs on SSE1 processors
misc: updated to unrar lib/sdk 5.30 (final)and 7z lib/sdk to 15.12 (final)
misc: select sets variables %h=1 (has chds) also supports =0 now (hasn't chds). Same for %p,%M,%B,%I.
added: added %r=1/0 variables (has roms)
added: dir2dat can export in softwarelist format (pretty preliminary but a start)
removed: cmpro.ini switch Adv_DatFormatXML
added: export format (in setinfo dialog) can now be switched via dir2dat format option

to do: some select sets variable to select chd-only, sample-only, roms-only sets (which isn't identical to %r=0...since there are sets which only consist of e.g. biosroms and chds...or only nodumps and chds...etc...have to think about that a bit)

haven't fully checked the softwarelist.dtd yet. (maybe a dataarea element can have all roms as childs and its size entry is the sum of all sizes)...but an export (from standard MAME sets) will look probably like this...

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE softwarelist SYSTEM "softwarelist.dtd">
<softwarelist name="MAME" description="Current MAME">
   <software name="005">
      <description>005</description>
      <year>1981</year>
      <publisher>Sega</publisher>
      <part name="" interface="">
         <dataarea name="rom" size = "2048">
            <rom name="1346b.cpu-u25" size="2048" crc="8e68533e" sha1="a257c556d31691068ed5c991f1fb2b51da4826db"/>
         </dataarea>
         <dataarea name="rom" size = "2048">
            <rom name="5092.prom-u1" size="2048" crc="29e10a81" sha1="c4b4e6c75bcf276e53f39a456d8d633c83dcf485"/>
         </dataarea>
         <dataarea name="rom" size = "2048">
            <rom name="5093.prom-u2" size="2048" crc="e1edc3df" sha1="4f593546bbb0f50850dc6286cb514af6831c27a7"/>
         </dataarea>
etc..etc..

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clrmame Discussion / Lyle A Smith - Thanks a lot! You know for what ;-) ...wow...I'm speechless

« on: 15 December 2015, 16:27 »

Thank you so very much! This is highly appreciated and actually ....I think it's already XMas !!!

Have a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year !!

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.026 released

« on: 25 October 2015, 21:40 »

4.026

fixed: memory corruption and random crash during sethash generation
fixed: disabled softwarelists with non-unique assigned paths could lead to wrong missing set messages
added: set information copy2clipboard context menu to generate set lists
misc: updated 7z library and sdk to 15.09

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.025 released

« on: 12 October 2015, 18:49 »

4.025
misc: better support for UHD screens (button bar, statistic window output, initial default size of sizeable windows)
misc: updated unrar library 5.30.5
misc: updated 7z library and sdk to 15.08
fixed: crash when going from profiler create to scanner setinfo
fixed: exception when loading of 7z dll failed
fixed: evil romcheck skip when chds of the set are missing and the archive is stored in the same path
fixed: re-fixed wrong placed/unneeded chd detection problem when setnames share the same name across software lists
fixed: showing wrong bad chd checksum messages when setnames share the same name across software lists and one chd is missing
fixed: unneeded set check marks some sets as unneeded when you have a pretty uncommon setup where chds in the dat are listed as roms with subfolders

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clrmame Discussion / set archive or folder warnings

« on: 01 October 2015, 17:47 »

From time to time you might face one of the following errors:

"Set exists in various rompaths" ... well, here some manual work is needed, check if you got multiple instances of the archive in questions, move them to a temporary place and re-add them to your collection, e.g. by using the rebuilder (which moves it to the correct place).

"Set archive AND set folder exist in the same rompath", for non-chd sets you have a subfolder named after the set AND the rom archive (zip/rar/7z) somewhere...you can remove the folder (if you prefer archived sets)
For sets WITH chds, you should double check the chd subfolders. THere might be some non chd files in there which can be removed (since you most likely have them already in the archive, too)

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clrmame Discussion / some fixes for the night...

« on: 30 September 2015, 19:23 »

as you see in the 4.025 forum post, some users reported some problems...so you might want to test out this nightly compile...
http://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/binaries/cmp20150930.rar

fixed: exception when loading of 7z dll failed
fixed: evil romcheck skip when chds of the set were replaced and the archive is stored in the same path
fixed: re-fixed wrong placed/unneeded chd detection problem when setnames share the same name across software lists

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clrmame Discussion / XP Users again

« on: 28 September 2015, 12:14 »

Hi,

there is one user who got issues running the latest official version on Windows XP. I myself tested it on a XP SP3 virtual machine and it runs fine.
Is there still another XP user out there who can say it cmpro 4.024 works?

