03375: MAME cannot read large rom filenames

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
03375	Interface	Feature	Always	Aug 5, 2009, 10:24	Aug 5, 2009, 11:54

Tester	-Misc Reporters-	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To		Resolution	Suspended	OS
Status [?]	Closed			Driver
Version	0.133u1	Fixed in Version		Build	I686
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	03375: MAME cannot read large rom filenames
Description	I have renames "ssf2a.zip" to "Super_Street_Fighter_2_-_The_New_challengers_(Asia_931005).zip" and says: No games found. Please check the rompath... I did not see anything mentioned in the FAQ or similar.
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Additional Information	Taro aka. Javier Donoso
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No.04770 Haze Senior Tester Aug 5, 2009, 11:12	It's not meant to.
No.04771 Tafoid Administrator Aug 5, 2009, 11:54	MAME only looks for the setname for a given game. Setnames are meant to be small for ease of use and development and will only be a maximum of 8 characters (for parent sets) and 16 characters (for clones with different regions/revisions). I personally cannot see an advantage allowing full names to be entered on command line. If it's a matter of being able to tell what a set is - simply type "MAME" and type in the setname and the menu will show you what the fullname is.

No.04770

Haze

Senior Tester

Aug 5, 2009, 11:12

It's not meant to.

No.04771

Tafoid

Administrator

Aug 5, 2009, 11:54

MAME only looks for the setname for a given game. Setnames are meant to be small for ease of use and development and will only be a maximum of 8 characters (for parent sets) and 16 characters (for clones with different regions/revisions). I personally cannot see an advantage allowing full names to be entered on command line. If it's a matter of being able to tell what a set is - simply type "MAME" and type in the setname and the menu will show you what the fullname is.