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by Wanderer
Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:45 pm
Forum: RomCenter 3.x
Topic: Fix Game doesn't work with files on NAS-server
Replies: 3
Views: 9796

Hi ScalNeCuS I have seen the following RC behavior in the past: I had placed mame roms on a removable harddrive. Everytime i attached the HD to the PC, it received a different ID. RC stores this ID somewhere in the folder's settings and if it finds it has changed, it "locks" the rom path as if it we...
by Wanderer
Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:24 pm
Forum: RomCenter 3.x
Topic: Affiliation with Romcenter.com
Replies: 2
Views: 10158

Hi Jim

There's a link specifically for affiliates here. Have you tried this?
by Wanderer
Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:52 pm
Forum: RomCenter 3.x
Topic: need help installing roms onto pmp
Replies: 3
Views: 12438

Re: no help from manual

the manual is written in english converted from chinese, so its very confusing... Yup, i figured that much. I assume it doesn't have any preinstalled games either so you can see how it's done. Since Google doesn't help much and contacting the manufacturer is probably pointless, all i can say is goo...
by Wanderer
Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:19 am
Forum: RomCenter 3.x
Topic: need help installing roms onto pmp
Replies: 3
Views: 12438

Hi nugget and welcome.

A little googling turned up only this address which unfortunately is not helpful: http://www.chinagrabber.com/index.asp?P ... rodID=1024

What about the manual. Doesn't say anything in it?

Have you tried copying the roms in an unpacked form?
by Wanderer
Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:26 pm
Forum: Romcenter 4.x
Topic: About database tree design
Replies: 1
Views: 13512

About database tree design

Hi Eric. Although i like the new "flat" database tree look with zip names (under the "all" branch), i'm missing RC2's "grouped" way of displaying the names of the originals (the actual names, not the zip names) and when the branch was expanded see all the clones. It was more convenient if you wish t...
by Wanderer
Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:16 pm
Forum: Romcenter 4.x
Topic: RC300a1 issues
Replies: 5
Views: 28243

Re: RC 3.0 alpha1

- When you open the datafile branch, 4 new columns appear in the roms grid: R, B, S, D. Could you tell us what is their meaning? Rom, Bios, Samples, Disk. These letters will be replaced by icons. Note that these 4 columns are independants. Each icon can have a different color depending of the game ...
by Wanderer
Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:12 pm
Forum: Romcenter 4.x
Topic: RC300a4
Replies: 1
Views: 13472

RC300a4

Some questions/comments about a4 (DB=mame 0.112): - Preferences\Emulator: "%3" -rompath "%4". Isn't %3 enough? What is the rest needed for? Perhaps you meant to write "%2" -rompath "%4"? - When a game is being executed, a command prompt window is opened (same thing happens in RC2). Is it possible to...
by Wanderer
Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:49 pm
Forum: RomCenter 3.x
Topic: ERROR message when running a gba rom
Replies: 2
Views: 9091

Re: ERROR message when running a gba rom

whenever i try to play a gba game through romcenter ... I'm not into GBA stuff but a logical question to ask would be the following: "so, we should assume that when you try to play it directly from the emulator, it works just fine, right?" If it doesn't, perhaps... - you are missing some roms - thi...
by Wanderer
Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:08 pm
Forum: Romcenter 4.x
Topic: SHA-1
Replies: 8
Views: 41083

RomCenter wrote:The main problem with sha-1 is that it will greatly slow down rom analyse.
Hi Eric.

Well, i don't know if you decide to implement this but if you do, it would be nice if you also add an option to let the user decide which algorithm he wishes to use in each DB.
by Wanderer
Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:05 pm
Forum: RomCenter 3.x
Topic: newbie stuff
Replies: 3
Views: 12668

Hello Guest. I assume you have downloaded v2.x of RomCenter and not v3 alpha. In there, you have to select your datafile in the list (combobox) that appears in the toolbar. After you have done that, you have to press CTRL+O (add rom path) and select the path in which you have saved the actual files ...
by Wanderer
Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:13 am
Forum: RomCenter 3.x
Topic: World Driver Championship
Replies: 1
Views: 8677

Hi Aylton

RomCenter is no emulator, it's a rom management utility. Perhaps you should try asking this in the support forum of an emulator.
by Wanderer
Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:35 am
Forum: Datafiles
Topic: DOS / PC dat file
Replies: 3
Views: 25348

Wow. All i can say is good luck. It is indeed a difficult task. You might want to take a look at the TOSEC site though. Their TIM seems to have some IBM\PC Compatible entries in the database. Somebody put them there so maybe someone is still interested in maintaining such a list.
by Wanderer
Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:43 pm
Forum: Romcenter 4.x
Topic: RC300a3 issues
Replies: 1
Views: 14849

A late addition. At the beginning of the test i imagined i would find such things but i forgot to test them... 09. In a blank RC3 installation (i.e. delete the .ini), after all the messageboxes, when the main window is loaded press the "go back to parent node" button. A GPF is produced (in French). ...
by Wanderer
Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:53 pm
Forum: Romcenter 4.x
Topic: RC300a3 issues
Replies: 1
Views: 14849

RC300a3 issues

RC300a3: 01. Open RC without having any database open. RC displays a "no datafiles loaded" English error message but its Caption is in French (Erreur). 02. When closing RC, the main window's "Maximized" state is saved. If it was not maximized though, its dimensions (width, height) and its location (...
by Wanderer
Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:54 pm
Forum: Romcenter 4.x
Topic: RC300a2 issues
Replies: 7
Views: 37705

