Software problems or glitches after adding rotation?

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BadMouth:

--- Quote from: DaOld Man on November 06, 2012, 10:07:34 am ---Have you tried a previous version of mala?

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I hadn't before. I tried v1.74 just now and it works fine.
Had to use AVI files since MP4's aren't supported in that version.

For the sake of testing, I tried using AVI files with the new version(v1.745) and still had the issue.
I also tried it without the display delay enabled in Mala.
Without the display delay, MAME stays fullscreen and works, but I can still hear the video preview playing in the background.

Looks like it's an issue introduced with Mala's new video player.
It's a fairly minor issue on a WIP Mala build. Do you think you'll mess with it?

DaOld Man:
It sure sounds like a problem with Mala, maybe you ask about it over in the Mala forum.

TopJimmyCooks:
My bat files and mala/startcom setup don't rotate back to horizontal on game exit. Mala does switch the layout orientation to match the screen. I have another, different bat file that rotates the screen to horizontal upon mala exit, to be able to look at everything else in windows correctly while outside Mala.

Therefore, If I have mala and the screen vertical and exit the system via windows/momentary system power switch, it comes back up vertical and mala remembers to use vertical layout. If I exit mala to windows it will rotate horizontal after mala exit, so the next time you start mala the screen is horizontal and the layout is vertical/sideways. I never really pursued fixing this - I just mapped the pause button so that it flips the layout while Mala is active.

I don't use videos so I don't have any info on that issue. I would love for mala to always start with a layout coordinated with the screen orientation, but that's a complex issue that not a lot of people would use.

DaOld Man:

--- Quote from: TopJimmyCooks on November 09, 2012, 12:30:38 pm ---...I would love for mala to always start with a layout coordinated with the screen orientation, but that's a complex issue that not a lot of people would use.

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I do have a small program that will look at the printer port inputs before starting mala, to detect if the monitor is horz or vert, and start mala in the appropiate orientation based on that.
The idea is to have this program in the startup folder of windows, then let it start Mala.
It does read the printer port, so your limits will need to tie to the printer port, if your present setup does not use the printer port, you can add additional limits that tie to it.
If you dont have a printer port, but do have the 9 pin serial port, I have done some work with the serial port. There are two inputs on it, and with a ittle tweaking I can modify my program to look at those inputs instead of the printer port ones.
Let me know if it interests you.

Update: I guess if you couldnt get your printer port to work before, it probably wont work with the program I just mentioned.

BadMouth:
I made a quick fix for having Mala start on horizontal every time (since I have the monitor rotate on exit every time).
Added:

--- Code: ---@echo off
Copy /Y "C:\Emulators\Mala\horizontal.ini" "C:\Emulators\Mala\mala.ini"
--- End code ---
to the rotate on exit batch file.

horizontal.ini is just mala.ini with horizontal settings saved.
Of course, the gamelist and game you were on won't be the last one you were on.
It will be whatever you were on when horizontal.ini was created.

I messed around a little bit trying to make a batch file that would just swap in the single vertical=0 line to mala.ini, but it was a bit over my head.

Not too worried about it, as I just wanted a temporary fix while I'm setting things up.
Once the cab is set up, I won't bother having the monitor rotate to horizontal on exit any more.

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