Going INSANE please help !

[mgb]

I gotta get on checking out attract mode on my vertical.
Is it real heavy like hyperspin, or should it run well on a p4 running xp?

[Locke141]

I gotta get on checking out attract mode on my vertical.
Is it real heavy like hyperspin, or should it run well on a p4 running xp?

It's not as heavy as hyperspin but I don't know how well it will run on a p4 with XP.  I think its worth a try. If not there's always Atomic FE.

[DietCoke]

I gotta get on checking out attract mode on my vertical.
Is it real heavy like hyperspin, or should it run well on a p4 running xp?

I've got an R9 290x so I can't really comment on the load too much, other than to say that I think some of Hyperspin's problems have nothing to do with heavy utilization and a lot more to do with just crap code.  AttractMode hasn't lagged on me once, while Hyperspin consistently did so.  And the system I'm running it on is in no way underpowered.

[ark_ader]

I've got an R9 290x

Wow.  Can you play Donkey Kong at full speed now?   

[BobA]

I only scanned this topic so forgive me if it is  mentioned before.  Have you tried an earlier version of Mame?  Say in the .60 range.

[Miskatonic]

thanks, everyone, for all your help. Finally got the build working using mala (still on the basic frontend but I will work on that shortly, at least it's working) and the netbook. It seems totally fine for the kind of games I'm wanting to play on it.

It's been fun, aside from the netbook hassles, building this vertical cabinet. I still have work to do on the spinner, it's not that great right now so needs tweaking. using the optical mouse method but I think I might switch to the ball mouse rotary encoder style as it seems less twitchy and smoother from what I've observed.

So, yeah, thanks again to everyone who's put me on the right track. Going to attempt a full sized cab build next with a really big monitor (or maybe flatscreen tv). Such a shame that 4:3 televisions don't come in modern, super light flatscreen style at any large sizes. (or, if they do, I can't find them anywhere.....)

Cheers, folks !

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[Miskatonic]

ONE FINAL THING....

When I'm running most games, the edges of letters and characters are "rounded off". I suppose this is an after effect added by either mala or mame but I don't know how to switch it off. I just want things that are "blocky" to look "blocky". Mario in donkey kong, for example, looks like a rounded off little blob. I mean, it's still obvious as mario but it looks like it has some kind of strange effect on it. I've not enabled any of the effects in mala/mame so I'm presuming it must be something that's on by default. text etc looks rounded off, too, and I'd just like it to be classic looking instead of having the edges taken off.

Any ideas ? Cheers !

[Malenko]

When the game is running hit TAB and go to video options, see if anything is on. AFAIK Mala doesn't turn on any effects by default. My offer to make you a Mala vertical skin is still out there just PM what kind of theme you want and what extras you want enabled (snaps, videos,marquees,etc)

[Miskatonic]

I don't know how to enable marquees and suchlike in mala or where to put them :-/ It would be nice to have videos and suchlike of the games, though, but how much space does that take up and how would I go about making the videos ? Would I just use fraps or is there a way to capture within mame itself ? I'm oblivious to such things :-)