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Updating Mame set in Launchbox


Truest1

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Hey guys I have currently a full non merged set of mame installed and running great in Launchbox. When I installed it I opted for the imported to make the playlist like capcom, beat em ups and so forth. My question is what is the best way to update Mame to the latest version from 0.267 to 0.268 without losing all my playlist ? Do I delete the platform Arcade all together and then reimport the new MAME 0.268 and re generate the playlist and rename all playlist from Arcade to remove the word Arcade from Infront of it all again. Or what's the best way? 

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I'd be inclined to just update your ROM set and then edit your emulator in LaunchBox and have it Update the emulator and call it a day.

I haven't read the entire whatsnew.txt file but (for me at least, so far) there wasn't anything of note that I need to add and didn't see any filename changes.

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30 minutes ago, Truest1 said:

I see though there was a better way. So your saying to just replace the roms in the mame roms folder? 

Well, "replace" depends on how you update them.  Download the entire [new] set, delete the old one and put the new one in its place.  Or download just the update set (way smaller download) and use something like clrmamepro to 'fix' the old (existing) set with the update set.

THEN have LaunchBox update the emulator.

 

You don't get any of the 'now playable' or 'new working clones' etc. added to your LB collection this way.  But those 1 or 2 (more or less) are easy enough to manually add.  

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44 minutes ago, JoeViking245 said:

Well, "replace" depends on how you update them.  Download the entire [new] set, delete the old one and put the new one in its place.  Or download just the update set (way smaller download) and use something like clrmamepro to 'fix' the old (existing) set with the update set.

THEN have LaunchBox update the emulator.

 

You don't get any of the 'now playable' or 'new working clones' etc. added to your LB collection this way.  But those 1 or 2 (more or less) are easy enough to manually add.  

Thank you for the info. Yes I see your point. I would be missing the couple games that got added or fixed in that manner. I'll probably just do a full import at the end of the day. With there was a better way of updating it without fully importing a new version Everytime. Thank you guys for the info. 

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