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Siris:
Hello,
Can anyone tell me if there is a step by step guide on how to get GroovyMAME up and running?
I have been trying and failing for some time now following a video on youtube but it is old and reading the comments on it Calamity himself says that some of the steps in it are wrong.
I successfully get the CRT Emudriver installed but I am unsure of the steps to follow in Vmmaker.
The resolution on the CRT is always like 336x272 and GroovyMAME always crashes when trying to start a game.

I am using Win. 8.1, the video card is an AMD Radeon R7 350X, I'm using Emudriver & Tools 2.0 beta 15_18.5.1_W.7-64.
I have a Monitor connected to the HDMI output as well as the CRT connected to the DVI output.

Any Advice would be greatly appreciated!!!



 

buttersoft:
Have you tried this guide to VMM - http://geedorah.com/eiusdemmodi/forum/viewtopic.php?id=46

After that, there's a guide to setting up GroovyMAME on that same site - it's linked a post or three below this one - http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,167545.0.html

Siris:
Hey, I seriously appreciate the reply but that is 9 years old using a version of VMM that doesn't even resemble the version I have. :(
Again it appreciate it but trying to follow that will just make things even more confusing for me I think.

Maybe it will be better if I write up a guide of what I am doing and then maybe that way someone can see and let me know where I am going wrong?
I will try that.

Siris:
First thing I do is run the Setup in the CRT Emudriver & Tools folder and choose uninstall driver. I'm assuming this will clean up any mistakes I've made previously.
Next I delete and then re-extract both the GroovyMAME and CRT Emudriver & Tools folders.

I am assuming after that I am working with a clean slate?

Next I reinstall the CRT Emudriver and then proceed to open VMM.
This is where I am not sure about what I am supposed to do.
From the youtube video it says I should open VMM and do the following:
1. Go to Edit settings and then to the Video card tab and then just close out of VMM then Restart the computer.
2. Once it's restarted open VMM again Go to Edit settings and then the Video card tab and check the Add modes from modes list check box.
3. Go to the User modes tab and make sure the Get video modes from user list box is checked then hit browse and select the user_modes-super in the crtemudriver & tool folder and click open and then ok.
4. Next go to the MAME tab and browse for the mame.exe file in the GroovyMAME folder select it and click open. Then check the Export monitor settings to GroovyMAME box and Get video modes from MAME XML box. Then check the Generate XML from MAME executable box and hit OK.
5. Click on Generate modes once it finishes hit Install modes then ok.
6. Go to Edit settings and then the Video card tab and uncheck Extend desktop automatically on device restart. Then in the Output box select the Analog_VGA option and the click the Enable EDID emulation button.

Ok now like I said Calamity commented on that video saying "if you're going to use super resolutions, then why listing modes from xml? The whole point of super resolutions is to avoid using long mode lists." but it seemed to work for the guy making the video.

So someone, Please tell me what am I doing wrong???

Thanks Again!

buttersoft:
ok, you said you had the driver running, and i hadn't realised how old the VMM guide was.

Scanning the 5450 (or newer) setup guide Calamity wrote, it still looks pretty good - http://geedorah.com/eiusdemmodi/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1054#p1054

That guide goes through crt_emudriver setup, then enabling EDID emulation (not in your list, but you need this) and then VMM setup and selecting the right monitor range and selecting the modelist file. Then running MAME. The order might matter.

I would not generate modes from the MAME xml just now. It makes things easier, and as calamity noted, probably isn't needed. If it all goes ok, VMM should tell you how many modes it just installed, and you should be able to see those modes listed in ArcadeOSD.

If you have trouble, please note exactly where in that guide you were up to, and exactly what has gone wrong, then post up that information. If everything looks fine, but nothing works when you try MAME, please just post that :)

(Note that enabling EDID emulation on 300-series cards is not always straightforward. The ports aren't always named right. Do the best you can, but [/i]write down which port you select before enabling it. If things go wrong, and you cannot get a display from any port, try booting in safe mode, and uninstalling crt_emudriver. You may need to install windows again in the worst case. Then try enabling EDID emulation again with the next most likely-looking port)

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