Software Support > Automated Projects |
Where is the rotation data for each game in mame? |
<< < (2/5) > >> |
TopJimmyCooks:
Ok, here's where I am after further poking around. I don't think any orientation data comes from mame.xml. MaLa with Startcom orients properly without having a mame.xml in the Mame folder, and changes to mame.xml have no effect. This makes sense because mame.xml is generated upon command from the mame executable, all the information in .xml is derived from the mame executable. Nothing that I know of reads information from mame.xml except stuff like clrmamepro and maybe control panel display programs. So rather than change the mame code for each driver and recompile, is there some way to intercept or change the data MaLa is taking from Mame.exe for monitor orientation? This is starting to be a MaLa question, since you said Startcom gets it's variable passed from MaLa, not directly from anywhere else. (for about the fourth time this week, I wish Loadman wasn't lost out in the real world these days!) I am using Orientation rather than Rotation for clarity. Rotation of the picture on the screen is doable with .ini files, but I can't affect orientation (so far) with .ini's. Forgive me if I'm being stupid about this- software's my weaker area. I know orientation could be changed with a batch wrapper for the given rom, but I've managed to avoid doing that so far and would like to stay simple. This would be a good type of control to have. |
DaOld Man:
Im working on a fix for you hang on.. |
DaOld Man:
The fix I had in mind aint gonna work. I was going to add another list to startcom, similar to the "vertical emulators" list, except I was going to have it to where you could add a rom name, followed by a -h for horz or a -v for vertical. Example: pacman.zip -h This would work fine as far as turning your monitor, but mame will turn the game to it's orientation, so I think you will have a vertically turned monitor with the game being displayed horizontal. Have you search for a rom organizing program? Im sure someone out there has one that will let you change certain things (such as orientation) per game. |
TopJimmyCooks:
Don't worry about it. It's low priority right now. I would like to solve it at some point; maybe when Loadman comes around we can see if the orientation can be intercepted and changed before it passes to the plugin. Thanks for your help as always. |
TopJimmyCooks:
DaOld Man: posted a vid on my cab thread showing autorotation via MaLa (near the end of the vid). Take a look if you get a sec. |
Navigation |
Message Index |
Next page |
Previous page |