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Setting up Mame / Mala with rotating CRT (Mrotate4)
DaOld Man:
Check out this thread:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,112254.msg1191053.html#msg1191053
DaOld Man:
startcom is a mala plugin.
When a game is selected to run (from mala), it reads the games orientation from the xml file and passes that to startcom, startcom then starts the program used to control the rotation motor.
Then it handles mala screen positioning, etc.
Startcom has to reference a program to call, but I dont see why you cant just call a bat file that really does nothing.
example: create a file at C: called junk.bat
with nothing in it except maybe an echo command.
From startcom, you would call c:\junk.bat
commands could be any thing, such as h for horizontal or v for vertical.
You would still have to press your button to do the actual turning, but the mala problem should be solved.
And you wont need any extra switches.
But if you want mala to start in right orientation on boot up, you will need malaorik, and the switches, unless someone else has a better idea.
Ropi Jo:
I was typimg this as you replied...
Please excuse my lack of understanding :-[
Looks like it's game on again
So... malaoriK sets mala in the correct ori at start.
and
startcom does the ori inbetween games.
It's over my head but I'll get my son to read that thread. It'll make sense to him
Thank you. Again!!
DaOld Man:
--- Quote from: Ropi Jo on June 23, 2020, 04:29:34 pm ---I was typimg this as you replied...
Please excuse my lack of understanding :-[
Looks like it's game on again
So... malaoriK sets mala in the correct ori at start.
and
startcom does the ori inbetween games.
It's over my head but I'll get my son to read that thread. It'll make sense to him
Thank you. Again!!
--- End quote ---
Sorry if I am flooding you with all this stuff.
But I think startcom will do what you want.
malaorik only if you care about mala being correct on bootup, yes.
I think I had a thread detailing startcom a lot more in the mala frontend forum, but Im having trouble finding it.
DaOld Man:
This may be the thread I was talking about:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,91842.0.html
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