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Title: MAME32UI and CHD
Post by: maniac e on October 17, 2008, 01:54:23 pm
I having problems with CHD files.
What am I doing wrong.. I have my rom folder on E:\mame\roms
I let the CHD file zipped and extract the CHD file to E:\mame\roms\gamename\
When I open the game I still get error messages
In this case:
i
kuragi.bin not found
error required files are missing, the game cannot be run.

What am I doing wrong, I am I not placing the rom in the right way?
Title: Re: MAME32UI and CHD
Post by: Robbbert on October 17, 2008, 03:19:44 pm
Kuragi.bin is not a chd

So, you're missing a rom.
Start searching.
Title: Re: MAME32UI and CHD
Post by: maniac e on October 17, 2008, 03:22:00 pm
Thought the CHD was the rom sorry I am new to the CHD part.
Title: Re: MAME32UI and CHD
Post by: protokatie on October 17, 2008, 04:35:12 pm
Thought the CHD was the rom sorry I am new to the CHD part.

CHD is the compressed Harddisk file. Still need a ROM image for it to work. Still for me, I have never been able to find the proper ROM file for any CHD I got... So no CHD based games (area51) for me until I find the right matchup....
Title: Re: MAME32UI and CHD
Post by: maniac e on October 17, 2008, 05:13:23 pm
Same here no bin files to find anywhere....  :angry:
Title: Re: MAME32UI and CHD
Post by: protokatie on October 17, 2008, 06:25:11 pm
Same here no bin files to find anywhere....  :angry:

Try going to your favorite rom source and look for a .zip with the same main name as the CHD, or google the CHD filename but with a .zip ending.

Ive gotten the roms (.zip) and a CHD for a game before, but the versions were incompatible with either each other, or the version of MAME I was using.

Outside of that, I cant give you any specific sites where to get this stuff. It would make Saint sad.
Title: Re: MAME32UI and CHD
Post by: Ummon on October 17, 2008, 07:49:32 pm
Ohhh. Most of the 'mainstream' rom sites, though free, aren't updated. I think because most people aren't using the latest version of Mame. These sites often don't have CHD nor bios file, either. Seems there's a handful only that match all these criteria.
Title: Re: MAME32UI and CHD
Post by: maniac e on October 17, 2008, 11:19:42 pm
Been looking up like 15/20 sites and they dont have the roms for it. Guess you need to know your way in Rom land...
Title: Re: MAME32UI and CHD
Post by: Robbbert on October 17, 2008, 11:53:53 pm
That is so true. Once upon a time, it was easy to find. Now, you need "local knowledge"...

The rules didn't seem to say, but i'm guessing this place doesn't allow links to rom sites.

Hint: If you're after a full set, do some searching in torrent-land.
Title: Re: MAME32UI and CHD
Post by: havic626 on October 17, 2008, 11:54:02 pm
Been looking up like 15/20 sites and they dont have the roms for it. Guess you need to know your way in Rom land...
well you know rom land is a [romsite name hint redacted], so use your [romsite name hint redacted] to find it, also its a [romsite name int redacted], maby a [romsite name hint redacted] but i dont know for sure.  it helps to if you have a bittorrent program installed. i use utorrent btw   8)
Title: Re: MAME32UI and CHD
Post by: protokatie on October 18, 2008, 04:39:29 am
Been looking up like 15/20 sites and they dont have the roms for it. Guess you need to know your way in Rom land...
well you know rom land is a [romsite name hint redacted], so use your [romsite name hint redacted] to find it, also its a [romsite name hint redacted], maby a [romsite name int redacted] but i dont know for sure.  it helps to if you have a bittorrent program installed. i use utorrent btw   8)


Think you may have gotten too close to the rules. Im sure this thread will end up in the trashcan. Next time, try PMing the person.
Title: Re: MAME32UI and CHD
Post by: Hoopz on October 18, 2008, 07:47:48 am
Welcome Robbert!  Your work elsewhere is greatly appreciated!

Just going to make sure everyone is aware of the rules:

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5. Nothing illegal! Do I even need to explain this one? Need a ROM to repair an arcade board you own? Fine to talk about. Need a ROM to complete your MAME collection? Don't bother to post here. If someone posts such a request, please don't answer it -- no direct answers, no hints, no private messages.