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urbanman2004

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i'm trying to play my roms but the thing is that they won't work. they appear on the 'available' option. everytime i click on them nothing happens. i right click and choose the "play [insert rom] option". can anybody help me on this please
 

snesmaster40

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What error message do you get?

And what game are you trying to play?

And have you even noticed that you sig has been removed?
 
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urbanman2004

urbanman2004

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i noticed the sig... but there is no message... my roms are recognized from my directory but they won't play... i haven't played the roms in 5 months... and just so happened i felt like playing now
 

Agozer

16-bit Corpse | Moderator
I'm just curious: are you using the latest MAME build, regardless of whether it's Plus!/FX/whatever?
 

Agozer

16-bit Corpse | Moderator
1. First, update to the latest MAME build, if only just for kicks.
2. So you're saying that the rom audit finds the games, but nothing shows up when you run any of them?
3. For the sake of just entertaining me, please name at least one of these games, so I can test it myself.
 
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urbanman2004

urbanman2004

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i did audit the games. this is what came up...

avsp : avpe.03d 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(774334a9) SHA1(f60b0e39139ea40e0b0ba97ed01d4a757ed65e1a)
avsp : avpe.04d 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(7fa83769) SHA1(930f02e4d35686e80fbdd673380c4b2bd784a9e5)
avsp : avpex.03d 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(73dd740e) SHA1(c577928eb42616c87439fa30299daa5986514c37)
avsp : avpex.04d 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(185f8c43) SHA1(6802787918a794c8c44aec887c7f17eeeee1885d)
avspa : avpax.03d 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(efbe8b5f) SHA1(a49a8ce4bb74c7630c0e84137a0c027516cb9994)
avspa : avpax.04d 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(3b1aa217) SHA1(b6ba1929fba00091b94e1e3fc7fcb82c4acb0271)
xmcota : xmne.03e 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(a9a09b09) SHA1(e316f443d393139894592dbb1b676f3a2385ed14)
xmcota : xmne.04e 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(52fa2106) SHA1(6904eef0fb11e44046e160a1c0ff6ea48337f630)
xmcota : xmn.06a 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(1b86a328) SHA1(2469cd705139ee9f1142e6e379e68d0c9675b37e)
xmcota : xmn.09a 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(9241cae8) SHA1(bb6980abf25aaf3eb14e230ca6942f3e2ab2c660)
xmcota : xmnex.03e 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(2f5daa9f) SHA1(16a25c45ab2a267b402539c5b9b6dbaf8bcc56ba)
xmcota : xmnex.04e 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(f0e24605) SHA1(c72105491d9c1d97286eea09c9ac506fa234a776)
xmcotau : xmn.06a 524288 bytes NOT FOUND (shared with parent)
CRC(1b86a328) SHA1(2469cd705139ee9f1142e6e379e68d0c9675b37e)
xmcotau : xmn.09a 524288 bytes NOT FOUND (shared with parent)
CRC(9241cae8) SHA1(bb6980abf25aaf3eb14e230ca6942f3e2ab2c660)
xmcotau : xmnux.03e 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(27636ac7) SHA1(b1aee9afbc1feebc7bf810411175771cac1addfb)
xmcotau : xmnux.04e 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(0aed300c) SHA1(9f1b69ebb4c31cbf3ff195e9297da0742c487482)
xmcotaj1: xmnj.03a 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(00761611) SHA1(e780dbe1d21a0d5b6981f0395942c9fa59688113)
xmcotaj1: xmnj.04a 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(614d3f60) SHA1(2272ae243557562a0bc85d2cd2b37dd876f6902c)
xmcotaj1: xmnjx.03a 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(515b9bf9) SHA1(57e4604e7e013d95629546988db2448896dc95f2)
xmcotaj1: xmnjx.04a 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(5419572b) SHA1(7f25cd7aaa30569b4e3889d9b6066bb6b638e91e)
xmcotaa : xmna.03a 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(7df8b27e) SHA1(2f0ce6b10857e04ddaf7a76edf126282c53511b3)
xmcotaa : xmna.04a 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(b44e30a7) SHA1(27b0a8b06aa11673dd145717c6286eb27186cf79)
xmcotaa : xmnax.03a 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(978a0de4) SHA1(cdf3542f03cbf373efc8596ac886566b3458647d)
xmcotaa : xmnax.04a 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(07cb0839) SHA1(1aaf5ba8e256107ce8ef7dbd961b15149dc6d11b)
xmvsf : xvse.03d 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(5ae5bd3b) SHA1(f687f018008cef24f86f53373c3f5547741a4c5b)
xmvsf : xvse.04d 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(5eb9c02e) SHA1(25a392913213b98ce1bbd463bf5e5e10729bde0c)
xmvsf : xvsex.03d 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(3b3e7836) SHA1(fca470d98a04f4391dee3dd3bb1cb9fa47999341)
xmvsf : xvsex.04d 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(108863ce) SHA1(5ffa4af1afa4ea3530927fabfc49bf95ba87c5c6)
mshvsf : mvse.03f 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(b72dc199) SHA1(61bd581ea4b969298f8a39fe03023b5456cac750)
mshvsf : mvse.04f 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(6ef799f9) SHA1(2d45dbf7bc277b84c6bcd9615ab3b80c42af7781)
mshvsf : mvs.05a 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(1a5de0cb) SHA1(738a27f83704c208d36d73bf766d861ef2d51a89)
mshvsfb : mvsb.03g 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(143895ef) SHA1(0664fad64996118df86e9887bd6e301d04d84978)
mshvsfb : mvsb.04g 524288 bytes NOT FOUND
CRC(dd8a886c) SHA1(a16f262fd14e726c7837980d0556a9c3bdc7fb11)
batmanfr: epr19730.ic8 524288 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(d0e0889d) SHA1(fae53107c894e0c41c49e191dbe706c9cd6e50bd)
batmanfr: mp17951a.s 524288 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(2672f9d8) SHA1(63cf4a6432f6c87952f9cf3ab0f977aed2367303)
batmanfr: mp17952a.s 524288 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(d1be2adf) SHA1(eaf1c3e5d602e1139d2090a78d7e19f04f916794)
batmanfr: 20091.bin 524288 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(59ed40f4) SHA1(eff0f54c70bce05ff3a289bf30b1027e1c8cd117)
batmanfr: mp17953a.ic8 524288 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(a4c47570) SHA1(9efc73717ec8a13417e65c54344ded9fc25bf5ef)
batmanfr: mp17954a.s 524288 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(f7722da3) SHA1(af79cff317e5b57d49e463af16a9f616ed1eee08)
batmanfr: stv110.bin 524288 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(3dfeda92) SHA1(8eb33192a57df5f3a1dfb57263054867c6b2db6d)
fatfury1: sfix.sfx 131072 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(354029fc) SHA1(4ae4bf23b4c2acff875775d4cbff5583893ce2a1)
fatfury1: sp-s2.sp1 131072 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(9036d879) SHA1(4f5ed7105b7128794654ce82b51723e16e389543)
fatfury1: sp-s.sp1 131072 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(c7f2fa45) SHA1(09576ff20b4d6b365e78e6a5698ea450262697cd)
fatfury1: usa_2slt.bin 131072 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(e72943de) SHA1(5c6bba07d2ec8ac95776aa3511109f5e1e2e92eb)
fatfury1: sp-e.sp1 131072 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(2723a5b5) SHA1(5dbff7531cf04886cde3ef022fb5ca687573dcb8)
fatfury1: asia-s3.rom 131072 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(91b64be3) SHA1(720a3e20d26818632aedf2c2fd16c54f213543e1)
fatfury1: vs-bios.rom 131072 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(f0e8f27d) SHA1(ecf01eda815909f1facec62abf3594eaa8d11075)
fatfury1: sp-j2.rom 131072 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(acede59c) SHA1(b6f97acd282fd7e94d9426078a90f059b5e9dd91)
fatfury1: sp1.jipan.1024 131072 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(9fb0abe4) SHA1(18a987ce2229df79a8cf6a84f968f0e42ce4e59d)
fatfury1: sm1.sm1 131072 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(97cf998b) SHA1(977387a7c76ef9b21d0b01fa69830e949a9a9626)
fatfury1: 000-lo.lo 65536 bytes NOT FOUND (BIOS)
CRC(e09e253c) SHA1(2b1c719531dac9bb503f22644e6e4236b91e7cfc)
kinst2 : kinst2 NOT FOUND
SHA1(ab0242233d2eaf9d907abe246a54e09a8a2561a5) MD5(2563b089b316f2c8636d78af661ac656)
Audit complete.
 

