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| danny_galaga:
Sounds noobi-ish. Ive been using mame (v78) for years, mostly on win98, without any probs. But now I've fixed up my cab with a new 'puter, and XP. I can't seem to get the games running a full screen. There's a huge black border around it. Particularly vertically. Previously, when it was on tinyxp, i found a workaround by inventing the 'danny' aspect ratio of 6:5. I'm sure I did a couple of other things too, but I can't recall. Anyway, with a new install of real XP, and new install of mame, I cant seem to change the aspect ratio. See attached. What's going on? What should I be looking for so that I can have a full screen of MAME goodness? Don't get hung up on the aspect ratio thing either, that was a desperate workaround. All I want is a full screen (",) |
| DaOld Man:
I know older versions of command line Mame have an argument called -hws (hardware stretch) that fits the game to my desktop LCD screen. Im not sure about that version you are using, maybe look for hardware stretch in the options? |
| danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on March 11, 2011, 10:54:41 pm ---I know older versions of command line Mame have an argument called -hws (hardware stretch) that fits the game to my desktop LCD screen. Im not sure about that version you are using, maybe look for hardware stretch in the options? --- End quote --- Just had a look for it, and realised that also is greyed out in the screenshot. Why are the two things I want to change greyed out? This is some sorta Murphys law :D |
| DaOld Man:
I must be getting sleepy, I didnt even see that option first time. I dont have any idea why it is greyed out. Have you tried running a game in command line with the -hws argument? |
| danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on March 11, 2011, 11:09:18 pm ---I must be getting sleepy, I didnt even see that option first time. I dont have any idea why it is greyed out. Have you tried running a game in command line with the -hws argument? --- End quote --- I actually wouldn't know how! I use mame32. But I'm guessing the hws thing would be in a file. I looked in the mame32.ini file. I highlighted the bit I think is the equivalent of what you are talking about. Is there anything in this list that looks like I should change?: ### Mame32.ini ### ### Frontend Related ### clones 1 ### Windows path and directory options ### rompath roms samplepath samples inipath ini cfg_directory cfg nvram_directory nvram memcard_directory memcard input_directory inp hiscore_directory hi state_directory sta artwork_directory artwork snapshot_directory snap diff_directory diff ctrlr_directory ctrlr cheat_file cheat.dat history_file history.dat mameinfo_file mameinfo.dat ### Windows video options ### autoframeskip 0 frameskip 0 waitvsync 0 triplebuffer 1 window 0 ddraw 1 direct3d hwstretch 1 cleanstretch auto resolution auto zoom 2 refresh 0 scanlines 0 switchres 1 switchbpp 1 maximize 1 keepaspect 1 matchrefresh 0 syncrefresh 0 throttle 1 full_screen_brightness 1.000000 frames_to_run 0 effect none screen_aspect 4:3 sleep 0 rdtsc 1 high_priority 0 ### Windows Direct3D 2D video options ### d3dtexmanage 1 d3dfilter 1 d3dfeedback 0 d3dscan 100 d3deffectrotate 1 d3dprescale auto d3deffect auto # d3dcustom <NULL> (not set) # d3dexpert <NULL> (not set) ### Windows sound options ### audio_latency 1 ### Input device options ### mouse 0 joystick 1 lightgun 0 dual_lightgun 0 offscreen_reload 0 steadykey 0 keyboard_leds 0 a2d_deadzone 0.300000 ctrlr Standard ### Mame CORE video options ### norotate 0 ror 0 rol 0 autoror 0 autorol 1 flipx 0 flipy 0 debug_resolution auto gamma 1.000000 brightness 1.000000 pause_brightness 0.650000 ### Mame CORE vector game options ### antialias 1 translucency 1 beam 1.000000 flicker 0.000000 intensity 1.500000 ### Mame CORE sound options ### samplerate 44100 samples 1 resamplefilter 1 sound 1 volume 0 ### Mame CORE misc options ### artwork 1 use_backdrops 1 use_overlays 1 use_bezels 1 artwork_crop 0 artwork_resolution 0 cheat 0 debug 0 # playback <NULL> (not set) # record <NULL> (not set) log 0 maxlogsize 10000 oslog 0 skip_disclaimer 1 skip_gameinfo 1 crconly 0 bios 0 ### Configuration options ### readconfig 1 verbose 0 |
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