Most games work in M.A.M.E., but some don't. Confused.

suprjami

it sure does support non-merged :) in fact, the recommended set for mame2003 is the 'mame 2003 reference set' which is non-merged, and easily locatable.

Cool, thanks! Today I Learned :)

Are you uploading for the mame2010 reference set? I was going to but haven't bothered getting TorrentZip going on Linux.

loopyeddie

@dankcushions said in Most games work in M.A.M.E., but some don't. Confused.:

@suprjami said in Most games work in M.A.M.E., but some don't. Confused.:

I don't believe RetroArch supports non-merged sets. MAME itself supports non-merged sets but the RetroArch MAME cores do not.
So you need split sets with both parent and clone. More correctly, there is effectively no difference between split and non-merged, the emulator core will always look for a clone file in the clone ROM, and will always look for a parent file in the parent ROM.
There is no way to avoid this AFAIK.

it sure does support non-merged :) in fact, the recommended set for mame2003 is the 'mame 2003 reference set' which is non-merged, and easily locatable.

@loopyeddie said in Most games work in M.A.M.E., but some don't. Confused.:

Ok, some progress!

I used ClrMamePro to build a non-merged .78 romset, using the .DAT link on the Managing Mame page here. I chose non-merged because sometimes I prefer a clone over the parent and only plan on loading maybe 50 games or so. But for now, I loaded the entire romset on my pi, and some games that didn't work before now work! 1941 works as does 1942.

There are still some games that don't seem to want to load that show as working in the compatibility list however. Most notable are all the CPS2 games and Neo-Geo games. I'm not too concerned about the Neo-Geo ones as I've already got those running great in Final Burn Alpha. I'd absolutely love to be able to play the CPS2 games though.

All of the CPS2 games that are supposed to work, launch to a black screen, then just kick me back to the menu. R-Type did this for me as well, so it isn't just CPS2.

Lastly, I wouldn't be concerned if these games didn't play, it's just that they are listed as working in the compatibility list, so I know I must just be doing something wrong.

yes, you have, but who knows what :) my only advice is to avoid rebuilding and acquire a non-merged set to begin with. as above, the 'mame 2003 reference set' is the one you want. CPS2 and neogeo games work totally fine with that.

AWESOME! Getting reference set now. Thanks!