Game Displays as "Out of Range" - How do I fix this? HELP!!!

[javeryh]

How do I force a game to display at a certain resolution?  I have a Happ Vision Pro monitor and I get an "Out of Range" message when I try playing Zoo Keeper.  Is there a quick fix I can add in the cfg file?

[ahofle]

In the game's ini file (ie zookeep.ini) set:
resolution 640x480

(or whatever resolution your game supports).  Doesn't that monitor only support one resolution anyway?  If so, you may want to add that line to the main mame.ini to set it for all games.

[javeryh]

In the game's ini file (ie zookeep.ini) set:
resolution 640x480

(or whatever resolution your game supports).  Doesn't that monitor only support one resolution anyway?  If so, you may want to add that line to the main mame.ini to set it for all games.

Thanks.  I'll try that and hopefully it will work.  I think my monitor is the VGA/CGA version - it's a CRT that's about 4 or 5 years old.

[javeryh]

Hmmm maybe I'm missing something but I don't have any ini files for individual games (I have cfg files though).  Should I create a "zookeep3.ini" file with just the one line in it or should I be editing the cfg file?  Also, does the ini file go in the same folder as the mame.ini file or do I need to put it in an "ini" folder?

Thanks.

[javeryh]

The exact message I'm getting is:

Out of Range

Hf: 30Khz - 38Khz
Vf: 40hz - 150hz

86hz / 43.3hz

I tried "resolution 640x480" and "resolution 800x600" in the zookeep3.ini file (in the ini folder which is where it should be according to the mame.ini file).

Any ideas?

[ahofle]

I assume you are using set 3 of zookeeper.  If so, try this in zookeep3.ini (I think the 0 may be required now):

resolution0 640x480
switchres 1

[javeryh]

Thanks - I will give this a shot.  FYI, in the mame.ini file I have

resolution 640x480
resolution0 auto
resolution1 auto
resolution2 auto
resolution3 auto

Not sure if this makes a difference...

[FrizzleFried]

Get rid of the AUTO resolutions and add the switchres 1 line...

[javeryh]

Get rid of the AUTO resolutions and add the switchres 1 line...

So just delete the "resolution(0-3) auto" lines in the mame.ini file??

[ahofle]

yes and add the switchres.

I'm confused though, you said you were editing the zookeep3.ini -- now you are editing mame.ini?  zookeep3.ini overrides anything you do in mame.ini just so you know.

[javeryh]

my zookeep3.ini file only has the one line in it: "resolution 640x480" (this does not fix the issue)

I'm going to change it to:

resolution0 640x480
switchres 1

and not touch the mame.ini file.  I'll report back!

[JustMichael]

The exact message I'm getting is:

Out of Range

Hf: 30Khz - 38Khz
Vf: 40hz - 150hz

86hz / 43.3hz

The game is supposed to run at 60.xxxx hz for its vertical frequency normally.  I wonder why your video card is putting out such a strange signal.

[javeryh]

my zookeep3.ini file only has the one line in it: "resolution 640x480" (this does not fix the issue)

I'm going to change it to:

resolution0 640x480
switchres 1

and not touch the mame.ini file.  I'll report back!

I'm still trying to sort this out... I'm trying to get Qix up and running as well as Zookeeper with no luck.  I added

resolution0 640x480
switchres 1

to the qix.ini file and still get the same error...  any more ideas?

[javeryh]

OMG I'm going mental.

[CrazyKongFan]

I get some kind of weird error with Zookeeper on my MAME cab too. I don't think it's the same one, but it'll work the first time I run it. If I exit out, then try and run it again, it'll bomb out with some error.

[newmanfamilyvlogs]

Sounds like your system has modelines installed that your monitor cannot display. Maybe use something like VNC to connect to it while the game is running and snoop exactly what res it's switching to?

[JustMichael]

What version of Mame are you running?  The only reference to such a problem I could find was an initial report on MameWorld and that bug is listed as fixed in Mame .123.