Romcenter

Ad_Enuff wrote:Is it something Logiqx can fix in his DATUTIL?

Has someone asked him?

I don't think it's that hard.

1. Create mame v0.106 datafile from RC
2. Open it with a text editor
3. Search for "???"
4. Replace it with whatever you like
5. Save the dat file.

That's it.

Hakkk wrote:No one red rom, if you want. You can modify that file name by yourself. I posted that picture to show it possible.

Yes, i know. I prefer to stay with the original dat file and the original filename though. I expect it to be fixed in v0.106-1 or perhaps v0.107.

BTW, this dummy file is created as "317-----.key" by clrmame pro, like Wanderer said in his opinion 2-a. I guess we'll have to blame the mame dev team for setting that name. If Eric has it in mind and remembers to put it in RC3, that would be fine. For now, we'll just have to stay with one red rom ...

Hakkk wrote: ^_^

Yup, that's what i'm talking about. What were they thinking anyway?

RomCenter wrote:I don't even have time to install and try these new releases (don't even think of playing anything....)

Yes, i know what you mean. I have the same problem too. These days, i just download stuff and hope later on, i'll have the time to check them out. Perhaps when i retire!

Hi all. In the latest mame release (v0.106), there is an item - astorm.zip - which contains a broken rom (red-marked with an X) named "317-????.key". When RC tries to create it, it of course fails. There are two ways to go here: 1. Leave it as it is. Its a stupid thing to have ?'s in a filename so i...

sugam wrote:And dragged all the /roms/ folder to romcenter.

Hmmm. Have you tried to drag the "/roms" or "/roms/NAME OF SYSTEM" folder? The correct action is the second. I don't think the first will work. Of course you have to have a valid data file.

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It is possible to insert an option that automatically creates ''Dummy'' Zip files for the Roms! Hi and welcome to the forum. I think this has been requested before. It's a good idea and i support it. Since Eric is in the process of implementing RC v.3, let's hope he'll decide to include this option...

Hello and welcome to the forum. I don't think there's an automatic way to do this. This may help though: If you can filter one system's roms, you can select all of them in the right-part of RC's window, rightclick on one of them and select Shell operations\Move files to... from the popup menu. That ...

No, I don't know. :? I don't use thread in rc 2.x, so there should not be any problems with that. Does it often happen ? It doesn't happen very often. Here's what i think happens (after i have used RC for some time): I select a dat file. RC loads all paths and after it finishes, it (probably) tries...

Hi all I have several datafiles i'm dealing with. If i have loaded a certain datafile and i try to change to another one via the datafile selector combo, i occasionally get the following message: Error while loading datafile <the datafile i was about to load> Cannot create file <my INI file>. The pr...

I don't see any need to retain a history of version compatibilities. My main concern for making this suggestion is RC's behavior in case your site is down or if an internet connection is not available. I wouldn't like to see a delay when RC starts up or when loading a mame data file, just because e...

Well, this is an issue which would be great if it was solved. A few suggestions 1. Maybe it's not my business but IMHO it would be better if an XML file was used instead of a delimeted one. XML is a standard so anyone would be able to use such a file. 2. From what i've understood, RC would check onl...

Improving slightly each day, thanks. I'm still at my parents and the most I've been doing on a computer is picking up my e-mail every 3 days. I don't think I'll be in a position to do the required MAME updates for a while though. I have my tools on a memory stick but without my own PC, the job is m...

As the title says, in shell operations rightclick menu, it would be nice to have a "rename file" - on zip files only, not on ROMS, as it happens now with move and copy. Why i request this? Sometimes when i get new files, i put them in a common folder and later (using RC) i rename and distribute them...

Description of a situation: In the database section, a game has 3 clones. The main game (MAIN) contains 5 roms in it and the clones (CLONE1, CLONE2) contain 1 rom each, marked with X (bad dump). The main game zip file exists but both its clones zip files do not exist. Since the clones consist of bad...

Ad_Enuff wrote:Have you updated to the latest DATUTIL from LOGIQX which is v2.23 dated 13th November 2005?

Hmmm. No. After updating, the problem was solved.

Ad_Enuff wrote:We need to update RC and also add perhaps a DATUTIL version check on start up?

Yup, i support that.

Thanks for the help.

The title says it all. Has something changed in MAME (perhaps a parameter?) causing RC to fail to import a MAME dat file? Can anyone please confirm this to be a problem?

I'm also tracking some bugs for a 2.71. So, keep reporting problems. Be sure I browse all new threads, even if I sometimes don't have time to answer. Well, since we are talking about bugs, there are some exception errors / access violations i (and others) keep receiving from time to time but it is ...

That's a good idea, and It could be added in the version 3. About next version, I'm working on the version 3, but it is not yet ready. I think I will post alpha releases to validate some concepts. I'm also tracking some bugs for a 2.71. So, keep reporting problems. Be sure I browse all new threads,...

Hi Eric I was thinking, when working with RC, i usually have large paths in the tree part of the main window (left part). Because of the nature of the information that are presented in the right part of the main window, the arrangement is usually ~20% for the left part (the database tree and selecte...

I get an "Access violation at address XXXXXX. Write of address XXXXXX" when trying to install it. What is going on? Usually, that's not enough information. What is your OS, what service pack you have installed, how much memory, what CPU do you have? At what point do you get the Access Violation (i....

None of these have worked. :( tia DV[/list] Very strange. Anyway, try the following. 1. Uninstall RC. 2. If the directory in which you had installed RC exists, delete it and its subdirectories (just don't delete any roms if you have placed them under there). 3. Install RC (try the default directory...

Yes, I also delete some unwanted messages, and there are more and more these times... Does it make any problem to anybody if I allow posting to registered users only ? If not, that's the way to go, then :( Therefore upgrade the forum to the latest version THEN only allow reg users. I agree with bot...

SuperPat wrote:today,

I have launch romcenter again and, this time, the "correct names" have changed and I could fix it.

Hmm... Perhaps the "restart" of the pc helped. It's indeed helpful a lot of times...

Close RomCenter, go to ROMCenter\Cache dir, delete all files, then reopen RomCenter and see if it still happens...

Suggestion wrote:In INI file,every segment must have his own Archive folder!

Hmmm, or perhaps its own subfolder in the Archive folder, i.e. Archive\Mame.....

Hi

Rezip files is a nice feature, however, if you try to rezip an entire collection it may take days to finish... It would be nice if for each emulator, RC stored the last rezip date and had a new option to "rezip only files that have a newer date since last rezip".

Hi tato

There is no need for any fixing (not for me anyway). It works perfectly. Can you describe what the problem is and where exactly so one of us can try to help you?