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[jclampy]

Hi,

I have just noticed that whenever I make a 'diff' .dat using makediff.exe and then in Clrmamepro 'Scanner' or 'Rebuilder' I am forced to use 'non-merged' option. The other two choices are greyed out.

Is there no way I can unlock the other options when using a 'diff' .dat?
Was it only possible in older versions of Clrmamepro but not now?

I tried adding forcemerging="split" to the datfile header but no difference.
I have tried with 'diffs' .dats I have made of either new or old mame versions and no difference.

Thanks.

[jclampy]

Solved;

Well I'm only new to this, but I have found a solution.
Might be connected to differences between listinfo and listxml formats?

I ran my 'diff' .dats through datutil.exe and output in listxml format and now I can force by 'header' of the .dat which merge type I wanted in Clrmamepro.

I think makediff.exe outputs in listinfo format and maybe it is a limitation of that format?

Cheers.

[Roman]

merge options are enabled by default. They only get disabled if:
- your dat (no matter if xml or deprecated format) does not use any parent/clone relationships
- your dat (no matter if xml or deprecated format) uses a header entry to force a merge mode

[jclampy]

Here is an example of mamediff.exe output;

game (
   name aafb
   description "All American Football (rev E)"
   year 1989
   manufacturer "Leland Corp."
   rom ( name 15603-01.u4t size 65536 crc cdc9c09d )
   rom ( name 15604-01.u5t size 65536 crc 3c03e92e )
   rom ( name 15605-01.u6t size 65536 crc cdf7d19c )
   rom ( name 15606-01.u7t size 65536 crc 8eeb007c )
   rom ( name 24000-02.u3 size 8192 crc 52df0354 )
   rom ( name 24001-02.u2t size 65536 crc 9b20697d )
   rom ( name 24002-02.u3t size 65536 crc bbb92184 )
   rom ( name 24002-02.u8t size 65536 crc 3d9747c9 )
   rom ( name 24004-02.u67 size 16384 crc cd7a3338 )
   rom ( name 24005-02.u68 size 16384 crc 8ea75319 )
   rom ( name 24006-01.u69 size 16384 crc 6a576aa9 )
   rom ( name 24007-01.u70 size 16384 crc 40e46aa4 )
   rom ( name 24008-01.u90 size 16384 crc 4538bc58 )
   rom ( name 24009-02.u91 size 16384 crc b857a1ad )
   rom ( name 24010-01.u92 size 16384 crc 78705f42 )
   rom ( name 24011-02.u93 size 32768 crc 71f4425b flags nodump )
   rom ( name 24012-02.u94 size 32768 crc b2499547 flags nodump )
   rom ( name 24013-02.u95 size 32768 crc 0a604e0d flags nodump )
   rom ( name 24016-01.u13 size 65536 crc 6997025f )
   rom ( name 24017-01.u14 size 65536 crc a48bd721 )
   rom ( name 24018-01.u15 size 65536 crc 76eb6077 )
   rom ( name 24019-01.u25 size 65536 crc 9e344768 )
   rom ( name 24020-01.u26 size 65536 crc 0788f2a5 )
   rom ( name 24021-01.u27 size 65536 crc 94081899 )
   rom ( name aafbu58t.bin size 65536 crc fa75a4a0 )
   rom ( name aafbu59t.bin size 65536 crc ab6a606f )
)

game (
   name aafbb
   description "All American Football (rev B)"
   year 1989
   manufacturer "Leland Corp."
   rom ( name 24014-02.u58 size 65536 crc 5db4a3d0 )
   rom ( name 24015-02.u59 size 65536 flags nodump )
)

game (
   name aafbd2p
   description "All American Football (rev D, 2 Players)"
   year 1989
   manufacturer "Leland Corp."
   rom ( name 26000-01.u3 size 8192 crc 98c06c63 )
   rom ( name 26001-01.2t size 65536 crc f118b9b4 )
   rom ( name 26014-01.58t size 65536 crc 79fd14cd )
   rom ( name 26015-01.59t size 65536 crc 3b0382f0 )
)

Clrmamepro locks merge setting to 'non-merged sets'.

I noticed the output also doesn't have an 'header' section. I tried to add one myself but failed probably because I was trying to add an listxml header to an listinfo dat. (If I understand correctly). Whether forcing 'merge' type via 'header' of listinfo.dat is possible or would have worked in Clrmamepro on this occasion I don't know.

So, that is why I used datutil to convert the .dat over to listxml format so I could add the 'header' forcing message which gets me around this issue I was having with Clrmamepro.

I suppose you can probably see what the *real* cause of the problem is though. I suspect it is something to do with no tags like 'clone of' and 'parent of' in the .dat, but again I am not that clued up, so...

[Roman]

There is not a single parent/clone relationship in your dat example.
I don't see any "cloneof" element