MAMEWorld Forums - News - Re: incorrect

> > If I had been smart, I would have add software to the Rompath, but I think I
> > might put the software that not in the lists in the software directory.
>
> if you plan to also use software which is not in the lists (e.g. software you have
> wrote, which is possible in the case of home computers, or some nice rom translations
> and hacks), it is indeed smarter to store them separately from the software list
> paths
>
I think I will do that, but I still use Vice for the C64 more than MESS, I like the ease of changing Disks and the different settings. I still play a few C64 games quite a bit, M.U.L.E. and a few others, though I will try them in MESS. I use Buddy 64 (versions 8.2 or 10) when I play around with programming on the C64, just wish my FD2000 disks were readable thats where a lot of my programming was stored on, I have more problems with 3.5 than 5.25 disks.

> anyway, the power of MAME/MESS options is exactly the flexibility: if you want to
> separate carts from floppies and tapes and bios and you want CDs in an external HD,
> you can!
>
> you just need to set rompath as: "roms;C:\emu\carts;C:\emu\disks;C:\emu\tapes;E:\CDs"
> and you are done! MESS will find bios in roms, and everything else in the folders you
> used
>
I figured that out very quick, I also use a custom folder setup for MAME, MESS is very easy, it just Roms, CDs, and Software which I will put my stuff in..

> Just be careful that you have to set the root folders, not the single system folders,
> and that there is a limit to the number of chars for the rompath (I think around
> 500), so it's good to avoid hundreds of separate folders
>
I thought it would have a limit like MAME, when I set up my friends MAME, he had stuff all over, and I ran in to the limit of the Rompath. After a little work and a bigger HD, everything works good for my friend.

> The option of having everything inside roms/ is otoh useful when creating the list,
> because you can simply throw everything inside that folder and you are ready to test
> the list

CLRMamePro doesn't seem to like having the Bios in with the Roms folders, unless I am missing an option. Lucky I don't have that many different roms for consoles so it was easy to fix, mostly systems I have real hardware for and the cartridges.