Hi All,
This might be a bit of a long post, so bare with me.
I recently picked up a new Z97 motherboard and an Intel i4790k CPU for a new build. Before I installed Windows 7 on it, I wanted to see if I could get Windows XP x64 running on it with Groovymame. For those of you not aware, it is a lot more difficult to run XP on modern motherboards as Intel and other vendors simply aren't producing drivers for the aging OS anymore. Anyway, I managed to get XP x64 up and running on it, mainly thanks to Fernando's modified AHCI textmode drivers (
http://www.win-raid.com/t22f23-Guide-Integration-of-Intels-AHCI-RAID-drivers-into-a-Windows-XP-W-k-W-k-CD.html). I then set-up Groovymame in next to no time and had it working normally, running all games in their native resolutions on my tri-sync monitor thanks to magic resolutions.
Cool. Now to attempt the same Groovymame set-up, but this time with Windows 7 (this is my second attempt to get Groovymame working in Windows 7, the first time I failed
and I have since stuck with XP x64 for Groovymame). So I think I have now completed all the necessary steps for installing and configuring Groovymame, including the super resolutions configuration. When I select a ROM such as Double Dragon from within Groovymame to play, I get a weird aspect ratio (native res is 256 x 240, but switchres selects 2560 x 512) and the game play speed fluctuates over 100% and the music sounds like it's an octave up. Street Fighter II looks ok, but it is playing at 101%. I didn't have any of these speed or music sound issues on XP. Is someone able to have a quick look at my installation / configuration steps below and let me know where I have gone wrong, please?
Here are the steps that I took.
Installed Windows 7.
Installed all Windows updates
Installed Mame64 v0.157 to C:\MAME\
Replaced mame64.exe with Groovymame executable (x64 v0.157)
Extracted CRT_Emudriver (1.2b (Catalyst 13.1) for Windows 7-64 + VMMaker + Arcade_OSD 1.4) to C:\VMMAKER\
Ran C:\VMMAKER\DRIVER\SETUP.EXE with admin privledges to install Calamity's driver for the ATI 4350 graphics card
Modified VMMAKER.ini as per below
; VideoModeMaker - Options
; ------------------------
; 1. MAME
; -------
; Path for Mame executable, in case we want to extract xml information from it.
MameExe = "C:\MAME\mame64.exe"
; Path for Mame ini folder, in case we want to create an ini file for each game.
; Important: existing ini files will be overwritten.
IniPath = "\Emu\Mame\ini\"
; Mame options.
ListFromXML = 0 ; Processes Mame XML and get video mode list from it
GenerateXML = 0 ; Extracts XML from Mame (only needed once)
OnlyListMain = 0 ; Only list resolutions for games contained in MameMain.txt
GenerateInis = 0 ; Creates an ini file for each Mame game, in the IniPath folder
SDLMame = 0 ; Use SDLMame specific options
; Monitor orientation
MonitorHorizontal = 1 ; 0 = Rotating monitor: horizontal and vertical games at their native resolution
; Suitable for users that physically rotate their CRTs
; 1 = Horizontal monitor: horizontal games run at their native resolution and
; vertical games are rotated to fit in horizontal monitor
RotatingDesktop = 0 ; Specifies if both desktop and monitor are rotated
; Aspect ratio for vertical games on horizontal monitor
; 4:3 (keeps original aspect ratio)
; 3:3 (stretches to square format)
; 3:4 (stretches to full screen)
; h:v (custom aspect ratio)
VerticalAspect = "4:3"
; 2. MONITOR
; ----------
; Monitor Type. Valid types: D9800, D9400, D9200, EGA, VGA, MULTI, H9110, PAL, NTSC, GENERIC, CUSTOM
; MonitorType = "CUSTOM"
MonitorType = "CUSTOM"
monitor_specs0 15450.00-16050.00, 55-65, 3.19, 4.75, 6.45, 0.191, 0.191, 1.164, 0, 0, 288, 448
monitor_specs1 23900.00-24900.00, 55-65, 2.87, 3.0, 4.44, 0.451, 0.164, 1.148, 0, 0, 480, 768
monitor_specs2 31000.00-32000.00, 55-65, 0.33, 3.58, 1.75, 0.316, 0.063, 1.137, 0, 0, 576, 768
; Monitor CUSTOM. These values will be used if MonitorType = "CUSTOM"
;
; monitor_specs_0-6 = "HfreqMin-HfreqMax, VfreqMin,VfreqMax, HFrontPorch, HSyncPulse, HBackPorch, VfrontPorch, VSyncPulse, VBackPorch, HSyncPol, VSyncPol, ActiveLinesLimit, VirtualLinesLimit"
;
; * HfreqMin-HfreqMax: Minimum and maximum horizontal frequency, in Hz. Defines the range of horizontal frequencies the monitor is capable to sync.
