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Donkbaca:
FYI - situation is this:

I am building a cab, and the version of mame u was running before was .120. I have want lightguns ( already built aimtraks in shells) so I need to run a version higher than .130 so I can have lightgun support. I figured th easiest way to do this would be to just upgrade to .139, the newest build at that time. Problem is a bunch of rims from .120 don't work on .139. Do I downloaded the romset from .139.

Next I used clrmamepro to scan my .120 romset using the .139 profile.
Finally I used the rebuilder, pointing at the new romset with my old romset being the destination.
Does this make sense?


Also if anyone can help. When I scan and try to fix unneeded files, I get an error and clrmamepro shuts down.

The goal us to have a working romset with lightgun support. Once that us set up I will never upgrade unless something phenomenal changes (like
Time crisis being playable) and in that case I would just build a new system .

Anyhow, any help:advice is mist appreciated

Dazz:
What kind of error are you getting in CMP?

I updated my .139 set to .140 today and this is how it went:

1.  Compiled MAME .140 via MC64 using hi-score .diff - 10 minutes
2.  Created new profile for MAME .140 in CMP, pointed to the MAME .140 .exe - 1 minutes
3.  Downloaded MAME update .139 to .140 via torrent - 5 minutes
4.  Used CMP, Re-Builder, pointed Source to my newly downloaded Roms .139 to .140 update, and the Destination to my existing .139 ROM set and hit Re-Build. - 20-25 minutes

Total time to update from .139 to .140 = ~45 minutes

With my 50mbps connection at home I could have just downloaded the full .140 torrent in the same time it took to scan, but I still run a scan/re-build after I download the full torrent anyway. 

Hoopz:

--- Quote from: huygens on October 24, 2010, 01:52:01 pm ---At least on my client uTorrent, just pointing to your current directory will result in all your files being overwriten.
You need to:
Run old set through clrmamepro with .140 dat to rename files
download torrent file and point it to rom directory (but deselect "start torrent" checkbox)
now select "force recheck" and the client will compare the directory files to the torrent content.
If all is well and it says above 90% completion, start the torrent downloading.

--- End quote ---
utorrent will scan the roms already there and only download what's missing.  Most of the time, you'll start somewhere around 90% or so of the files already downloaded with only a few percent needed.

At least that's how it works if you get your torrent from the normal place.   :dunno

Dazz:

--- Quote from: Hoopz on October 24, 2010, 10:01:25 pm ---
--- Quote from: huygens on October 24, 2010, 01:52:01 pm ---At least on my client uTorrent, just pointing to your current directory will result in all your files being overwriten.
You need to:
Run old set through clrmamepro with .140 dat to rename files
download torrent file and point it to rom directory (but deselect "start torrent" checkbox)
now select "force recheck" and the client will compare the directory files to the torrent content.
If all is well and it says above 90% completion, start the torrent downloading.

--- End quote ---
utorrent will scan the roms already there and only download what's missing.  Most of the time, you'll start somewhere around 90% or so of the files already downloaded with only a few percent needed.

At least that's how it works if you get your torrent from the normal place.   :dunno

--- End quote ---
It will, but it will also leave old files and renamed files behind.  Nothing a CMP re-scan wouldn't clean up though.  I guess it's all about personal preference.  I'm old school when it comes to MAME, so I always just download the update sets and audit.  Once I've updated and audited then I'll connect to the full torrents to share.

DeLuSioNal29:
You left out the time it takes to SEARCH for the torrent.  Easier said than done.   :angel:

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