MESS did not work in RomCenter 3.6.1

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MESS did not work in RomCenter 3.6.1

Post by Tester »

I got in RomCenter 3.6.1 the message that I must delete the database and recreate a new one for each system.

I did it with all my dat files but with the MESS dat file it did not work anymore.
This is not a new dat file, it was the same I used with RomCenter 3.59 without problems.

Copy Database template
Open new db
Loading database J:\DATs\MESS (0.146).rdt
MESS (0.146) database version = 3,6011
Rom mode : split
Bios mode : split
Sample mode : merged
Plugin : arcade.dll
Import datas from [J:\DATs\MESS (0.146).dat] to [J:\DATs\MESS (0.146).rdt]
Rom mode : split
Bios mode : split
Sample mode : merged
**Error: Bad datafile format. Generic xml expected.
Database closed
**Error :Error: Bad datafile format. Generic xml expected.
Ready

Tester

Re: MESS did not work in RomCenter 3.6.1

Post by Tester »

I did fix the MESS dat file for RomCenter 3.6.1.

- replace the XML header from the MESS dat file with the XML header from the MAME dat file
- change "<mess " to "<mame "
- change "</mess>" to "</mame>"
- change "<machine " to "<game "
- change "</machine>" to "</game>"

So I can load the MESS dat file and all looks fine.

But when I add the MESS rom path I get a SQL error in a popup window and the path is not added.

multiple rows in singleton select
At procedure 'P_UPDATEROMID' line: 11, col:3
At procedure 'P_LOADFILES' line: 82, col: 1
multiple rows in singleton select
GDS Code: 335544652 - SQL Code: -811 - Error Code: 332.

In the log file is no error.

Copy Database template
Open new db
Loading database J:\DATs\MESS (0.146).rdt
MESS (0.146) database version = 3,6011
Rom mode : split
Bios mode : split
Sample mode : merged
Plugin : arcade.dll
Import datas from [J:\DATs\MESS (0.146).dat] to [J:\DATs\MESS (0.146).rdt]
Rom mode : split
Bios mode : split
Sample mode : merged
10000 lines loaded
20000 lines loaded
30000 lines loaded
40000 lines loaded
50000 lines loaded
60000 lines loaded
70000 lines loaded
80000 lines loaded
90000 lines loaded
100000 lines loaded
110000 lines loaded
120000 lines loaded
Import datas
Done. 7040 roms added.
124892 lines loaded
Rom mode : split
Bios mode : split
Sample mode : merged
Reindexing.
pass 1/5
Execution time: 0h 0m 5s
pass 2/5
Execution time: 0h 0m 1s
pass 3/5
Execution time: 0h 0m 3s
pass 4/5
Execution time: 0h 0m 2s
pass 5/5
Execution time: 0h 0m 0s
Rebuilding and reordering database. Please wait...
Execution time: 0h 0m 47s
Close J:\DATs\MESS (0.146).rdt
Open J:\DATs\MESS (0.146).rdt
Loading database J:\DATs\MESS (0.146).rdt
MESS (0.146) database version = 3,6011
Rom mode : split
Bios mode : split
Sample mode : merged
Plugin : arcade.dll
Loading gameslist
1590 games loaded.
Updating games status
Status updated for 1927 items.
Green games : 11, yellow games : 13, red games : 1566
Updating fileslist
Query Paths list
Ready
Add new rom path
Add rom path [J:\ROMs\MESS]
Loading 1590 files in DB
200 files loaded
400 files loaded
600 files loaded
800 files loaded
1000 files loaded
1200 files loaded
1400 files loaded
1590 files loaded
Analyse new files
Updating games status
Status updated for 1927 items.
Green games : 11, yellow games : 13, red games : 1566
Updating fileslist
Execution time: 0h 8m 33s

MESSfan

Re: MESS did not work in RomCenter 3.6.1

Post by MESSfan »

Use clrmamepro instead, is working well and bug free.

Tester

Re: MESS did not work in RomCenter 3.6.1

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Thanks for your clrmamepro advertisment but I want RomCenter and not clrmamepro!

Tester

Re: MESS did not work in RomCenter 3.6.1

Post by Tester »

And it works in 3.59 also bug free.

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Re: MESS did not work in RomCenter 3.6.1

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Thank you for the analysis, I will fix that. Until then, stick to 3.59. Thank you.

(and no need to advertize for cm pro, everybody here know cm, and everybody at cm know romcenter)
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Re: MESS did not work in RomCenter 3.6.1

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Mess problems and "multiple rows in singleton select" are now fixed in 3.6.2. It will be available later this week. I'm now looking for the zipped chd problem.
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Re: MESS did not work in RomCenter 3.6.1

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that is great, thanks :-)

Tester

Re: MESS did not work in RomCenter 3.6.1

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This works now, thanks

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