dov_EL Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I use a romset of MAME 0.195, and luckily I also have the CORE of MAME 0.195. However, I realized that in retroarch have already updated to the core 0.196, and then my question is: if the core of MAME are constantly updated, and if I lose the core of the 0.195 version, how do I find the core again with this version number of MAME? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 The Mame cores are updated along with the official updates, if you have the core that matches your set already you shouldn't update the RA core without knowing that you may run into possible problems. As for re-obtaining the 195 core you can ask around and see if anyone else still has the 195 core or you can get the source code from the Libretro site and compile your own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 For each core you can also make a copy and put the version in the name so if it some how ends up updated and causing you issues you can fix it by overwriting the other core. Truthfully from knowing what has changed from 0.195 to 0.196 a very large majority of your 0.195 games would still work if you had the 0.196 core. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dov_EL Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 I think this is a fairly serious problem of retroarch, luckily I did the Backup of MAME 0.185 Core and Mame 0.195 which are the two romset I normally use. It should be that libretto should offer the possibility to download all the cores that have been available over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 While I agree it would be nice to have downloads of previous versions of cores there is nothing forcing you to update the cores and the source code is available for people to compile their own previous builds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dov_EL Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 On 20/04/2018 at 8:21 PM, Lordmonkus said: While I agree it would be nice to have downloads of previous versions of cores there is nothing forcing you to update the cores and the source code is available for people to compile their own previous builds. Of course, but if I lose the core files? I could never recover it, and this would be a big problem. Fortunately, I do backups on Onedrive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Yeah well take it up with the RA devs, debating it here is pointless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 yeah I don't think they will care much so it is your responsibility to make sure you have the core that you want so backing it up and copying it is your best bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Like I said before, the source code for previous builds is available if anyone wants to compile their own, so there is that option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 yeah but how many people know how to compile an RA core from source I know I don't know the 1st thing about it and while I probably could figure it out with some guidance its not really something the average user would probably do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Oh I know. I'm like you, I could probably figure it out if I bothered to look into it, i'm just saying that the option is there if it's that important to someone, or they could just use the stand alone build of Mame since all the old versions are available. Perhaps someone can take it upon themselves to create a backup site of previous RA core builds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dov_EL Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Lordmonkus said: Yeah well take it up with the RA devs, debating it here is pointless. Please RT my Tweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Someone asked about the 185 Mame core a while back over on their forums, it may give you some more insight to their reasons for not doing it. https://forums.libretro.com/t/where-can-i-redownload-the-mame-185-core/11335 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 OK I'm late in here clearly, but there is a option to not update MAME right, I mean its not in the menu specifically but isn't that the point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 yeah basically if you don't update it then it won't be an issue for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasmatix Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Is there anyway to get a link to download the core? If so, I really want to download the core for MAME 0.195, as I found CD-i Emulation on the core is a good way to play those games on Android Devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasmatix Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Also I am super late to this. Sorry for being late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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