The downside to that, for me, is the preferred clone versions are missed in the import process. The more i use mame the more clones i want to use over the parents. When my project is finished none of this will be an issue, cant wait.

@@warpedpolygon what set do you recommend for someone who wants only the latest versions of an arcade game? Example, I use Retroarch and all the Mame cores, but I go through my list of street fighter games and add the latest versions/revision of each game in the series to my favorites. Eg. Street Fighter version .2 Street Fighter 2 version .345 Street Fighter 3 version .4573 And so on. Non-merged looks to be it, but a bit of a hassle having to pick only all of the thousand latest versions of a game.

@@warpedpolygon I'm not 100% sure but I believe there were improvements to the LB MAME import process so if you changed to clone roms, on subsequent MAME imports your changes remained. I haven't imported MAME in ages since I have a really hand curated list, but I remember having this discussion on the LB forums in regards to using a 2 player character selectable TMNT rom over the standard 4 player cabinet set.

@@macdox69 yes it has been updated. So only the parents are imported with lb and the option to change the version. The tmnt player selection thing with 2 and 4 player cabs is just the tip of the iceberg. There are soooo many reasons to use a clone instead, id say about 20% of games have a preferred clone version. The Simpsons, captain commando, alien storm, quartet and many more do the same thing as tmnt. Also when culling games, you can get rid of more that you dont need with split, all the clones are on their own meaning they areny retained in another zip like merged when you use lb to cull everything down.

@@warpedpolygon Yes I know how it works.🙂I wasn't evaluating which method was best. I use a hand curated non-merged self with many variants/clones. My point was just that IF you use the importer in LB and change to a clone, on next MAME import, it should recognize the change and not go back to the parent. Like I said, I don't use that method, but my recollection was that changes were made to respect those changes. 😊

Good tip! I still think split is king for a curated, culled set.

Great to hear!

Coming soon!

@@warpedpolygon great! I've imported a non-merged set through LB in 0.247 but it feels like I probably will do it again now with a split set once your tutorial is out :D

Yeah that is the issue with mame as a whole. Hence why I started the pre config project

Yeah I'll be tackling that at some point. The way i do those tuts is to just show you what a visual functon does and show how it looks so you can make a decision yourself. I do make suggestions but visuals are personal preference. I hate shaders myself lol but will still cover them

I need to make a video retracting my statement of split being best. Non-merged all the way especially if you only intend on keeping the few you want

Should work with all of them

Nothing special needed mate

I wish. Once the MAME project is done you'll be able to use my xml to do this in LaunchBox. Everything in Arcade64 will be covered with all the guff stripped out.

Batocera use my configs but not sure if they keep them up to date in line with my updates. With Supermodel you can use as old as 0.236 but 0.263 or newer is best. Have you seen this pre config? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ntp-gJucx9apdp8.html

@@warpedpolygon I’ve actually got that video saved. So I can do what you’ve shown us in your videos and should be good regardless of what OS Model 3 is on? That makes this so much easier. Thank you.

@@ArthurCallahan389 yeah. Non merged tho. I need to delete this video really as it's no longer how I feel lol. Non merged allll the way.

@@warpedpolygon Non merged is the one thing that every different person with different info all agreed on. Thanks again

Maybe, libretro is a little inconsistent with raw input and light guns. I have been wrestling with the idea that standalone emulators are actually best for light guns.

Also compatability with the mame core isn't as good as standalone

I haven't made that video just yet, but I will for sure. After configuring it for a year solid I needed a break form MAME.

Console setup is quite different. You really don't want to use mame for that unless you have a specific reason to, however some stuff like CDi works best with MAME.

@@warpedpolygon Thank you. Could you do a video for it? I would like to play obscure not emulated consoles by other emulators

NON MERGED. I'M FULL OF CRAP SAYING SPLIT IS BEST. I need to retract this video really!

@@warpedpolygon thanks! Im looking forward for the video. Thanks for making these

@@arlokkkk it'll just be me deleting the video lol. I'll replace them with a more in depth look at arcade64

Yes for sure, some excellent versions of arcade games with quality of life improvements in hbmame. Due to it being for home brew and hacks i didn't include it in this video. This vid is more for 'standard' versions of mame. I actually intend to do my next arcade project with hbmame, identifying all the qol hacks

Preservation is first, then emulation. Games get dumped then need work to get working. They'll be games in the mame set that may never be emulated

@@warpedpolygonOh... I see thats really good, and I would love to be a part of it, sadly I dont have more space left... Is there a way to clean it? Or maybe use other emu? srry if my english is bso broken

@@marqueemoon3220 yeah man, i have a project on launchbox for that. Essentially a list of all the working stuff so you know what's what.

@@warpedpolygonis the mame project? yeah! Im using it it really savee me from mapping every controll to each game. What I dont get is how can I delete the extra non working games

@@marqueemoon3220 yeah. You have LaunchBox and the xml i made?

There is soo much random stuff in MAME. That is another reason to keep a full set I suppose, exploring the random stuff is actually pretty fun.

It's done in the same way as normal mame. However, I'm doing a project where all controls have already been setup

Here ya go kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oMWkitSJv7rZXas.htmlsi=vyO8mxoHQrM04RuG

​@@warpedpolygon thanks I'm having fun with Arcade64 0.258.0. Only problem I've had is with Street fighter ex plus alpha, it's in the 'unavailable' folder even though I've seen vids of normal mame playing it.

​@GeordiLaForgery games will only appear in the unavailable folder if Arcade64 thinks the rom is not there. The unavailable folder is simply a way to track what is missing in ya roms folder, it's not emulation status. Just try running it and if it don't work it just means you are missing the rom.

​@@warpedpolygon yes I had the rom but was missing the bios files, thanks it's working well now 😉