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08419 Interface Feature Always Sep 18, 2022, 19:34 Sep 18, 2022, 19:47
Tester star2root View Status Public Platform MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To Resolution Won't fix OS
Status [?] Closed Driver
Version 0.247 Fixed in Version Build
Fixed in Git Commit Github Pull Request #
Summary 08419: All with a secondary optional BIOS: MAME should not prevent running a system if a BIOS that is not selected is not present.
Description An error should be thrown a the time the BIOS is actually attempting to load. Missing additional BIOS ROMs should not prevent a system from running if they are not needed.
Steps To Reproduce Use any system, delete a BIOS ROM that replaces another one when selected and try to run the system emulation from the builtin GUI.
Additional Information I think the way to fix this might be to mark the ROM as optional and the change the way optional ROMs are handled so that it distinguishes between an invalid check sum and file not found. If the check sum is invalid, it should throw a warning and continue because someone might be testing or debugging a ROM, but if the file is missing at the time of loading, it should throw an error and abort.

Saying this is too hard to fix or saying this is how it works is NOT a reason to mark this issue as invalid. Marking this as invalid without discussion is necessarily aggressive and counter productive. MAME should be throwing an error at the time MAME actually attempts to load the ROM, not when the emulation is launched. Saying "oh, just launch it from the command line" is NOT answer, as that simply makes the user interface pointless. If you are going to have a GUI, then support it and make it work PROPERLY. If here is a problem where this was reported incorrectly, we should discuss it first before marking it as invalid without discussion.
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duplicate of 08418Closed all with a secondary optional BIOS: MAME should not prevent running a system if a BIOS that is not selected is not present. 
duplicate of 08415Closed  apple3: The Rob Justice SOSHDBOOT ROM should be marked as optional, not required 
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