Allnatural

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NOT FOUND would be your first clue. Maintaining a set of arcade roms is far different from the consoles. You have bios to worry about, parent/clone relationships, and the fact that sets often change as MAME is updated, which means downloading new roms.

Looking at your audit I suspect you have some clone sets without the parents.
 
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urbanman2004

urbanman2004

Head Honcho
"bios"... (how do i install this/these) "parent/clone relationships,"... (do roms create copies of itself when emulated?) "the fact that sets often change as MAME is updated"... (does that mean that the roms i got the from the site are invalid b/c their roms never change or are updated?)
 

smcd

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I'd suggest running them through ClrMamePro and rebuilding with the latest mame dat and see if/what files are missing, and getting the latest MAME32FX.
 

Allnatural

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Think of the parent set as the "main" rom for a particular game. It contains all the files necessary to run the game. The clones only contain the files which distinguish them from the parent (usually region differences, jap/us/europe etc.). If you right-click the game entry in the gui and bring up the properties, it'll show you the name of the parent set (assuming you have a clone).

MAWS is a great resource for roms. Type in a name (or set name) and it'll show you what you need, and give you an idea of what you may be missing.
 

furio

DBL LGHT SBR GUARDIANS
Don't do anything they say, not that its not relevant, in fact it is, but i will give you a special build of MamePlus which support the games you want to play & i'll give you the Latest NeoGeo bios, cheats & commands(list of moves/buttons).

Unzip the emulator & run the exe, chose a folder for the extraction(where you want your emulator's main directory to be)

For the Neogeo, its the bios for neogeo games, just put it in your roms folder(as it is, don't unzip it).

For the cheat.dat, unzip in your mameplus main directory(where the exe of the game is).

For the command.dat, same as for the cheat.dat, unzip in your mameplus main directory(where the exe of the game is). A command.dat give you a list of movement combo that your player can do & tells you which button do what. To acces the list, while in game, press "TAB", then "Game Documents", & last press "Show Command List".

For the txt, it explain a cheating altenative for all the NeoGeo games, with the using of the unibios, which i've merge into the neogeo bios. Its quit helpful, cause some NeoGeo games don't have cheats in the cheat.dat(not yet supported)

Good Luck & Have Fun!

If you still need help, PM me :D
 
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Allnatural

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Sorry furio, but the neo-geo bios is copyrighted material, same as a rom. That's a ban.


urbanman2004 said:
furio... you are the sh*t. i appreciate this. if ya need anything, roms, etc. email me.
I could ban you for that (offering roms), but I'll let you slide with a warning.

/closed
 
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