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Upside down mounted LCD + Emulators questions
« on: August 10, 2011, 07:07:41 pm »
I've decided to mount my LCD upside down for the better viewing angle and was wondering if there are any emulators I'll run across that WON'T flip the screen.

I haven't had a chance to get round to the software side of things yet, so can't test myself and didn't find a post on it.

I know Mame will, but what about N64, SNES etc and normal PC games?

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Re: Upside down mounted LCD + Emulators questions
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2011, 07:19:28 pm »
Upside down?  Like reverse with a mirror?
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Re: Upside down mounted LCD + Emulators questions
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2011, 07:26:35 pm »
Upside down?  Like reverse with a mirror?

The opposite to the right way up, isn't that upside down? ???

Edit - sorry should have said, I mean the LCD is in a cocktail cabinet.
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Re: Upside down mounted LCD + Emulators questions
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2011, 07:57:19 pm »
If you set your display settings in Windows for 180 degree rotation, all the emulators should run normally and it should display upside down (the way you want).

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Re: Upside down mounted LCD + Emulators questions
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2011, 07:59:41 pm »
Ah okay brilliant, I thought perhaps some emulators may force it back to the original orientation or something.  Anyway, good to know - cheers.

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Re: Upside down mounted LCD + Emulators questions
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2011, 05:33:50 pm »
Directdraw based stuff has problems with monitor rotation.  It will display an error

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Re: Upside down mounted LCD + Emulators questions
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2011, 08:53:59 pm »
hold CTRL+ALT and press the down arrow
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Re: Upside down mounted LCD + Emulators questions
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2011, 11:16:10 am »
hold CTRL+ALT and press the down arrow

Sorry bit late to the reply, but this doesn't do anything.

Do I not need to set it in my graphics card options?  Also will it stay rotated when I next restart Windows?

Thanks

Edit - think I got it, Right click desktop>Orientation>Landscape(flipped) - is that all I need to do?
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Re: Upside down mounted LCD + Emulators questions
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2011, 06:23:05 pm »
that too.

in windows (XP, Fista, and 7) that key combo will flip the display , it can also rotate if you hit the other directions (<,>,^)
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