Some clarification about Cores please

Libretro Lakka
#1

Hi, I’ve been reading around the forum and github and there’s something I don’t understand. I made a fresh install of the latest Lakka from the nighties (2016-05-11 if I’m not wrong), just to avoid using the update assets, etc that I was using (wrongly from what I read, cause the update was picking older things instead of newers), and after the fresh install, when I see the cores, there’s some of them missing, like bnes-mercury, MAME2014, etc… is there any specific reason for that ? Is Lakka/RA dropping them by any reason ? Or just missing…

Also, Thumbails update is not working anymore for me, is it only me ?

Thanks, hope Lakka keeps getting better and better, is really awesome.

#2

Lakka doesn’t package all cores for all devices, IIRC.

The thumbnail server exceeded its bandwidth allocation. It’ll be fixed in time for the next update.

#3

So, if I want to add Lakka the MAME 2014 core (my few roms are set to that version of MAME), is there any way to do it ?

#4

From what we have heard here in the forums and on github, the MAME 2014 core unintentionally disappeared from Lakka during the recent builds and is supposed to reappear soon.

#5

I removed the recent MAME because this core weight almost 100MB and I want to keep the images at a reasonable size.

What game is supported by MAME 2014 that is not playable through FBA or MAME2003?

#6

[QUOTE=Kivutar;40667]I removed the recent MAME because this core weight almost 100MB and I want to keep the images at a reasonable size.

What game is supported by MAME 2014 that is not playable through FBA or MAME2003?[/QUOTE]

For me, the answer to that question is Gauntlet Legends, Gauntlet Legacy, and maybe also the Area 51 franchise.

Does a core like MAME 2010 / MAME 0.139 have the same filesize issue as MAME 2014?

Is there some way that additional MAME cores could be made available, but only via copying the Core ourselves in a similar way to how BIOS files are added? Or something like having the Lakka system download and compile the Core via SSH? That way only people who have a need and a willingness to customize would be affected by the larger file size of the additional MAME core.