Mamewah: <EDIT> can not get Multiple rompaths in MameWah working <EDIT>

[unclet]

Since MameWah allows for an explicit path to the ROM files, then I was wondering whether I could place my Mame ROM files in a different place, other than in the "roms" folder located under the Mame install directory?

MameWah can generate a list from my Rom location, but none of the actual Mame games can be started ..... and I was wondering whether the main mame.exe application requires the Rom files to be in the Mame install directory?

[unclet]

Apparantly not ..... I guess MameWah can see the Roms located outside the Mame install directory, however, the main mame.exe application needs them there.

I moved all my Rom files into the mame.exe application "rom" folder and the games can be started now.

[Brad]

Mame will accept pretty much any rom path AND multiple rom paths. Edit the path in your Mame.ini in the mame directory. If it's not there, open a cmd prompt to your mame directory and enter:

mame -createconfig

Also from the Mamewah FAQ:

Q: Can I use multiple rom paths?

A: Not as such, but for MAME if you use the 'verifysets_vs_listxml' (or _listinfo for old MAME versions) list_generation_method then you can - just make sure you have your rom paths setup accordingly in your (MAME) mame.ini file.

Cheers,

Brad

[unclet]

Thanks for the info ....

If I wanted multiple rompaths in the mame.ini file then do I simply separate each path listed with a semi-colon?

Also, can I have multiple "rom" directories which only hold CHD directory files or does the actual CHD directory have to be in the same directory as the actual ROM it is related to?

Basically, can I have all 8 of the following paths entered in my mame.ini file?

C:/Mame/romdir1/<roms A-D>
C:/Mame/romdir2/<roms E-L>
C:/Mame/romdir3/<roms M-S>
C:/Mame/romdir4/<roms T-Z>
C:/Mame/romdir5/<CHD directories A-D>/<CHD files A-D>
C:/Mame/romdir6/<CHD directories E-L>/<CHD files E-L>
C:/Mame/romdir7/<CHD directories M-S>/<CHD files M-S>
C:/Mame/romdir8/<CHD directories T-Z>/<CHD files T-Z>



I would assume my mame.ini file rompath setting would be like:

rompath   C:/Mame/romdir1;C:/Mame/romdir2;C:/Mame/romdir3;
              C:/Mame/romdir4;C:/Mame/romdir5;C:/Mame/romdir6;
              C:/Mame/romdir7;C:/Mame/romdir8;

[Minwah]

If I wanted multiple rompaths in the mame.ini file then do I simply separate each path listed with a semi-colon?

Yes.

Also, can I have multiple "rom" directories which only hold CHD directory files or does the actual CHD directory have to be in the same directory as the actual ROM it is related to?

I believe the CHD needs to be in the same folder as the relevant rom.

I would assume my mame.ini file rompath setting would be like:

rompath   C:/Mame/romdir1;C:/Mame/romdir2;C:/Mame/romdir3;
              C:/Mame/romdir4;C:/Mame/romdir5;C:/Mame/romdir6;
              C:/Mame/romdir7;C:/Mame/romdir8;

Yep, but with \'s, not /'s.

[unclet]

My mistake on the slashes .... 


Hey,  with regard to the multiple rom paths in MameWah ......... does my actual mame.ini file from the mame application need to be altered to allow multiple rom paths as well ... or does MameWah handle all the rom mapping now?

[Minwah]

Hey,  with regard to the multiple rom paths in MameWah ......... does my actual mame.ini file from the mame application need to be altered to allow multiple rom paths as well

Yes that is the most important part, or MAME won't know where to find your roms.  Mamewah only needs to know for list generation purposes...which leads to another problem I hadn't though of...

The workaround for multiple rompaths in Mamewah described above will no longer work (since MAME v0.100), as the MAMEdev removed '-verifysets'.  However if you have a full romset you could create a DAT file and use list_generation_method dat_file.

Can I ask why do you actually want all those seperate rom folders?  Seems like a lot of hassle for no reason to me...

[unclet]

I would like to keep the size of each Rom folder to be just enough to fill a DVD.  This way, I can make copies of everything rather easily when everything all emulators are finally configured.

As a result, I would assume i would need about 11 directories to house the roms and appropriate CHD files ....

So, in order to update the actual mame.ini file (from the Mame application) to have multiple Rom paths, then do I simply set the "rompath" parameter in the mame.ini file to have multiple path names, separated by semi-colons?

[Minwah]

So, in order to update the actual mame.ini file (from the Mame application) to have multiple Rom paths, then do I simply set the "rompath" parameter in the mame.ini file to have multiple path names, separated by semi-colons?

Deja vu??

[unclet]

Yes, UncleT =goofball    ........   can you tell I have been working on this thing too much lately .....

I tend to ask questions as I think of stuff, not necessarily at the point where I am going to actual use what I learn ......

[Minwah]

Yes, UncleT =goofball    ........   can you tell I have been working on this thing too much lately .....

I tend to ask questions as I think of stuff, not necessarily at the point where I am going to actual use what I learn ......

LOL, I thought I was going mad for a minute but I'm sure I already answered it

[unclet]

can anyone tell me how to set up a DAT file so MameWah can list my Rom files correctly

[unclet]

Any help will be appreciated