eacochran Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I'm new to MAME in general. But with this new MAME Set-Up feature, it looks like it downloads the Arcade games for you? I'm sure I misunderstood something somewhere along the line because it went through an "import" process but I don't have any arcade games, but it's downloading all the metadata for games that are supposedly in my "...\Games\Arcade" folder- which is empty AFTER the import process. They won't even launch when I click "Play" (and I'm sure it's because the file(s) is not in said directory). But a .zip file is selected as the launching target when I go into the "Launching" Settings. What did I miss? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 No, it doesn't download the rom set, it will download the Mame version you tell it to. You still have to obtain the rom set yourself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo Moore Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Lordmonkus could you point me to where I could find the full mame set 0.239? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gab Power Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 40 minutes ago, Yo Moore said: Lordmonkus could you point me to where I could find the full mame set 0.239? I think it goes against the forum rules to share that information. For myself, I gave up on MAME because I can never find a reliable place to download the romset. As far as I know, the whole package is like 500 GB. I tried for years and it's a well kept secret. I know there are websites selling hard drives with the files on them but I don't think I'll drop the cash for it soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo Moore Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Sorry I'm brand new to LaunchBox and didn't realize that. I am finding my way slowly but thought there may be a easier way. Thanks for letting me know, I don't want to break any rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 2 minutes ago, Yo Moore said: Sorry I'm brand new to LaunchBox and didn't realize that. I am finding my way slowly but thought there may be a easier way. Thanks for letting me know, I don't want to break any rules. 9 minutes ago, Gab Power said: I think it goes against the forum rules to share that information. For myself, I gave up on MAME because I can never find a reliable place to download the romset. As far as I know, the whole package is like 500 GB. I tried for years and it's a well kept secret. I know there are websites selling hard drives with the files on them but I don't think I'll drop the cash for it soon. Just google "pleasuredome github" it should be the first result. A split or merged set is around 60-70GB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadVoivod Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 So sad that PD stopped 😟 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 It's not stopped, just moved and downsized to only handle Mame sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadVoivod Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 I know, but there's several sites I know that host the MAME sets, PD was also great for other, regularly updated, sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eacochran Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 (edited) I found Pleasuredome on my own while I was searching for the complete ROMset and they seem like they're pretty up-to-date. But I'm also new to this part of emulation so what do I know, lol. They have the v240 set uploaded and it's ~70+GB Edited February 6, 2022 by eacochran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 45 minutes ago, eacochran said: they seem like they're pretty up-to-date They don't seem to be up to date, they ARE up to date, they are the official releases of sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerSchlachter Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Did I read that correctly that in version 0.240b DoDonpachi and Akai Katana no longer work due to license "problems". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 21 minutes ago, DerSchlachter said: Did I read that correctly that in version 0.240b DoDonpachi and Akai Katana no longer work due to license "problems". Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eacochran Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) Can LB read Mame ROMs that are zipped? The Mame 240 collection I downloaded had 13k+ ROMs and each zip contains like 7-8 files each. Extracting that many files will take ages, lol. But if that's what I gotta do, then I'll do it. I also tried dragging a zip file into LB and it didn't read it as a ROM, so I extracted one to test if dragging all the files (from one single zip) file onto LB at once would work and it didn't work either. Edited February 7, 2022 by eacochran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 32 minutes ago, eacochran said: Can LB read Mame ROMs that are zipped? The Mame 240 collection I downloaded had 13k+ ROMs and each zip contains like 7-8 files each. Extracting that many files will take ages, lol. But if that's what I gotta do, then I'll do it. I also tried dragging a zip file into LB and it didn't read it as a ROM, so I extracted one to test if dragging all the files (from one single zip) file onto LB at once would work and it didn't work either. Never unzip MAME roms, they MUST remain zipped. Just run the MAME fullset importer and point it at your MAME rom folder, Launchbox will take care of the rest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eacochran Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 So when the MAME stuff is set up and I have my games imported and metadata is all downloaded- once everything is done, is there a way to go back and allow the import of casino games and tabletop games? Because I left them all checked as I was going through the import/setup process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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