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      rancid
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      @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!

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        FranceMSR
        last edited by 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

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          rancid @FranceMSR
          last edited by

          @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!

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            FranceMSR
            last edited by 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 ;-)

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              FranceMSR
              last edited by

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

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                cyperghost
                last edited by

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

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                  FranceMSR @cyperghost
                  last edited by

                  @cyperghost said in MAME Set Rebuilder:

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

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

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                  • cyperghostC
                    cyperghost @FranceMSR
                    last edited by

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

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                      FranceMSR @cyperghost
                      last edited by

                      @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 ;-)

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                        gatsu @FranceMSR
                        last edited by

                        @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

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                          FranceMSR @gatsu
                          last edited by

                          @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

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

                            thanks!

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                              FranceMSR @bleuge
                              last edited by 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 ;-)

                              test.PNG

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