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    *SOLVED* [Help Retropie 4.3] Some MAME2003 roms not working after update

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    • arcadez2003A
      arcadez2003
      last edited by

      TBH i was justing working with the MAME code in the mainline source i know nothing about what you mention above
      with regards to images etc etc best i can do is drop a copy of the MAME-2003 libretro core which has all my commits
      removed maybe someone can then compile it to help you create an image..??

      [url]http://www97.zippyshare.com/v/TRlaM9H7/file.html[/url]

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      • MrJordaaanyM
        MrJordaaany @arcadez2003
        last edited by

        @gamez-fan No problem. I see if I can compile something up then aye? Again thanks for your help :)

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        • arcadez2003A
          arcadez2003 @MrJordaaany
          last edited by

          @mrjordaaany

          Aye im sorry about this bigman!! if i'd known adding some missing games to the source would have caused all this hastle i'd never have started

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          • MrJordaaanyM
            MrJordaaany @arcadez2003
            last edited by

            @gamez-fan No problem. I'm hoping more people run into the issue though so my findings are backed up.

            I only have a small seclection (150 roms or so) running on mame2003 ad about the same for fba-alpha. Every time there is an update to an emulator I test them all again so that's how I find issue.

            At this stage it might be easier just to use a fresh 4.3 retropie image which contains the mame2003 version before the changes. Doesn't take too long for me at this stage.

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            • MrJordaaanyM
              MrJordaaany @arcadez2003
              last edited by

              @gamez-fan Not having any luck compiling shit from source myself (due to lack of knowledge). I know its something I can crack with persistence, but i think for now (and as said) I will use a fresh 4.3 retropie image.

              You plan to do more testing once you have the time? So at some point there will be a fix roll out potentially?

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              • arcadez2003A
                arcadez2003 @MrJordaaany
                last edited by arcadez2003

                @mrjordaaany said in [Help Retropie 4.3] Some MAME2003 roms not working after update:

                You plan to do more testing once you have the time? So at some point there will be a fix roll out potentially?

                Im looking over my commits for errors there are 90 odd so it will take some time. but if i cant get to the bottom of this then anyone with build
                issues will need to petition the custodians of the libretro mame-2003 core to roll it back to the original version

                It's outta my hands in that regard!!

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                • arcadez2003A
                  arcadez2003 @markwkidd
                  last edited by

                  @markwkidd said in [Help Retropie 4.3] Some MAME2003 roms not working after update:

                  @gamez-fan once a libretro build environment is set up the first time, it is very easy to compile libretro cores for testing purposes.

                  Are you interested in setting up your environment? If you provide your operating system I'm glad to help you get it done quickly and painlessly. I think your project is very important so I'm motivated to help any way I can! :)

                  Hi if the offer still stands i'd like to take you up on this, i use my ole machine for dev which has the Vista OS

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                  • matchamanM
                    matchaman
                    last edited by matchaman

                    Until this is fixed, I could upload September's core binary so you don't have to extract it from the original image.

                    Does anyone need it?

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                    • MrJordaaanyM
                      MrJordaaany @matchaman
                      last edited by

                      @matchaman I need it please :)

                      But then what do I do with it? How do I install mame2003 from the code binary?

                      Many thanks!

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                      • matchamanM
                        matchaman
                        last edited by matchaman

                        There you go: https://www.dropbox.com/s/smbzkl7ccleytth/mame2003_libretro.rar

                        Extract the mame2003_libretro.so file and then replace it in /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2003/ (you must be root)

                        Cheers!

                        Edit: link fixed

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                        • dankcushionsD
                          dankcushions Global Moderator @matchaman
                          last edited by

                          @matchaman mame2010? i think you have uploaded the wrong mame ;)

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                          • MrJordaaanyM
                            MrJordaaany @matchaman
                            last edited by

                            @matchaman @dankcushions Unless he mistakenly renamed it haha

                            But yes, is it the mame2010 core?

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                            • matchamanM
                              matchaman
                              last edited by matchaman

                              Oops, it's getting late here! hahah

                              I'll fix that in a minute :)

                              ...aaaand done! Check the link again.

                              In order to verify the downgrade, while running a ROM, open the RetroArch menu and it should show 'MAME 2003 0.78 cb4826a'

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                              • MrJordaaanyM
                                MrJordaaany @matchaman
                                last edited by

                                @matchaman Thank you. Just replaced it now but no dice still. Anything else I could be missing?

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                                • matchamanM
                                  matchaman
                                  last edited by matchaman

                                  Check my previous post. Enter the RA menu while running a ROM (default is hotkey+F1) and at the bottom there should be 'MAME 2003 0.78 cb4826a'

                                  Additionally, make sure that rewind is not enabled. MAME doesn't work well with it. Also if you have any game-specific files created, delete them.

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                                  • MrJordaaanyM
                                    MrJordaaany @matchaman
                                    last edited by

                                    @matchaman Yup I can confirm that is the case. Hmm I wonder what else I am missing. The same roms are still crashing, but on a clean 4.3 image they are fine. No other files need to be replaced?

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                                    • matchamanM
                                      matchaman
                                      last edited by matchaman

                                      It's possible that the games have created save/record files that are incompatible with the (slightly) older core. They are located in your ROMs folder and they usually feature ROM names but not .zip extensions.

                                      romname.fs
                                      romname.hi

                                      ^------- typical examples. Also remove any .cfg files of the afore in case they force some unknown option.

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                                      • MrJordaaanyM
                                        MrJordaaany @matchaman
                                        last edited by

                                        @matchaman Yup removed all that. Still not working. I just popped in my other sd card with a fresh 4.3 image and some of the problematic roms. They work fine. I can confirm the base 4.3 image is 'MAME 2003 0.78 cb4826a' as well.

                                        What could be the dam problem? It only start happening after I updated Mame2003.

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                                        • matchamanM
                                          matchaman
                                          last edited by matchaman

                                          That's really strange. I just tried those ROMs and they work fine on my setup, using the core file I shared.

                                          Maybe it has to do with some other update (driver maybe?)...

                                          A real head scratcher this one! :/

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                                          • MrJordaaanyM
                                            MrJordaaany @matchaman
                                            last edited by

                                            @matchaman Sure is! Bugging the hell out of me. I have a few more ideas then I will just do a fresh 4.3 install.

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