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.024 released

« on: 23 September 2015, 20:01 »

4.024

fixed: cmpro still shows a wrong checksum message for unneeded chds even after removing them.
fixed: general 32bit cut down issue when calculating size/checksums of files in zip64 archives
misc: xml datfiles with "machine" elements instead of game elements are parsed, too
misc: xml datfile export (either setinformation or dir2dat) uses "machine" as set element
(cmpro.ini Adv_SetElementXML value holds the value in case you want to change it to "game")
misc: updated zipclass library to 4.6.2
misc: updated unrar library 5.30.4
misc: updated 7z library and sdk to 15.07
misc: ah yeah, if you don't know already, zip64 format now is officially supported

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.023 released

« on: 18 September 2015, 19:34 »

4.023

fixed: cmpro did not mark old chd files (replaced with identical named but different checksum files) as unneeded
fixed: cmpro oversees some unneeded chds (dupe) chds in sysdef paths when the correct chd is also present (quizard sets)
fixed: cmpro doesn't warn about some unpacked rom files within chd subfolders if a rom archive also exists
added: setinformation "initial invert" option, which inverts your selection on database load (so you need to manually hit the invert button)

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clrmame Discussion / 4.022 released

« on: 29 August 2015, 18:55 »

4.022

misc: new compiler (VS2015) under Windows 10 Pro
misc: 7z/rar warnings are now shown in the warning window, not as a messagebox anymore which you have to click
misc: profiler move/add datfiles overwrite prompts support yes/no to all
fixed: wrong "wrong case" set message when a chd is missing or a wrong named set
fixed: 7z/rar detection of obsolete folders fails in some cases
fixed: datfile nodump flag gets ignored in case of an additional size=0 entry
fixed: nodump without any size entry were not imported
fixed: wrong rar bad crc message when deleting full archives

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clrmame Discussion / Windows XP Users

« on: 17 August 2015, 06:42 »

Background: I've switched from Visual Studio 2008 (yes..ancient) to VS2015 now....From the installation process I know that there are extra optional settings to support Windows XP builds....

But..come on..it's 2015 and noone should really use XP anymore....

so.......is there really a need for having a clrmamepro built which supports Windows XP?

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clrmame Discussion / something to test

« on: 14 August 2015, 21:10 »

Well, time for a test build....

misc: new compiler (Visual Studio 2015) and environment (Windows 10 Pro 64bit)
fixed: wrong "wrong case" set message when a chd is missing
fixed: 7z/rar detection of obsolete folders fails in some cases
fixed: datfile nodump flag gets ignored in case of an additional size=0 entry

I haven't done any checks if the exe files still work under XP/7/8...but I guess you will let me know.

http://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/binaries/cmp20150814.rar

actually a quick speed test is not that good. The vs2015 compiled exe seems to be a bit slower (scanning speed). I will check if it's related to the latest fixes or compiler optimization flags, etc....

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clrmame Discussion / MAME 164

« on: 29 July 2015, 20:35 »

regarding MAME 164 and latest cmpro....

yes I'm aware of a wrong and empty "wrong case" message when a clone chd is missing

...but currently I'm busy...so...ignore it ;-) Guess it will disappear automatically if you got the chd in question....

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News & Communication / clrmamepro 4.021 released

« on: 20 July 2015, 16:40 »

fixed: possible crash with corrupt settings file
fixed: rare issue where a sample parent set with no samples for its own and multi-softwarelist support is marked as unneeded
fixed: possible crash on cmpro start on read-only device or full device
fixed: structural issues and possible crash when using dats with releases and run into double name issues
fixed: double name check when using releases
fixed: some dialogs don't use "MS Sans Serif" as font...
fixed: adjusted some warning messages to use "SOFT" instead of "List"
fixed: setinformation "hide parent" does not work for listed disks
fixed: unpacked set with chds can be falsely detected as misplaced
fixed: rare typo based bug in checking unneeded sets/chds
fixed: hashcollision sets with nodumps can create circular fix-unneeded/fix-missing scenarios
misc: better unneeded detection of chds within an identical setnames relation (softwarelists/Non-Software List)
misc: better wrong sysdefpath detection of chds within an identical setnames relation (softwarelists/Non-Software List)
added: automatically detect mame and mess as xml root elements
added: supporting biossets with samples (and sampleof) elements

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.021 released

« on: 19 July 2015, 19:03 »

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clrmame Discussion / nightly build....

« on: 22 June 2015, 19:50 »

http://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/binaries/cmp20150622.rar

fixed: possible crash with corrupt settings file
fixed: rare issue where a sample parent set with no samples for its own and multi-softwarelist support is marked as unneeded
fixed: possible crash on cmpro start on read-only device or full device
fixed: structural issues and possible crash when using dats with releases and run into double name issues
misc: automatically detect mame and mess as xml root elements
misc: supporting biossets with samples (and sampleof) elements

hope I can now concentrate on the "mame + software list chds with identical setnames issues"...

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.020 released

« on: 28 May 2015, 19:30 »

misc: using "engine" and "game" elements as defaults which allow loading of new MAME binaries and dats without modifying engine.cfg
fixed: game name check might produce a wrong warning for full merged chd sets where the parent does not have chds
fixed: sampleclones check for sample-only sets fails and reports missing sets

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.018 released

« on: 12 March 2015, 19:30 »

fixed: official 7z bug which causes a crash when a fake 7z archive file is being processed
fixed: rebuilding bios files in hash collide full merge mode creates dupes (this also affects dat export)
fixed: wrong statistics "wrong named chd count"

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News & Communication / clrmamepro 4.017 released

« on: 19 February 2015, 09:15 »

added: support for biossets with chds
fixed: obsolete missing game message for sample-only sets in multi-software list mode
fixed: deprecated dat export exports biossets as resource and game
misc: updated to latest rar (5.21) and 7z sdk (9.38)

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.017 released

« on: 18 February 2015, 20:11 »