Hi again

Sorry for being a pain - but

"q1) The way how invaders sample clones are handled has been changed. You can't compare a .119 datfile scan with a .119 mame import scan when you've updated to cmpro 3.106c. Background: MAME exports several invaders sample clones while invaders doesn't use samples anymore. Earlier cmpro versions corrected them to use their own sampleset, latest allows not-existing sampleof parents."

sorry, but totally lost me!

Bottom line, from a new user point of view, should I :-
a) use the separate sample dat file, (and turn off the sample check when using "MAME v0.119.dat")
b) just use the "MAME v0.119.dat"and check sets, roms, samples & chds?

Thanks


"Old MAME versions are obsolete. There is no need to use anything besides the most current MAME."

I don't want to get flamed here, but, people must want to "goback" otherwise why the "Rollback roms" and historical mame dat files exist?


I may want to "go back" myself from 119 to 112. I saw a mate of a mates system, using an ArcadeVGA connected to a TV via RGB scart - and that was brilliant! That mate of a mate was running mame 106, and was happy with it - "more games than he could possibly ever play". I've got my ArcadeVGA card on order, but that mate said not to use "a version greater than 112, since some code had altred to do with samples and that you had to turn auto frame skipping on - which sort of defaeated the point."

My card hasn't arrived yet, and I don't know if he's right. But I may want to go back if he is.


My point is, and maybe I'm the only one missing something here, is that these various auxiliary dat files are linked to a version of a mame release. Why can't "joe public" easily know which marries with which? I'm curious!

Thanks