Wow, it seems that a big part of the UI will be operational then. Great. Very eager to see it. :) EDIT: Perhaps it's time to ask for an old wish then: in RC2, when you clicked on a rompath, you couldn't see statistics for it in the status line (red/green, # of files, etc), you could only see stats f...
by Wanderer
Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:20 am
Forum: Romcenter 4.x
Topic: RC300a2 issues
Replies: 7
Views: 37705

Interesting thing...
RomCenter wrote:I will add one more optional step in the fix process to create these files.
Are you planning to provide an updated version of RC2 with a fix for this and also the "copy 1" issue?
by Wanderer
Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:01 pm
Forum: Romcenter 4.x
Topic: RC300a2 issues
Replies: 7
Views: 37705

Some other issues: - In the datafile\all branch, some files appear as red while according to the data in RC2 (and in RC2's dat file) should be green. It seems that for some reason, RC3a2 is having more roms to some files than RC2. Also, please read below. - After creating a new database (before addi...
by Wanderer
Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:26 pm
Forum: Romcenter 4.x
Topic: RC300a2 issues
Replies: 7
Views: 37705

RC300a2 issues

Hi Eric. Since i have quite some free time today, i decided to install RC3a2 and test it a little. The first thing i noticed during the creation of the new mame 0.112 db is no more "arithmetic exception, numeric overflow, or string truncation" errors! :) Also the filters are working now, thanks for ...
by Wanderer
Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:17 am
Forum: Other topics
Topic: Are "clean" dumps hard to find?
Replies: 1
Views: 31780

Re: Are "clean" dumps hard to find?

Martianmaggot wrote:I am wondering where I can get "clean" dumps of GBA roms.
Hi Martianmaggot. You could check the top affiliates list in RC's homepage. You'll probably find some stuff there.
by Wanderer
Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:03 am
Forum: RomCenter 3.x
Topic: Romcenter on linux with wine
Replies: 23
Views: 65756

happy to see I have some answers after all this time. Better late than never, eh? :) and when I exit from the appplication, I have this window again As batleth92 said in a previous post, this is an issue. I don't think Eric is going to work on RC2 any more though so it might be better to wait for R...
by Wanderer
Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:53 pm
Forum: RomCenter 3.x
Topic: ReZiping with RC
Replies: 11
Views: 27754

neoforma wrote:I think it's possible.
Well, of course it is possible, i just don't know how easy would be to implement. :)
by Wanderer
Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:27 pm
Forum: RomCenter 3.x
Topic: ReZiping with RC
Replies: 11
Views: 27754

I think it's possible to use WinRAR, because it has command line version. And 7-Zip has one too. I know but it may be a little tricky to adjust RC to use an external packer. The internal way (via a dll) seems more safe and perhaps easier. With an external exe the correct parameters must be passed, ...
by Wanderer
Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:28 pm
Forum: RomCenter 3.x
Topic: ReZiping with RC
Replies: 11
Views: 27754

I think our friend neoforma here has made an interesting question. For some reason, a user may wish to use an external packer/unpacker of his own. Would it be possible for RC to be "generic" in how it uses the packer/unpacker? For instance, have some settings in which a user would be able to define ...
by Wanderer
Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:12 am
Forum: RomCenter 3.x
Topic: ReZiping with RC
Replies: 11
Views: 27754

Hmmm... Maybe the files you have were compressed with a commercial zip version which may have a newer and more efficient algorithm. RC is probably using some free libraries which may not be as effective as commercial software.
by Wanderer
Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:18 pm
Forum: RomCenter 3.x
Topic: ReZiping with RC
Replies: 11
Views: 27754

Re: ReZiping with RC

I have noticed that after reziping my files with RC they have become bigger. I don't have RC in front of me atm but i remember there is a "compression level" setting somewhere at the preferences screen. Is there a chance you have it at the default or perhaps a low-compression level? Try setting it ...
by Wanderer
Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:33 am
Forum: RomCenter 3.x
Topic: Am I stupid?
Replies: 4
Views: 13934

Re: Am I stupid?

I have downloaded the latest datafile for Nebula v2.25. I have many roms for this emulator, about 200. And all of them are shown in red in games view and my files are shown in grey. Probably there is something wrong with the datafile. It may not be for this emulator (or for the specific version of ...
by Wanderer
Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:13 pm
Forum: Datafiles
Topic: there will be a 0.112 dat ?
Replies: 4
Views: 25757

I just need to know how to create the RomCenter dat from the new mame Open the "datafile manager". In there, choose "mame import". Select your mame exe and press "open". In the datafile name, enter something like "Mame v0.112" or whatever you like. This will be the name of the datafile. In datafile...
by Wanderer
Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:18 am
Forum: RomCenter 3.x
Topic: A newbie question...
Replies: 3
Views: 13040

Just as an aside, are there any recommended emus to use with RC? Hi Huma and welcome here. Well, "recommended" emulators is not the expression to use. RC either supports an emulator or not. "supports an emulator" means that if a datafile exists for a specific emu, you can: 1. use RC to make sure th...
by Wanderer
Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:06 pm
Forum: Romcenter 4.x
Topic: New version doesn't work for me
Replies: 14
Views: 76112

pachuezama wrote:I'm working in Windows XP SP2, and there are about 15 games that are in red, and about 40-50 in yellow.
I haven't counted them but your numbers seem similar to mine. I've tested it under Win2K so it's probably not OS-related.
by Wanderer
Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:57 pm
Forum: Romcenter 4.x
Topic: New version doesn't work for me
Replies: 14
Views: 76112

pachuezama wrote:I've tried in split mode, and some games are in yellow, and 005 is in RED, I've tried again the 2.71 version and all is OK.
I saw that too. It's comforting to know i'm not dreaming... :) BTW, what is your O/S?