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I'm new to emulation and need help figuring out how to configure my mame 142u6 rom library to work with coinops r9. I can't find any information about this, nor any Romcenter or clrmamepro datfiles. Anyone please help?

[wired-child]

coinops uses roms from mame 0.84 so many roms from your pc mame set will have been
updated since then and wont work in coinops you could sort them using clrmamepro dats
but that could take a while

idd suggest save yourself the hastle download coinops 2 full set then update to standalone r9

[ace9094]

As Wired Child said but R10

[lilcuda]

A more useful thing would be for someone who has Coinops 2 full to make a dat and same for Coinops 3 when its released.

Is it really necessary to download 20 plus gb of games on each release ? .

Look at MAME , a complex emulator and different roms updated on each release but the updates may be 500mb to 1gb in size , you dont have to download 30gb each time.

This is the area where Coinops will take the next step in adoptability for new users , making ease of entry should be a top priority for all who espouse the project.

[wired-child]

to be honest i dont see any problem with how coinops is released
if you dont want the full 20gb or so set then do what i do wait for the standalone update

[lilcuda]

That may be okay for yourself but its standard practice on all the major arcade emulators , the console dumps do not change .

The benefit of using the same console dumps comes out in support as issues can arise between dumps , for instance an emulator can be known tp play a verified USA dump but may have issues with the same games release from Europe .Its about consistency.

The next release will be very large for the full set and all it takes will be for the original uploader to make a dat of the set and if they release by torrent to torrentzip the roms. Than anyone wanting to download the set runs a dat over there current stuff and matches what they can ,next they have to start than stop the torrent ,copy the matched items to the roms folder and torrentzip it for consistency to the original uploaders files and away they go.

The torrent will fix any missing or changed drivers within any arcade rom and the whole thing saves everyone a shitload of bandwidth   .