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    Default Updating MAME Romset from 0.161 to 0.174

    Hello Community!

    I've just downloaded the full 0.161 rom set via torrent. My aim is to have the 0.174 set.
    I read a few tutorials how to update via clrmamepro. But the question is, how do i manage it in this case, where i have to update up to 13 versions. I already have all the update packs named like "MAME0.161-0.162.zip" until "MAME0.173-0.174".
    An other question is, how do i check which type of set i got (non-merged, merged, split .... see picture)?

    Thanks for your help!
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    Grab the official MAME exe file from http://mamedev.org/oldrel.html and dump that in the same folder as ClrMamePro to make finding it quicker
    Run ClrMamePro
    Hit Create
    MAME should already be selcected
    Select the Mame.exe file
    Put in a quick description like MAME0174
    Hit Create Profile
    Select that profile
    Select settings and set the paths up for Roms & possibly samples
    Select Scan and do a first scan of you current set (removed roms and sets are backed up by the way) [Hit yes to all for any repair options, this will take an age by the way because there are so many files and this does a deep check]
    After the process is complete close it
    Select Rebuild this time
    Make sure the Destination path is the path to your 0.161 set
    Make sure the source is the update package folder (Have a main folder and sub folders for each update)
    Select whatever options you want and hit Rebuild (default options should be ok [Scan sub folders/Split Sets/Compress Zip/Show stats should do though if you are not sure])

    MAME uses Split Set roms P.S. the imqge was of no help it's not readable
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    thanks for your reply. i'll try this.
    ps. i uploaded a new picture



    i'm using the 0.174 mame exe and a 0161 rom set which a added under settings and "ROM-Paths". then i go to scanner, discheck samples und do a new scan. after that it says the following:
    Missing
    ·Sets 3360/36460
    ·ROMs 39061/262995
    ·CHDs 675/884
    ·Samples -/15568
    ·Bytes 33gb/208gb

    is that normal, that so many roms are missing
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    Did you have the repair options checked?

    39061 is what is missing so sounds about right so you have 223934 roms of the 262995 total

    There will of been redumps done so alot of the older dumps are no longer valid as well as adding new dumps including new individual rom chips from games already in MAME

    If you like though back up what you have before using the rebuild options

    Make sure though the dat has not auto updated to the latest version

    If so though you can grab a correct dat from http://www.progettosnaps.net/dats/

    You may want to do a rebuild from the files that clrmamepro backed up to, to make sure none of those are from the 0.174 set
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