Hads Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) I downloaded the 228 merged roms on pleasure dome and im getting missin files on mame alone , i thought merged roms were a full set and didnt need anything else?can someone just tell me what all i need for each set merged set and ? splitset and ? non merged set and? chds and ? also if i add bios it asks to replace files shold i be replacing or skipping thanks for any replys Edited February 17, 2021 by Hads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/33619-mame-tutorial-for-n00bs/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hads Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 Thanks but it dosnt explain why my merged set is missing roms or chds when it should be complete and it dosnt mention when i need bios or chds , sorry i am a noob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 The merged set and chd set are separate downloads. Your merged set shouldn't be missing any roms. Are you talking about actual missing roms or are you talking about in Launchbox after importing ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, Hads said: Thanks but it dosnt explain why my merged set is missing roms or chds when it should be complete and it dosnt mention when i need bios or chds , sorry i am a noob How big is your merged roms folder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hads Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 I havent put mame into launchbox yet till i get games workin , every one i click on the big ted banner shows up saying misding roms or chds and ive dowloaded the file 3 times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Did you put your roms in the /roms sub folder of your mame folder or did you tell Mame where to look for your roms if you have them elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hads Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 They are in a folder in roms folder , should i take them out of the folder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 No, you can have them wherever you want but you need to tell mame where that is. 6 minutes ago, Hads said: They are in a folder in roms folder Do you mean like mame/roms/Mame 0.288 Roms or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 yeah, put them loose in the MAME/roms folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hads Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 This is what i keep getting and you can see at the top there are 37995 machines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Then move your roms into the /roms folder, no sub folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Yeah, works fine here, clearly MAME cant find your roms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, Hads said: This is what i keep getting and you can see at the top there are 37995 machines You have 13700 romsets, not 37955, as do i, that is the correct amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hads Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 I moved them into rom folder with no sub folder and went to the ini and pointed to rom folder and still the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 My guide explains what to do with the roms and how to get Mame to work. If your roms are in the /roms sub folder of Mame and not a sub folder you do not need to tell Mame in the mame.ini where they are. /roms is the default location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hads Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 K im goin to redownload mame and start from scratch again, somethings messed up thank you very much for all the replys ❤️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Just now, Hads said: K im goin to redownload mame and start from scratch again, somethings messed up thank you very much for all the replys ❤️ No, your romset is fine, its the same as mine, which works. Its your emulator/rom location that is the issue, not the roms themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 If you messed up the ini file just delete it and let Mame generate a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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