; The higher the horizontal frequency, the higher the vertical resolution available for the same vertical refresh.
; The higher the horizontal frequency, the higher the vertical refresh available for the same vertical resolution.
; The higher the horizontal frequency, the lower the horizontal amplitude of active video (narrower picture).
;
; * VFreqMin-VfreqMax: Minimum and maximum vertical frequency, in Hz, Defines the range of vertical frequencies the monitor is capable to sync.
;
; * HFrontPorch, HSyncPulse, HBackPorch: Horizontal timing and geometry, values in µs
;
; * VfrontPorch, VSyncPulse, VBackPorch: Vertical timing and geometry, values in ms
;
; * HSyncPol,VSyncPol: polarities, not in use! defaults to negative.
;
; * ActiveLinesLimit: Vertical resolutions until ActiveLinesLimit value included, are generated as progressive, regardless the possibility
; of obtaining the required vertical refresh value.
;
; * VirtualLinesLimit: Vertical resolutions above ActiveLinesLimit and below VirtualLinesLimit are virtualized, that is, an interlaced resolution
; bigger that the native one is generated, with the right refresh, and "hardware stretch" is applied.
; Vertical resolutions above VirtulaLinesLimit are generated as interlaced, without any stretching.
; monitor_specs0 15625-16200, 49.50-65.00, 2.000, 4.700, 8.000, 0.064, 0.160, 1.056, 0, 0, 288, 400
; Tolerance for horizontal frequency, in kHz, enables extending the range defined by [ HfreqMin, HfreqMax ]
; The resulting allowed frequency range will be [ HfreqMin - HfreqTolerance, HfreqMax + HfreqTolerance ]
HfreqTolerance = 0.010
; 3. MODELINE GENERATOR
; ---------------------
; Total number of modelines to generate. Here are the recommended values for each driver version:
; CRT_Emudriver, based on Catalyst 6.5: 160 modes (accepts up to 200, but above 160 HyperSpin will refuse to load)
; CRT_Emudriver, based on Catalyst 9.3: 120 modes (accepts some more but above 120 you can get some blue screens)
; Regular Catalyst : 60 modes (won't accept any more)
TotalModes = 120
; If enabled, only creates modes with 32 bits per pixel color depth
Only32BPPModes = 0
; Method for mode table generation. If Mame xml is processed, that will create a lot of different video modes, so the mode table
; will be optimized keeping the most relevant ones, and dropping the rest, to keep below the TotalModes value.
;
; 0 = Static table: modelines are generated keeping their original vertical refresh. This method is intended to be used in
; combination with ini files for each game.
;
; 1 = Dynamic table: a table of dummy modes is created using xres and yres values while ignoring vfreq. This method is intended
; to be used in combination with Switchres or Groovymame. No ini files are required using this method (you should disable the
; GenerateInis option).
;
; 2 = Magic table: a table of 'magic resolutions' is created, by ignoring xres and vfreq and just keeping yres. This method greatly reduces
; the total number of modes in the list. It's only supported by GroovyMAME, and is intended as a workaround for the Hyperspin issue.
ModeTableMethod_Custom = 0
ModeTableMethod_XML = 1
; Minimum resolution values (these will be used instead of lower values)
XresMin_XML = 240
YresMin_XML = 224
YresRound_XML = 4
XresMin_Custom = 240
YresMin_Custom = 160
YresRound_Custom = 0
; Minimum dotclock value allowed by the video card, in MHz (i.e. DotClockMin = 7.010)
DotClockMin = 0
; Number of iterations used by the mode generator [0,5]. The higher the number of iterations, the bigger the accuracy of the vertical
; refreshed obtained, normally at the cost of increasing the horizontal frequency strictly required.
Iterations = 0
; Specifies if the refresh label is multiplied by 10 before rounding (experimental).
