.ini file for groups of games

[rampy]

I realize this is a pretty noob question... but it's been a while since I've bothered to tweak some of the frontend/mame settings on my cabinet... and I forget so easily =)

I know you can specify .ini files for individual games to override master settings... you can even override settings for classes of games (i have a vector.ini  that gives me speciall brightness and no scanline settings/etc for example)

But I have a collection of games (maybe by resolution?) that I would like hardware stretched without carrying about constraining the image... i.e. mortal kombat(s) and to a lesser extent Street Fighter series.  Without making a special .ini for each game (and clone?) is there some group .ini I could do? that horizontal games with x resolution be stretched to fill the screen...

*shrug* thanks for any help (*ducks* before HC and the stupidity police find the thread)

rampy

[Brad Lee]

As far as I know, you would need to create the ini file, make a bunch of copies and rename each to match each game in your list

I wish there was a way to group games in a directory, with a ini file per directory
-OR- that you could list the games to apply the ini file to in a master file, or in the ini itself*


*which would kind of be a royal pain since it would have to read each ini file to generate a list, or do it at least once to cache the info

[Minwah]

You could actually use my 'ArcadeVGA MAME Resolution Tool' for this (even if you don't use an ArcadeVGA).

It will generate ini file(s) for you with automatically picked and / or manually chosen resolutions/stretchings/other options...you will just need to make a custom 'arcadevga.txt' file containing your video cards available resolutions (the ones you want to use anyway).

The only problem I can see with this is if you already have game-specific INI files with stuff in them specific to the game (artwork 0, sound 0, that kind of stuff) then they would be overwritten and you'd have to add the lines to the new INI.

Give it a try: http://mamewah.mameworld.net (downloads page).

Edit: Oh, or you could just make ini's for each driver you want if there aren't too many, I can't remember the MAME switch for getting driver name tho...

[rampy]

ahhh.. thanks minwah (and brad lee too)... and to think I originally questioned why you made a 2nd AVGA res tool way back when.  Man am I a heel =)

I'll try that (or the drivername.ini might also fit my bill and was probably closer to what I was thinking originally, maybe...)

thanks again!

rampy