MAME Set Rebuilder

Rion

@francemsr Thanks for the update and for joining the official RetroPie forums.

FranceMSR

@francemsr Thanks for the update and for joining the official RetroPie forums.

You are welcome ;-)

P.S.: check always official page for updates

rancid

@FranceMSR I apologize for being so dumb, but can you break this down a little more for me before I mess up my rom sets? I have some general questions:

-When you say "source" is this your existing rom set that you want to upgrade? Say I have Mame 0.192 and want to go to 0.193, would I select the folder where all the 0.192 roms are?
-How does the program know where my upgraded roms are for 0.193? Should I add them to the 0.192 directory I selected for "source" or would they go into the destination directory?
-Should the destination directory always be empty? I think I remember reading on the Italian forums everything in that dir will be deleted. I am confused if my upgraded roms should be in the destination folder or if you keep this empty.

If I want to upgrade both my rom sets and my CHDs, can you do them seperately or do the CHDs need to be in the same directory as the roms?

Sorry, just need a little more help before I pull the trigger. :)

Thank you and happy new years!

FranceMSR

-In source directory insert 0.192 set and 0.193 upgrade set pack (use different folders inside source folder)
-Destination directory will be erased, so use an empty folder
-Application works only on romset, not CHD

rancid

@francemsr said in MAME Set Rebuilder:

-In source directory insert 0.192 set and 0.193 upgrade set pack (use different folders inside source folder)
-Destination directory will be erased, so use an empty folder
-Application works only on romset, not CHD

Thank you so much for the reply, any plans to implement CHD functionality? Excellent App!

FranceMSR

If you want to extract the correct M.A.M.E.'s dat file follow these steps ;-)

Download desidered M.A.M.E. from here:
http://mamedev.org/oldrel.html

Select Binary file, 64 bit version only if you use 64 bit Windows, 32 bit version indifferently (it's ok also for 64 bit Windows).

Click on downloaded .exe (or .zip) file and decompress it if it's necessary. Create on C: a folder named MAME and copy inside it mame.exe (or mame64.exe) previously extracted. Inside MAME folder press right mouse button while Shift is pressed and select option to open Command Prompt.

Execute:
mame.exe -listxml > mame.dat
or
mame64.exe -listxml > mame.dat

If you receive the error "error: unknown option -listxml" substitute in the previous command listxml with listinfo. In a few seconds desidered file will be created :-)

If you receive an error that advices you that application is incompatible with Windows version in use you have downloaded a 16 bit M.A.M.E. version. In this case download this file:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1q7zsk9CsXV4Hz3yBQSLU4362HsVAtCIO

and extract its contents on MAME folder previously created. Install DOSBox (https://www.dosbox.com/) and start it.

In DOSBox execute:
mount c c:\MAME
c:
mame.exe -listinfo > mame.dat

As before, in a few seconds desidered file will be created in MAME folder :-)

If in MAME folder the created file is about 1 KB it means that listinfo command is not present in that version. Not problem at all, again substitute listinfo with listxml and now you'll have your file ;-)

FranceMSR

New version, 1.22, available that fixes a regression bug ;-)

cyperghost

@FranceMSR
Nice development!
Did notice that tool today :)

FranceMSR

@cyperghost said in MAME Set Rebuilder:

@FranceMSR
Nice development!
Did notice that tool today :)

Thanks, try the app and let me know ;-)

cyperghost

@francemsr Is this only available through your forum on retropie-italia.it? or is it available on GitHUB?

FranceMSR

@cyperghost said in MAME Set Rebuilder:

@francemsr Is this only available through your forum on retropie-italia.it? or is it available on GitHUB?

The first one ;-)

gatsu

@FranceMSR What a great tool!!! I love it!!! Good Job!!!
I was looking for a similar tool for FBA. Any chance to make it work for FBA?
Thanks

FranceMSR

@gatsu said in MAME Set Rebuilder:

@FranceMSR What a great tool!!! I love it!!! Good Job!!!
I was looking for a similar tool for FBA. Any chance to make it work for FBA?
Thanks

Sorry for the delay. If FBA's XML has the same structure of the MAME's one it will works without any problems

bleuge

@FranceMSR Windows link in the forum, https://goo.gl/abupmV gives me HTTP ERROR 403

thanks!

FranceMSR

@bleuge said in MAME Set Rebuilder:

@FranceMSR Windows link in the forum, https://goo.gl/abupmV gives me HTTP ERROR 403

thanks!

It works ;-)

PittStone

They won't activate my account on the Italian site. I register and am supposed to send a confirmation email within 24 hours, otherwise I'll be blacklisted immediately. I've tried twice, and my account will never be activated. How do I get this MAME Set Rebuilder?

Wampa

@PittStone said in MAME Set Rebuilder:

How do I get this MAME Set Rebuilder?

"6 years later"

Time machine ?

FranceMSR

@PittStone said in MAME Set Rebuilder:

They won't activate my account on the Italian site. I register and am supposed to send a confirmation email within 24 hours, otherwise I'll be blacklisted immediately. I've tried twice, and my account will never be activated. How do I get this MAME Set Rebuilder?

The instructions are clear but maybe it is too complicated for you:

Your account has been created. However, the system requires an administrator to activate your account. Please send an email to: noreply (at) retropie-italia (dot) it within 24 hours. STRICTLY use the email account you used to register on the forum, writing ONLY the nickname you used during registration in the body of the email (the subject MUST be empty), you will be informed when your account is activated.