VFreqLabelx10 = 0
; 4. DRIVER
; ---------
; Display name to use as target
DisplayName = "\\.\DISPLAY1"
; Path for the driver folder
DriverPath = ".\Driver\"
; If UpdateRegistry is enabled, UpdateDriver will only work if the driver version found in DriverPath matches the one installed
; in the system.
UpdateRegistry = 1 ; Specifies if the video card registry section will be updated with the new video modes
; (will only work in combination with CRT_EMUDriver).
UpdateDriver = 0 ; Specifies if the driver files in DriverPath will be updated with the new video modes, for
; future installations.
AnyCatalyst = 0 ; Allows modelines to be installed for any Catalyst version. This option is experimental and
; known to produce some problems.
Ran C:\VMMAKER\VMMAKER.EXE with admin privledges
Rebooted
Modified MAME.ini as per below
#
# CORE CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
#
readconfig 1
writeconfig 0
#
# CORE SEARCH PATH OPTIONS
#
rompath roms
hashpath hash
samplepath samples
artpath artwork
ctrlrpath ctrlr
inipath .;ini
fontpath .
cheatpath cheat
crosshairpath crosshair
#
# CORE OUTPUT DIRECTORY OPTIONS
#
cfg_directory cfg
nvram_directory nvram
input_directory inp
state_directory sta
snapshot_directory snap
diff_directory diff
comment_directory comments
#
# CORE OUTPUT DIRECTORY OPTIONS
#
hiscore_directory hi
#
# CORE STATE/PLAYBACK OPTIONS
#
state
autosave 0
playback
record
mngwrite
aviwrite
wavwrite
snapname %g/%i
snapsize auto
snapview internal
snapbilinear 1
statename %g
burnin 0
#
# CORE PERFORMANCE OPTIONS
#
autoframeskip 0
frameskip 0
seconds_to_run 0
throttle 1
syncrefresh 0
sleep 1
speed 1.0
refreshspeed 0
#
# CORE ROTATION OPTIONS
#
rotate 1
ror 0
rol 0
autoror 0
autorol 0
flipx 0
flipy 0
#
# CORE ARTWORK OPTIONS
#
artwork_crop 1
use_backdrops 0
use_overlays 0
use_bezels 0
use_cpanels 0
use_marquees 0
#
# CORE SCREEN OPTIONS
#
brightness 1.0
contrast 1.0
gamma 1.0
pause_brightness 0.65
effect none
#
# CORE VECTOR OPTIONS
#
antialias 1
beam 1.0
flicker 0
#
# CORE SOUND OPTIONS
#
samplerate 48000
samples 1
volume 0
#
# CORE INPUT OPTIONS
#
coin_lockout 1
ctrlr
mouse 0
joystick 1
lightgun 0
multikeyboard 0
multimouse 0
steadykey 0
ui_active 0
offscreen_reload 0
joystick_map auto
joystick_deadzone 0.3
joystick_saturation 0.85
natural 0
joystick_contradictory 0
coin_impulse 0
#
# CORE INPUT AUTOMATIC ENABLE OPTIONS
#
paddle_device keyboard
adstick_device keyboard
pedal_device keyboard
dial_device keyboard
trackball_device keyboard
lightgun_device keyboard
positional_device keyboard
mouse_device mouse
#
# CORE DEBUGGING OPTIONS
#
update_in_pause 0
debugscript
#
# CORE MISC OPTIONS
#
drc 1
drc_use_c 0
drc_log_uml 0
drc_log_native 0
bios
cheat 0
skip_gameinfo 0
uifont default
ramsize
confirm_quit 0
ui_mouse 0
autoboot_command
autoboot_delay 2
autoboot_script
http 0
http_port 8080
http_path web
console 0
#
# CORE MKChamp OPTIONS
#
disable_hiscore_patch 0
disable_nagscreen_patch 1
disable_loading_patch 1
#
# CORE SWITCHRES OPTIONS
#
modeline_generation 1
monitor ms2930
orientation horizontal
connector auto
interlace 1
doublescan 1
