> > Ok that's great! Thanks for the help! > > I just have another few questions I forgot to ask: > > Firstly, I noticed that my rom filenames breach the 8:3 filename standard, I assume > > that's fine as you've stated one above anyway, is it just the zipfile name that > must > > conform? > > No, there is no length limit on ROM names, only on set names. > > > If I do manage to get this working (which hopefully I should, it sounds fairly > simple > > now), when it comes to submitting it, is it best I upload the roms to my webspace > > (the roms are only 32k each) and put a link in a text file with the submitted diff > or > > do I upload the new roms with the diff to Mamedev? > > Lastly, when looking at the zipfiles, do I need to change the zips so the four Rev > A. > > files are in a zip with the rest of the files and the other (original) four files > are > > in a zip of their own (for example, hangon1) or do I leave it for Mamedev to > change? > > Do NOT email unsolicited binary files to MAMEDev (or to anyone, it's extremely bad > netiquette) Upload the ROMs somewhere and tell MAMEDev where to get them. Also, if > you want to submit a source patch yourself, please carefully read the instructions > and guidelines at http://mamedev.org/submit.html > > Management of zipped sets is up to individual users and archivers. MAMEDev only needs > your new, unique ROMs, you don't need to repackage the already-dumped ones. For your > own use, you can move the "old" program ROMs to hangon1.zip, or just put both > versions into hangon.zip together (this is what a "fully merged set" is)
Thanks for your help once again AWJ! Thinking about it, I know you mean now about uploading submissions to MAMEdev (I expect it's the same as getting files in your e-mail from someone you've never heard of), not sure why I asked that really as now I mention it I remember users round here (well, on the old MAME.net forum) offering for chds and roms to be uploaded to their webspace or ftp (I could've sworn I remember someone saying about uploading the whole thing to mamedev but probably not). I wanted to make double sure where to put them anyway though as I found the instructions about submitting diff's but not what to do with new rom dumps (unless I missed it!). Right, i'll have to get to work and see if I can get it working! Thanks
Edited by tb2000 (09/01/07 10:33 AM)
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