Bug in mame single game import

[trueanimus]

Recently ran into a small bug in the mame import interface. 

Example.

When importing Timber.zip into mame (my full set was missing this rom for some reason) it would not let me import the rom in any way with Mame selected as the emulator.  Force import etc...nothing worked.. BUT i did find a work around.

I imported the game with retroarch set as the emulator, went back and then hit edit and changed the emulation line to Mame and it works.

I have ran into this with some other roms as well, all mame ones, but i cant remember which ones...so many ya know.

 

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[JoeViking245]

39 minutes ago, trueanimus said:

Recently ran into a small bug in the mame import interface. 

Example.

When importing Timber.zip into mame (my full set was missing this rom for some reason) it would not let me import the rom in any way with Mame selected as the emulator.  Force import etc...nothing worked.. BUT i did find a work around.

I imported the game with retroarch set as the emulator, went back and then hit edit and changed the emulation line to Mame and it works.

I have ran into this with some other roms as well, all mame ones, but i cant remember which ones...so many ya know.

My guess is that you're using a ROM(s) that doesn't use MAME's file naming conventions.  i.e. "timber (USA).zip".  (instead of "timber.zip")

I ran a test and "timber.zip" imported without issue.  "timber (USA).zip" would not.  (both using the Import Wizard)

If the filename issue is not the case, verify the platform being imported into is set to Scrape as Arcade.

 

If it's just a single file needing imported, you could also go to Tools - Import -Manually Add Game.  That'll bring up the Add Game window (same look as Edit Game).  Go to the Launching section and Browse to the games zip file (timber.zip).  Then back in the Metadata section, type in the Title (Timber) and press Enter (or click Search for Metadata).  You should get a dropdown of choices (just 1 choice in this case). Select the correct one and Save.

[trueanimus]

nah the names are right... timber.zip

and i did a full import of all roms using the mame import feature. 

 

Found another one also...

Super Pinball Action 

rom name is spbactn.zip

This one it just left out ...  did import when i did manually add it though

Edited September 10, 2024 by trueanimus

[C-Beats]

Fullset importer imports all games that are in a full set regardless of whether they were in your set during import. What is likely happening is that the fullset imported the game despite the fact it was missing and now you're trying to import a path already in your library. When you do that even the "force import duplicates" doesn't work since that looks for same game different file.

[trueanimus]

checked this...  tried a fresh install on another pc and got the same result. Might be because im using the mame merged set so dunno.  Anyway.. got manual import to work fine then i just right click and set emulator as mame.. works great.