cleanstretch 2
changeres 1
powerstrip 0
lock_system_modes 1
lock_unsupported_modes 1
refresh_dont_care 0
dotclock_min 0
sync_refresh_tolerance 2.0
frame_delay 0
black_frame_insertion 0
modeline auto
ps_timing auto
lcd_range auto
crt_range0 auto
crt_range1 auto
crt_range2 auto
crt_range3 auto
crt_range4 auto
crt_range5 auto
crt_range6 auto
crt_range7 auto
crt_range8 auto
crt_range9 auto
#
# OSD DEBUGGING OPTIONS
#
log 0
verbose 0
debug 0
debugger auto
oslog 0
watchdog 0
#
# OSD PERFORMANCE OPTIONS
#
multithreading 1
numprocessors auto
bench 0
#
# OSD VIDEO OPTIONS
#
video auto
numscreens 1
window 0
maximize 1
keepaspect 0
unevenstretch 0
waitvsync 0
#
# OSD PER-WINDOW VIDEO OPTIONS
#
screen auto
aspect auto
#resolution auto
resolution 2560x0
view auto
screen0 auto
aspect0 auto
resolution0 auto
view0 auto
screen1 auto
aspect1 auto
resolution1 auto
view1 auto
screen2 auto
aspect2 auto
resolution2 auto
view2 auto
screen3 auto
aspect3 auto
resolution3 auto
view3 auto
#
# OSD FULL SCREEN OPTIONS
#
switchres 1
#
# OSD SOUND OPTIONS
#
sound auto
audio_latency 2.0
#
# WINDOWS DEBUGGING OPTIONS
#
debugger_font "Lucida Console"
debugger_font_size 9
#
# WINDOWS PERFORMANCE OPTIONS
#
priority 0
profile 0
#
# WINDOWS VIDEO OPTIONS
#
prescale 1
menu 0
#
# DIRECTDRAW-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
#
hwstretch 0
#
# DIRECT3D-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
#
filter 0
#
# DIRECT3D POST-PROCESSING OPTIONS
#
hlsl_enable 0
hlslpath hlsl
hlsl_prescale_x 0
hlsl_prescale_y 0
hlsl_preset -1
hlsl_write
hlsl_snap_width 2048
hlsl_snap_height 1536
shadow_mask_alpha 0.0
shadow_mask_texture aperture.png
shadow_mask_x_count 320
shadow_mask_y_count 240
shadow_mask_usize 0.09375
shadow_mask_vsize 0.109375
curvature 0.03
pincushion 0.03
scanline_alpha 1.0
scanline_size 1.0
scanline_height 1.0
scanline_bright_scale 1.0
scanline_bright_offset 0.0
scanline_jitter 0.0
defocus 0.0,0.0
converge_x 0.3,0.0,-0.3
converge_y 0.0,0.3,-0.3
radial_converge_x 0.0,0.0,0.0
radial_converge_y 0.0,0.0,0.0
red_ratio 1.0,0.0,0.0
grn_ratio 0.0,1.0,0.0
blu_ratio 0.0,0.0,1.0
saturation 1.4
offset 0.0,0.0,0.0
scale 0.95,0.95,0.95
power 0.8,0.8,0.8
floor 0.05,0.05,0.05
phosphor_life 0.4,0.4,0.4
#
# NTSC POST-PROCESSING OPTIONS
#
yiq_enable 0
yiq_cc 3.59754545
yiq_a 0.5
yiq_b 0.5
yiq_o 1.570796325
yiq_p 1.0
yiq_n 1.0
yiq_y 6.0
yiq_i 1.2
yiq_q 0.6
yiq_scan_time 52.6
yiq_phase_count 2
#
# VECTOR POST-PROCESSING OPTIONS
#
vector_length_scale 0.8
vector_length_ratio 500.0
#
# BLOOM POST-PROCESSING OPTIONS
#
vector_bloom_scale 0.3
raster_bloom_scale 0.225
bloom_lvl0_weight 1.0
bloom_lvl1_weight 0.21
bloom_lvl2_weight 0.19
bloom_lvl3_weight 0.17
bloom_lvl4_weight 0.15
bloom_lvl5_weight 0.14
bloom_lvl6_weight 0.13
bloom_lvl7_weight 0.12
bloom_lvl8_weight 0.11
bloom_lvl9_weight 0.10
bloom_lvl10_weight 0.09
#
# FULL SCREEN OPTIONS
#
triplebuffer 0
full_screen_brightness 1.0
full_screen_contrast 1.0
full_screen_gamma 1.0
#
# INPUT DEVICE OPTIONS
#
dual_lightgun 0
Renamed "ReslList.txt - super" to "ReslList.txt"
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