CHD's

[FalconYT]

Question regarding CHD's.. I know you take the CHD file name and make a Folder and put the CHD in there.. (the rom file should be the same name as well) and it should work.. But what about games that have more than one CHD?? Like DDR, there seems to be a bunch of CHD files with different names. Would these all go into there respective named folders?? or do they get piled into one folder for the game???

Thanks..

[azoreseuropa]

Where to put them!

CHD files need to be put in their own folders in you main Roms folder.

For example Killer Instinct uses a romfile called kinst.zip and a hard disk file called kinst.chd. First the rom file need to be put (Still zipped!) into the main Mame roms folder (Normally C:\Mame\Roms). You then need to create a new folder in your roms folder called kinst and copy the kinst.chd (Not zipped!) file into it (C:\Mame\Roms\kinst). If you are unsure how to create folders then have a look at the Windows Basics page as it has a description of what to do.

If you've done this correctly then your folder should look something like this...

http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/images/mamechdtree.gif

[FalconYT]

Hi Rockman,

Yes I have done that, but I was just wondering if with all those JAA*.chd, 845*.chd, and so on that seem to be associated with DDR, Guitar Freaks or Beatmania if in fact they went in just one folder... If they all need to be individual folders (based on their ROM name) that's cool.. I just wasn't sure..

Thanks...

[ulaoulao]

RockmanForte, nice job explaining that. :)

CHDs don't need to be in correctly named subdirectories anymore, you can put them wherever you want as long as you add the location to MAME's rompaths. - but auditing them gets to be a pain.

[azoreseuropa]

Thanks, ulaoulao!

Okay, put them into a subdirectory of your "roms" directory with the name of the game the CHD is for. In addition the CHD, you also need the corresponding ROMs for the game to work. To demonstrate:

MameUI32.exe
roms\
area51.zip
area51\
area51.chd

Note that the CHD name does not always directly correspond to the game now. For example, the CHD for Beatmania is named 753jaa11.chd. It would go in a directory called "bm1stmix".

[FalconYT]

Okay,

Got it.... Thanks for the help.. :)

[azoreseuropa]

Does it work?

[FalconYT]

Hi Rockman,

Sorry I have not gotten back to you... I have been accumulating the files that I need and will give it a shot and will let you know.. All those files for DDR and Beatmania and Guitar Freak can make things confusing.. :) How do you know the name of the folder they are supposed to go in if it is not the name of the respective ROM??????

I've gotten Judge Dredd, Killer Instinct 1 and 2 to work... :)

Thanks..

[azoreseuropa]

Great.. You did it! No problem. ENJOY!

Edit: DDR and Beatmania and Guitar Freak works ? Or still confuse ?

[FalconYT]

Kinda confused a bit, how would you be able to tell what the folder name should be if you only have the cryptic jaa*.chd and no description of what that CHD belongs to.... I've run across a few that are just the file names with no real indication of what the folder name should be...

I suppose I could put them all in a main CHD folder and point the CHD path to it... I will be trying it tomorrow and we'll see.. :)

[ulaoulao]

hey falcon dont know if this helps but here..


a51site4
area51
area51mx
area51t
bassangl
biofreak
blitz
blitz2k
blitz99
bm1stmix
bm2ndmix
bm2ndmxa
bm3rdmix
bm4thmix
bm5thmix
bm6thmix
bmcompm2
bmcompmx
bmcorerm
bmdct
boxingm
btchamp
btltryst
calspeda
calspeed
carnevil
cartfury
cndypuzl
code1d
code1db
comebaby
cr589fw
cr589fwa
cryptklr
darkhleg
ddr2m
ddr2mc
ddr2mc2
ddr2ml
ddr3ma
ddr3mj
ddr3mk
ddr3mka
ddr3mp
ddr4m
ddr4mj
ddr4mp
ddr4mps
ddr4ms
ddr4msj
ddr5m
ddra
ddrbocd
ddrextrm
ddrj
ddrja
ddrjb
ddrmax
ddrmax2
ddrs2k
ddrs2kj
ddrsbm
ddru
ddrusa
dmx
dmx2m
dmx2majp
dncfrks
drmn
drmn2m
drmn3m
dsem2
dsfdct
dsfdcta
dsftkd
dstage
fbait2bc
fbaitbc
fbaitmc
fbaitmca
gamecstl
gauntd24
gauntdl
gauntl12
gauntleg
gtfrk11m
gtfrk3ma
gtfrk3mb
gticlub2
gtrfrk2m
gtrfrk3m
gtrfrk4m
gtrfrk5m
gtrfrk6m
gtrfrk7m
gtrfrks
gtrfrksa
haremchl
heatof11
hmcompm2
hmcompmx
hyperath
hyprdriv
jdredd
jdreddb
jojo
jojoalt
jojoba
jpark3
kbm
kbm2nd
kbm3rd
kdeadeye
kinst
kinst2
konam80a
konam80s
lasstixx
lsrquiz
lsrquiz2
mace
macea
maxforce
mfightc
mfightcc
mgprem11
mocapb
mocapbj
mocapglf
nagano98
nbanfl
nbashowt
p911
p9112
p911e
p911j
p911uc
pbball96
pbballex
pcnfrk3m
polystar
popn7
popn9
ppd
ppp
ppp11
ppp2nd
primrag2
qdrmfgp
qdrmfgp2
redearth
roadburn
salarymc
sf2049
sf2049se
sf2049te
sfiii
sfiii2
sfiii2u
sfiii3
sfiii3a
sfiiiu
sfish2
sfrush
sfrushrk
simpbowl
sogeki
sscopex
susume
tenthdeg
thrild2
thrild2a
tokimosh
tokimosp
totlvice
tsurugi
tsurugij
vaportrp
vaportrx
vcircle
warfa
wargods
warzard
wcombaj
wcombak
wcombat
weddingr
wg3dh
xtrial

[FalconYT]

Hi Ulaoulao,

Thanks Very much for that list... I am going to put the all the folder names in my ROMs folder so I'll know what's what... :) and see what else will work for me..

..Falcon