Posted January 19, 2019. Take 2. A bit less convoluted AND will handle clones. ___________________________________________________ LaunchBox Community Forums Deleting non imported MAME games - Page 2 - Noobs
Every game (parent, clone, bootleg, revision) stores all required ROM, CHD, and device files directly inside its own ZIP. No reliance on a parent set for shared chips. non merged mame rom set
: A modern full Non-Merged set can exceed 150GB, whereas a Split set might be roughly 100GB for the same games. Posted January 19, 2019
While non-merged MAME ROM sets offer many benefits, there are also challenges: While non-merged MAME ROM sets offer many benefits,
: Every ZIP file is a complete package. If you have the "clone" version of a game (e.g., a US version of a Japanese game), the clone ZIP contains all the parent files it needs.
Because of the redundancy, downloading a full Non-Merged set consumes more bandwidth. Updating from version 0.250 to 0.251 requires downloading larger patch files or more changed archives.
This process can take 6-12 hours for a full set and will double your storage temporarily.