How can I add a MAME 2014 core (or other modern stable MAME core)?

Libretro Lakka
#1

I’m not particularly experienced with the MAME ecosystem, so the idea that there are some ‘standard profiles’ for MAME (MAME 2000, MAME 2003, MAME 2014, etc) is appealing in that it reduces the amount of variables in an already complicated project.

For my Lakka project, I definitely want to incorporate MAME. I’d like my MAME to be based on something more recent than 2003, so I have my eyes on MAME 2014, in other words MAME 0.159.

I think I’ve wrapped my head around the playlist format and with Lakka in general. With that under my belt, could someone point me in the right direction for adding a MAME 2014 core?

#2

[QUOTE=t_m_c;37490]I’m not particularly experienced with the MAME ecosystem, so the idea that there are some ‘standard profiles’ for MAME (MAME 2000, MAME 2003, MAME 2014, etc) is appealing in that it reduces the amount of variables in an already complicated project.

For my Lakka project, I definitely want to incorporate MAME. I’d like my MAME to be based on something more recent than 2003, so I have my eyes on MAME 2014, in other words MAME 0.157.

I think I’ve wrapped my head around the playlist format and with Lakka in general. With that under my belt, could someone point me in the right direction for adding a MAME 2014 core?[/QUOTE]

mame 2014 core is already added in latest nightly http://sources.lakka.tv/nightly/

#3

Nice! Thank you for the help.

#4

I’m back. I’ve tried the new stable release as well as the latest release in the development folder (Lakka-Generic.x86_64-devel-20160511215003-r21438-g88de891.tar) neither one release includes a MAME 2014 Core (only MAME 2003 and FBA-next). I should mention that this is the PC/Generic Lakka image.

Is there a way for me to add this core myself? Again, I’m just looking for the right starting point.

There are a lot of search results involving adding MAME cores to Retroarch but a lot of the pages I’m finding are inconclusive about how to approach this situation in the Lakka environment.

#5

I’m using the same nightly (r21438 for x84_64 generic) and noticed the same problem. The directory “/tmp/cores” has a *.so for only mame2003, though there are *.info files for mame2000,2003,2010,2014.

it looks like the *.so files weren’t packaged with this nightly build