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Title: where do i place my chd files
Post by: janey6152 on November 22, 2007, 11:06:25 pm

i have mame32 0.103
working great but where do i install the chd files

Title: Re: where do i place my chd files
Post by: crummy on November 23, 2007, 12:15:55 am

In the same folder as the ROM files.

In my setup I have something like this:

/mame/roms/game.zip
/mame/roms/game/<chdfiles>

Title: Re: where do i place my chd files
Post by: janey6152 on November 23, 2007, 03:37:49 pm

in the rom i see zip files of the games i have . do i make anoter folder name Game
and then put the CHD in it ???

Title: Re: where do i place my chd files
Post by: Organic Jerk on November 23, 2007, 03:49:13 pm

as per crummy's description, In your rom folder, you create a new folder for every game that has chd files and place them in there.


/mame/roms/area51.zip
/mame/roms/area51/<area51chdfiles>

Title: Re: where do i place my chd files
Post by: janey6152 on November 23, 2007, 05:46:15 pm

thank u ..
Ok i see Got it.. ill try out.

Title: Re: where do i place my chd files
Post by: janey6152 on November 25, 2007, 01:17:44 pm

Help not working..


 I tried what crummy said i  made a folder for every game and placed it in rom .
 when i go to play game it says bin not found ??
 what am i doing wrong ??


I'm using Mame32 0.103 with update of

The Version.ini includes all games and *clones* added from MAME 0.53 to 0.121u1.
  Also the extra MAME versions like 0.69a, 0.69b, 0.69u3, 0.70u4, 0.70u5...

Title: Re: where do i place my chd files
Post by: Justin Z on November 26, 2007, 06:51:58 pm

Leave your roms in the main rom directory.  Only the chd files go into the additional directory you created.

Title: Re: where do i place my chd files
Post by: unclet on November 27, 2007, 12:19:55 pm

Yes, the games which have CHD files associated with them still have a separate "rom file" as well.  The "rom file" should still be placed with all other rom files (ie: in the mame/roms folder).  Then all the CHD specific image files should be placed inside a new folder (which you create) located within the "mame/roms" folder.

Example (as stated before)
/mame/roms/area51.zip
/mame/roms/area51/<area51chdfiles>

It sounds like you might be keeping the rom file and CHD image files together in the same location and this would be the problem.   Hopefully this is what you are doing wrong......