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    Arcade Questions (Romsets, Updating, MAME FBA)

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      red2blue @dankcushions
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      @dankcushions

      you can download individual roms or the full torrent from CENSORED thru certain uploaders file.. depending on how they uploaded it thru site. just downloaded a couple this way.

      And thanks, how about MAME? do you know where i can find what new games they add in new versions?

      Also i saw a forum post (https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/30220-how-to-update-your-mame-romset-to-a-newer-version-with-clrmamepro/) showing you how to update romsets with CLMamePro, just verifying if i can use fba for it if you know.

      Why do people update romsets though??? is it just to fix non-booting roms?

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        dankcushions Global Moderator @red2blue
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        @red2blue please don't link to that website - it's not legal anywhere other than the USA.

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          red2blue @dankcushions
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          @dankcushions oh sorry. wasnt aware

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            dankcushions Global Moderator @red2blue
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            @red2blue said in Arcade Questions (Romsets, Updating, MAME FBA):

            @dankcushions

            you can download individual roms or the full torrent from CENSORED thru certain uploaders file.. depending on how they uploaded it thru site. just downloaded a couple this way.

            this is fine if you are getting them from the right romset. so far you have mentioned mame 0.139 which is nothing to do with fba .42 :)

            And thanks, how about MAME? do you know where i can find what new games they add in new versions?

            http://mamedev.org/

            Also i saw a forum post (https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/30220-how-to-update-your-mame-romset-to-a-newer-version-with-clrmamepro/) showing you how to update romsets with CLMamePro, just verifying if i can use fba for it if you know.

            you can, but it won't work very well. it won't add new games or fix redumps - you can't create data from thin air. it will do very little.

            Why do people update romsets though??? is it just to fix non-booting roms?

            yes, and to add new roms. there's usually little point updating fba if you're not also updating your romset.

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              red2blue @dankcushions
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              @dankcushions

              @dankcushions said in Arcade Questions (Romsets, Updating, MAME FBA):

              @red2blue said in Arcade Questions (Romsets, Updating, MAME FBA):

              @dankcushions

              you can download individual roms or the full torrent from CENSORED thru certain uploaders file.. depending on how they uploaded it thru site. just downloaded a couple this way.

              this is fine if you are getting them from the right romset. so far you have mentioned mame 0.139 which is nothing to do with fba .42 :)

              And thanks, how about MAME? do you know where i can find what new games they add in new versions?

              http://mamedev.org/

              Also i saw a forum post (https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/30220-how-to-update-your-mame-romset-to-a-newer-version-with-clrmamepro/) showing you how to update romsets with CLMamePro, just verifying if i can use fba for it if you know.

              you can, but it won't work very well. it won't add new games or fix redumps - you can't create data from thin air. it will do very little.

              oh okay i thought it would grab it from the internet or whatever

              Why do people update romsets though??? is it just to fix non-booting roms?

              yes, and to add new roms. there's usually little point updating fba if you're not also updating your romset.

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                red2blue
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                @dankcushions i noticed on the FBA update log it says

                "Sync. romsets with MAME 0.187 [Barry]"

                Does that means it adds all the roms for .187 onto that FBA Version romset?

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                  dankcushions Global Moderator @red2blue
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                  @red2blue said in Arcade Questions (Romsets, Updating, MAME FBA):

                  @dankcushions i noticed on the FBA update log it says

                  "Sync. romsets with MAME 0.187 [Barry]"

                  Does that means it adds all the roms for .187 onto that FBA Version romset?

                  no, only a subset.

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                    red2blue @dankcushions
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                    @dankcushions

                    sorry not sure what that means, could you explain?

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                      dankcushions Global Moderator @red2blue
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                      @red2blue fba shares some, but not all, the games in mame.

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                        red2blue @dankcushions
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                        @dankcushions so i finally got the 0.2.97.42 romset, when i replace my 0.2.97.39 romset do i overwrite the .39 roms or can i just skip???

                        also when i compare, 2.97.39 is 10 gb's larger than 42's

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                          dankcushions Global Moderator @red2blue
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                          @red2blue said in Arcade Questions (Romsets, Updating, MAME FBA):

                          @dankcushions so i finally got the 0.2.97.42 romset, when i replace my 0.2.97.39 romset do i overwrite the .39 roms or can i just skip???

                          some .39 ones will work in current FBA, some won't. i personally replace all.

                          also when i compare, 2.97.39 is 10 gb's larger than 42's

                          sets can be merged, non-merged, complete, just parents, etc. all these methods result in different sizes. there's various ways of building a romset, and i guess your two sets were done in different ways.

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