0.78 LrMame 2003 Romset Setup Help

Perthgamer

Hi everyone,
Im new to retropie. If i have the Romset0.78LrMame2003 for Pie3,

1-Do all of the zip files get placed only into the Libreto folder only? - See image 1
2-If yes, do the files remain zipped up?
3-if they remain in this folder only, doi have to unzip each of the diferent game system
zipped up sets of roms? - See image 2

Ive tried a splitting the files and pasting the specific roms into the specific game system folders instead, and some have worked.

Please help, op

dankcushions

i've added your image to this thread. please do not create any more threads for the same issue :)

your screenshot isn't of a mame 0.78 romset. i don't know what you've got there.

Perthgamer

@dankcushions
Cheers. Apologies, was my first post, even attaching images it did not seem to work, also ihad to submit my post afew times to show up. Must have done something wrong.

The romset i believe is the correct one.

I have individually unzipped some of the game system fines into the main kodi emulator folders to see if it works. It did, but all instructions ihave found state to place into the libreto folder only.

Assuming i do find another set of rom files, how should they be placed into the relevant folder or folders?

I also have some other sd images, 32gig and 64gig, can these be loaded from a usb stick instead of a sd card, as i don't have any 64gig cards, but do have a 64gig usb stick

Thank you

dankcushions

@Perthgamer said in 0.78 LrMame 2003 Romset Setup Help:

@dankcushions
Cheers. Apologies, was my first post, even attaching images it did not seem to work, also ihad to submit my post afew times to show up. Must have done something wrong.

The romset i believe is the correct one.

I have individually unzipped some of the game system fines into the main kodi emulator folders to see if it works. It did, but all instructions ihave found state to place into the libreto folder only.

Assuming i do find another set of rom files, how should they be placed into the relevant folder or folders?

mame 0.78 sets should have individual .zip files for each mame game. for example:
dkong.zip
sf2.zip
etc.

all of these are placed in /mame-libretro/, so:
roms/mame-libretro/dkong.zip
roms/mame-libretro/sf2.zip
etc

I also have some other sd images, 32gig and 64gig, can these be loaded from a usb stick instead of a sd card, as i don't have any 64gig cards, but do have a 64gig usb stick

we do not support any other images apart from the ones on https://retropie.org.uk/download/

rbaker

@Perthgamer said in 0.78 LrMame 2003 Romset Setup Help:

I have individually unzipped some of the game system fines into the main kodi emulator folders

Kodi is not an emulator and is not related in anyway to MAME2003. When you say it works - really? Why would you think of placing roms in the folder of a media player? Why did you unzip? Where did it tell you to do this?

Perthgamer

@dankcushions

Great. So if i unzip each of the zipped files into that folder, i should be fine?

The zip files i have are simply grouped into game systems....

I unzipped a few ad placed into the individual game folders to see if it worked, some have. But i cant match up all the game system names../ to the abbreviated zip names.

Should they all definately only go into the one folder?

rbaker

@Perthgamer Stop unzipping files. Why are you unzipping files?

Perthgamer

@rbaker sorry, typo, i shouldnt have typed kodi, i meant retropie folder. Which has all the game system folders....

dankcushions

@Perthgamer said in 0.78 LrMame 2003 Romset Setup Help:

@dankcushions

Great. So if i unzip each of the zipped files into that folder, i should be fine?

if they are full of valid mame 0.78 .zip files, then sure. i'm just not sure how that is a mame 2003 romset as 32x, etc, are not part of mame 0.78.

I unzipped a few ad placed into the individual game folders to see if it worked, some have. But i cant match up all the game system names../ to the abbreviated zip names.

Should they all definately only go into the one folder?

a valid mame 0.78 romset would not be full of all these game systems. you're on your own figuring out what goes where...

rbaker

@Perthgamer Take 5 mins out, read this then come back:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7247/guide-arcade-games-and-how-to-play-them-a-non-technical-mame-fba-tutorial

Perthgamer

@rbaker said in 0.78 LrMame 2003 Romset Setup Help:

@Perthgamer Stop unzipping files. Why are you unzipping files?

Not unzipping... when i day unzipping, i mean i have grouped zip files of multiple zips. So just ungrouping groups of zips...... differs that make sense? See my first post of thus topic, shows the zips

rbaker

@Perthgamer said in 0.78 LrMame 2003 Romset Setup Help:

So if i unzip each of the zipped files

Here.