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Hi,

Is it possible to have the Roms located on a server with retro-FE ?, maybe with the exception of the Mame ones to avoid issues.
I believe this wouldn't have any performance issue as it usually find the targeted rom and unzip it in a temp folder to run it... As well, the rom listing on the screen depends of the include.txt file. Media would be saved on the local machine to avoid lags.

This would permit me to save space and have all the roms located in one place and maybe use different devices with different emulators withing the local network.

Thanks in advance !

Hi,

This might be a beginner issue but I can't figure out why MAME is not launching correctly, let me explain below so you can understand better the challenge :

My Menu has : Arcade (MAME) / CAPCOM I / CAPCOM II / CAPCOM III

currently, since I have edited the rom path in mame.ini the below categories are working :

#
# CORE CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
#
readconfig                1
writeconfig               0

#
# CORE SEARCH PATH OPTIONS
#
rompath                   D:\ROM$\MAME;"D:\ROM$\Sega Master System";"D:\ROM$\Amstrad GX4000":\ROM$\CAVE;D:\ROM$
hashpath                  hash
samplepath                samples
artpath                   artwork
ctrlrpath                 ctrlr
inipath                   .;ini;ini/presets
fontpath                  .
cheatpath                 cheat
crosshairpath             crosshair
pluginspath               plugins
languagepath              language

- Arcade : working in general except for capcom II and III roms apparently
- Capcom I : fully working
- Capcom II : not working
- Capcom III : not working
- CAVE : fully working

All related roms above are located in a MAME folder to avoid rom duplication, I only have the categories split in the menu interface so it is better presented like it was originally proposed in the "ready-to-play" version.

I  understand that if i fix my issue with Arcade, it should fix the same automatically for the other categories as it is using the same mame launcher with same config...

All collections have an Arcade.sub file (except Arcade) with the list of roms related to each system.
Only Arcade collection repo has an include.txt file populated with the same list of roms present in all Arcade.sub mentioned above
All setting.conf have the same lines :

list.includeMissingItems = false
list.extensions          = 7z,zip,rar
list.menuSort            = yes

launcher      = MAME
metadata.type = MAME

In regards to the mame launcher.conf file, nothing changed :

executable = emulators\MAME\mame64.exe
arguments = "%ITEM_NAME%"

I believe the problem may come from my romset itself and I d like to check that point by listing and renaming the roms correctly if necessary with don's tool, problem is that for MAME, there is no CRC information in the XML I have and it s a pain to match manually then.


As well, I would like to understand the option -cart that you can find in some launchers, when i run the mame64.exe in Dos command it does not understand this option so I am wondering how this works in retrofe.
Additionally, I am trying to make the Amstrad CPC or GX4000 working but you sometimes need to add some option like gx4000... where can we get the command list for all console emulated by Mame ? This would be handy to me.
Why is mame needing some options like gx4000 or sms... when sometimes it does not and emulates different systems without any problem (recognize by itself ?)

I believe I have overrun my quota of questions

Thanks in advance for your help

I am providing you with my Log so you can see what is going on maybe (see attachment)

Hi,

I understand this is a new forum and that you guys are transferring some posts from the previous forum, however this request was requested but never really updated.

Ideally, a search option giving you the results per console / system with a direct selection to skip the whole process of retrieving the right rom in the right system would be a great feature I believe.

Thanks and keep up the great job, very impressive guys ! I love my retro FE !