Ugh. messed with this some more. changed orientation value in mame xml for this rom to "1" "90" "180" etc from "0"
saved mame.xml.
made sure mala was pointed to that mame .xml
Refresh game list was grayed out in the options popup on mala. went into options/gamelist and did the update meta data thing.
didn't work. why is my refresh game list always grayed out?
(oh yeah, I took a 6 month break on this issue)
Were you on the ALL GAMES list or were you trying to refresh a smaller gamelist?
I don't think you can refresh the smaller lists that way.
Although the gamelist is created using info from the xml,
once it is created, Mala only uses the gamelist.
So if the xml thing isn't working, you could change the gamelist itself.
(this might actually be easier if changing multiple games on a smaller list)
This is all theory. I haven't actually done it.
Use mlgconverter.exe from this thread:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,101104.0.htmlThat will convert it to a plain text .ini file that you can modify.
Make your changes and convert it back.
I've converted gamelists just to see what information was stored, but I've never tried making changes and converting them back.
I do remember that the gamelist only stores Vertical or Horizontal, not 270, 180, etc.