Notice on 37b6...

Chris Parsley · Post by **Chris Parsley** » Mon Aug 21, 2000 12:30 pm

37b6, while having great new games, has one MAJOR flaw!
The playbacks of inps is broke, aka doesn't work!
Sorry, folks.
At least it looks that way, can anyone else confirm it?

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Barry Rodewald · Post by **Barry Rodewald** » Mon Aug 21, 2000 12:30 pm

Same here, trying to playback gives NOT FOUND for ROMs which you
definitely have. Damned annoying... Can't playback Tickenest's
pkunwarj score, and it won't playback correctly with beta 5... It
was checked before it was uploaded, right?



Anyway, I've posted something about it on the MAME message board (new
release board), so we'll see what transpires from it...

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Pat · Post by **Pat** » Mon Aug 21, 2000 12:30 pm

You will need to D/L the lastest ROMs as some of these games have had
their PROMS updated!! Remember those pesky 256 bytes files???

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Tickenest · Post by **Tickenest** » Mon Aug 21, 2000 12:30 pm

Woe is me. Woe is me. I guess it's back to beta5 for me. DAMN YOU
NICOLA. But we still love him.

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Chris Parsley · Post by **Chris Parsley** » Mon Aug 21, 2000 12:30 pm

Pat, why won't the pc games playback, then?

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Pat · Post by **Pat** » Mon Aug 21, 2000 12:30 pm

Like I say because of the PROM changes. This doesn't affect all
games, only ones that had a dummy PROM in them. Before the m36b06
release, only a PROM placeholder was required. The missing proms
could be ANYTHING as long as the PROM file was present and was the
correct length (usually 256 bytes). Now with this latest release the
actual PROMS are being used, so old ROMs work with pre m37b06, new
ROMs, with the real PROMS, work with m37b06 and future releases. This
is just like the issue that popped up with certain games back when we
transitioned from mame34 to mame35...

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Barry Rodewald · Post by **Barry Rodewald** » Mon Aug 21, 2000 12:30 pm

Pat, I did mention that running m37b6 normally works perfectly well...
While I've only really tried it with Waku Waku 7 and Penguin-kun Wars
so far, these romsets haven't changed. And it says NOT FOUND for
*all* the ROMs only with -playback, despite the set being correct.

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BBH · Post by **BBH** » Mon Aug 21, 2000 12:30 pm

Damn you're stubborn Pat... there's nothing to argue about though,
Chris is right. NOTHING plays back in m37b6. If someone was missing
the PROM file, how would they be able to record a game in the first
place? And I've tried playing back recordings made in another version,
where the roms still check out for m37b6. It doesn't work. Besides,
when playing back it doesn't say it's missing the PROM file, it says
it's missing *ALL* the roms.



Please, try this out for yourself before posting further...

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Q.T.Quazar · Post by **Q.T.Quazar** » Mon Aug 21, 2000 12:30 pm

All players please be advised that recordings using mame.37b6 are
banned from the site and will be deleted with no notification, due to
a MAME core problem. This ban will remain in effect until further
notice.



Thank-you for your cooperation,
Q.T.Quazar, MARP Rules Coordinator

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J.D. Lowe · Post by **J.D. Lowe** » Tue Sep 05, 2000 12:30 pm

Now that the new version has just been released, has anyone tested it
out yet to make sure that inps play back properly? I'm sure EVERYONE
will be going for these new games

Sincerely,



J.D. Lowe

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