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 Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 2:28 pm Post subject: Game Update Issue in 0.99 Beta 5 (and 4) |
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sorry to drag an old version up, but ...
I am running 0.99 beta 5, and when I change directories to load a new ROM, the rom is not listed.
For example, If I have just downloaded a new ROM, or compiled one, it does not show up.
However, older ones are there.
I have tried removing the games.idx file and this does not alter the behavior.
So, where is this info being stored, and how can I reset it?
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| Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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More info....
Zipped Roms do not show up either, however new directories do.
There is no entry in the games.idx file for any "new ROM"
However if I delete the games.idx file, and scan a directory that has
"previous" ROMS in it, they do show up.
Any ideas ?
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:29 am Post subject: |
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I know that some .zip files may not show up in the list but regular ROMs should be ok. It's strange that the games.idx file is not updated, even if a ROM doesn't show up in the game list it should still be in the games.idx... and what does happen if you put the new ROMs in another directory, same problem too?
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:55 am Post subject: |
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| dmichel wrote: | | I know that some .zip files may not show up in the list but regular ROMs should be ok. It's strange that the games.idx file is not updated, even if a ROM doesn't show up in the game list it should still be in the games.idx... and what does happen if you put the new ROMs in another directory, same problem too? |
It makes no difference where the new .PCE files are placed.
I would try to manually add it to the games.idx file, but I am unsure
about the extra parameters.... I have even tried things like, editing
a games.idx entry to reflect the new ROM, and this has no effect in run
time: the old file shows up, but not the new one.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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same problem than ME 1.0 PR7.
show new pce only if i go out en go in the roms directory or other.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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| FagEmul wrote: | same problem than ME 1.0 PR7.
show new pce only if i go out en go in the roms directory or other. |
No idea -- with the font issue (see my other posting), I cannot tell what is there and what is not on 1PRv7.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Does it also happen with the ROMs unzipped? |
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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yes, same with unzipped roms
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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Fagemul, it's normal in PR 7, the game list is refreshed only when you change the directory, there's no live update.
The problem bt has in the old version is different, the game list is never updated with the new ROMs he add... it's a strange problem... but I don't have the old version code in head anymore, I don't remember exactly how it all works. Bt did you try to rename the ROMs?
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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| dmichel wrote: | | The problem bt has in the old version is different, the game list is never updated with the new ROMs he add... it's a strange problem... but I don't have the old version code in head anymore, I don't remember exactly how it all works. Bt did you try to rename the ROMs? |
Yes, I have tried renaming, and moving to different directories too.
The latest game that I am working on is PCGunjin... if I compile in
the PCGunjin directory, the file does not show itself. However, if I
copy say "Tower of Druaga" from the Rom directory, to the PCGunjin
one, it does show up. ..
now, I know that the TODRUAGA.PCE name conversion is done
based on a checksum of the ROM, and not based on the filename
(because if I rename TODRUAGA to DRUAGA, it still shows up
as "Tower of Druaga"), so is there a flag somewhere that tells
MagicEngine to "only" display known ROMs ? |
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dmichel
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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No, it always shows all the ROMs, known ones and unknown ones, if it recognizes a ROM by its CRC it will use its title in the list and if it doesn't recognize the ROM it will just use the file name. There's an option 'use_rom_file_name' to disable game titles but that shouldn't make any difference in your case.
Maybe the PCGunjin ROM is discarded early in the directory scan, this could happen if MagicEngine think the ROM is not a valid one, although I think that in such a case the ROM would still appear in the menu but it would be unselectable. Does the ROM run in MagicEngine when you run it from a command shell?
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I have tried all combinations of use_rom_file_name
without any difference.
Trying to run pce.exe pcgunjin.pce does not work, it
just brings up the emulator in menu mode -- and the game does not
show up greyed out in the menu like other (older, bad) PCE Roms
do.
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Looks like MagicEngine doesn't want to recognize the ROM as a valid one. 
You are using HuC to compile it? What's the ROM size?
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:46 am Post subject: |
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| dmichel wrote: | Looks like MagicEngine doesn't want to recognize the ROM as a valid one.
You are using HuC to compile it? What's the ROM size? |
I am more likely to blame the PC in this case, since it is only my work laptop that is having this problem (at home, I can still compile and run, no problem).
This is using HuC 3.21 (a custom version, but the same one that compiled Meteor Blaster DX (et al). The file size is 74,240 -- however, even downloading new creations from others (HuC compiled as well), they do not show up.
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