Can someone check to see if I rebuilt my MAME ROMs correctly?

[simillarian]

So, I took a full 0.167 set and rebuilt it using the .dat file on the page Managing ROMs. Here is the log…

Missing
·Sets                 3883/3977
·ROMs                 37135/72604

Is this normal? Because I see that it states there are 3,970 active sets on the “Managing ROMs page” and 3977 in the log, and mine is less than both. I checked my original 0.167 romset and there weren’t any missing roms.

[petrockblog]

rebuilding to what version? You may need some older romsets to build more as roms will have changed etc.

Try and find a set closer to the target set you are trying to rebuild for.

[simillarian]

Oh, sorry. I am rebuilding using FB Alpha v0.2.97.37 (ClrMame Pro XML).dat from the Managing ROMs page for lr-fba-next. I linked to it, but it doesn’t display as a link until you hover.

[petrockblog]

ok well. you are not missing that many – I rebuilt for lr-fba-next recently – using about 8 sources (various mame versions from 0.37b5 to 0.161). Ended up with 269 missing sets. I guess although it’s based on mame 0.167 that isn’t enough to rebuild everything.

[simillarian]

Ok cool. Just wondering if my results were unusual. Thanks man! I have 3,927 sets in my new rom folder, so I guess I only have 50 missing sets.

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