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Front End Support => MaLa Frontend => Topic started by: Stormrider on June 02, 2013, 04:56:12 am

Title: Idea: if romload fails, try alternative
Post by: Stormrider on June 02, 2013, 04:56:12 am

I have a batch file for loading MAME from MaLa. Once of the advantages of this is that you can define options, for instance, for using another version of MAME for certain games. I also have defined App1 so as to be able to manually launch a game from MaLa with a specific key.

My idea is to implement an option that detects when MAME fails to start a game, for instance, because of roms outdated or because they are broken in the current build,  and then the frontend automatically resorts to App1, trying to run the game with the alternative version of MAME.

Title: Re: Idea: if romload fails, try alternative
Post by: BadMouth on June 03, 2013, 09:38:16 am

I'd rather just correct the problem.  Learn to torrent full updated sets and use clrmamepro and rollback roms to make the set you need.

I use a batch file like the one in the "multiple emus in one list" sticky.  All arcade games show up in the MAME list regardless of emulator.
Sometimes if a new game is added or promoted to working in MAME, I'll make another MAME folder just for that rom rather than updating everything.

Title: Re: Idea: if romload fails, try alternative
Post by: Gray_Area on June 04, 2013, 04:24:27 pm

Or even easier, don't pull from a list of games that you don't have.

Untill acquisition and replacement is 'Do DIS NAO!', ---fudgesicle--- 'em.

Title: Re: Idea: if romload fails, try alternative
Post by: Stormrider on June 05, 2013, 01:22:42 am

Yep, thinking it well, it's not a very good idea after all, so forget it.