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Title: I see mame 0.84 is out
Post by: MiKman on July 04, 2004, 12:47:17 pm

I am currently running mame 0.71 and I think I have all the new and changed roms up to 0.84.  I was going to try and figure out if I do in fact have a complete clean set using clrmamepro.  However from what I can tell I need a complete .dat file to compare my roms against.  Where can I get a .dat file from?

Thanks,
MiKman

Title: Re:I see mame 0.84 is out
Post by: SirPeale on July 04, 2004, 12:50:52 pm

c:\mame> mame -listxml > mame84.dat

Do it just like that.  Part of what's above is clearly a command prompt.

c:\mame> mame -listinfo > mame83.dat

Is how you did it for versions pre .84

Title: Re:I see mame 0.84 is out
Post by: MiKman on July 04, 2004, 12:55:06 pm

Thanks Peale much appreciated.  I had no idea that mame was capable of generating a .dat file.  Definately gotta write that one down for future reference.

Title: Re:I see mame 0.84 is out
Post by: MiKman on July 04, 2004, 07:17:35 pm

OK now that all my roms are checked out, whats the best way to upgrade mame32 without losing any of my highscores, and settings etc etc?

Title: Re:I see mame 0.84 is out
Post by: SirPeale on July 04, 2004, 10:46:35 pm

Replace the mame.exe file with the new one.  Back up the old one first.  Sometimes you can't save your scores between versions.