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Vector ini in Mame
« on: April 03, 2013, 09:49:12 pm »
Hello, I am running one of the newer versions of Mame.  I remember there used to be a way to change the resolution of vector games.  Does anyone know how to do this?  So that when I run Mame, regular games run at one resolution and vector games run at another.  Does Mame pick up a vector.ini ?

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Re: Vector ini in Mame
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2013, 10:14:48 pm »
-resolution 800x600x32
Added command line condition for each vector rom in mala.

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Re: Vector ini in Mame
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2013, 12:45:44 am »
Mame does indeed load up Vector.ini (Launch MAME and it checks mame.ini first, then Vector.ini if it's a Vector).

I use it to shut off the scanline overlay and tweak some beam prefs.

Code: [Select]
screen0                   \\.\DISPLAY1
aspect0                   auto
resolution0               640x480@0
view0                     auto

Just throw that in Vector.ini and change the 640x480 part to whatever resolution you'd like it to be.

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Re: Vector ini in Mame
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2013, 08:13:24 am »
Thanks!  I am going to use a different resolution to shut off the SLG mini!

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Re: Vector ini in Mame
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2013, 07:31:03 pm »
What version are you using?  I am currently running 130 and Vector.ini does not work.  I even copied the entire Mame.ini to Vector.ini and just changed the resolution.  Did not work.

Thanks for your help,
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Re: Vector ini in Mame
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2013, 09:25:34 pm »
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Re: Vector ini in Mame
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2013, 09:35:49 pm »
OK-I will update to 149 when it comes out and try it again.

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Re: Vector ini in Mame
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2013, 01:10:25 am »
Make sure you don't have an existing ini for the specific game you are trying because it will override anything in vector.ini.

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Re: Vector ini in Mame
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2013, 08:57:43 am »
Thanks!  That's in the CFG folder right?  I will take a look.  Thanks for the tip.

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Re: Vector ini in Mame
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2013, 12:13:00 am »
It's under the 'ini' folder.