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Title: Where to put CHD files?
Post by: MagicManPA on December 20, 2010, 02:33:44 pm

I tried making a folder w/the same name as the ROM zip file, but that didn't get the ROM to work.

What do I do w/the CHD files to get the ROMs to work?

MAME v103 & v140.

Title: Re: Where to put CHD files?
Post by: BigDaddyE on December 20, 2010, 03:25:54 pm

You put the CHD's in the same file as the zipped roms.

Mame finds them and all is good.

Make srue you are running the same version CHD with the same version rom.

Eric

Title: Re: Where to put CHD files?
Post by: Dazz on December 20, 2010, 08:01:43 pm

While the above will work... Make sure that you have the .chd files in folders named the same as the rom name.  If you want you can also have a separate CHD folder anywhere as long as you specify the path to CHD files in your MAME.ini.

Title: Re: Where to put CHD files?
Post by: MagicManPA on December 20, 2010, 09:48:25 pm

Quote from: Dazz on December 20, 2010, 08:01:43 pm

While the above will work... Make sure that you have the .chd files in folders named the same as the rom name.  If you want you can also have a separate CHD folder anywhere as long as you specify the path to CHD files in your MAME.ini.

Maybe it didn't work for me before b/c I didn't do anything w/the ini file?

Never done anything w/that file.

Title: Re: Where to put CHD files?
Post by: Dazz on December 20, 2010, 10:42:36 pm

The default location for .chd files is located within folders with the same name as the rom in your ROMS directory.  If you don't change the default location then you don't have to worry about the .ini file.  However, there are a lot of settings in the mame.ini that can be adjusted.

Title: Re: Where to put CHD files?
Post by: MagicManPA on December 20, 2010, 11:44:00 pm

Quote from: Dazz on December 20, 2010, 10:42:36 pm

The default location for .chd files is located within folders with the same name as the rom in your ROMS directory.  If you don't change the default location then you don't have to worry about the .ini file.  However, there are a lot of settings in the mame.ini that can be adjusted.

Then it should have worked for me hmm...

Title: Re: Where to put CHD files?
Post by: joemama on December 22, 2010, 04:36:19 pm

This is how I have my chd setup, not zipped.
\MAME\roms\kinst\kinst.chd

and for roms
\MAME\roms\kinst.zip

Title: Re: Where to put CHD files?
Post by: MagicManPA on December 22, 2010, 11:43:20 pm

Quote from: joemama on December 22, 2010, 04:36:19 pm

This is how I have my chd setup, not zipped.
\MAME\roms\kinst\kinst.chd

and for roms
\MAME\roms\kinst.zip

That's how I have them now & still no go.  :banghead:

Title: Re: Where to put CHD files?
Post by: WhereEaglesDare on December 23, 2010, 12:00:42 am

Quote from: MagicManPA on December 22, 2010, 11:43:20 pm

Quote from: joemama on December 22, 2010, 04:36:19 pm

This is how I have my chd setup, not zipped.
\MAME\roms\kinst\kinst.chd

and for roms
\MAME\roms\kinst.zip

That's how I have them now & still no go.  :banghead:

delete the chd and download it again from a different source