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Wotto:
Hi again,
1) Yes it did work and I got the games to work, however when I exited I got the "FPS Dos box " on the screen that I had to close with the mouse.If I grab the Windows command line version of Mame will that stop this happening? The reason I have not used a Windows version before is that I tried it ( Winmame32 ) and the size of some games on the screen is not as good/large as on the other mame versions I have used- ESPECIALLY on landscape oriented games.
At the end of the day I want a FE that I can put in Start up so that it auto runs when I boot up ( as it is in a cocktail cabinet ) and then shuts down the PC when I exit it and makes the games all fully controllable from my arcade buttons and sticks- GAMEWAH seems to be my answer?
2) I dont think I am using ANY layout as the background is totally BLACK.
Cheers
for all your help
Wotto
Minwah:
--- Quote from: Wotto on May 27, 2004, 05:28:49 pm ---1) Yes it did work and I got the games to work, however when I exited I got the "FPS Dos box " on the screen that I had to close with the mouse.If I grab the Windows command line version of Mame will that stop this happening? The reason I have not used a Windows version before is that I tried it ( Winmame32 ) and the size of some games on the screen is not as good/large as on the other mame versions I have used- ESPECIALLY on landscape oriented games.
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Yes it will stop that box showing. The Windows version should be able to display as good as the DOS version. Some things to try are editing your mame.ini and force a resolution (rather than use resolution auto), and also you may need to make some game-specific ini files to specify resolution. If you aren't having any luck you might need to add some resolutions to your cards 'available resolution' list - there are video card tweakers available for download - I had to do this before. Before doing this make sure you are using latest video card drivers of course...
--- Quote ---At the end of the day I want a FE that I can put in Start up so that it auto runs when I boot up ( as it is in a cocktail cabinet ) and then shuts down the PC when I exit it and makes the games all fully controllable from my arcade buttons and sticks- GAMEWAH seems to be my answer?
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Yes, MAMEWAH can do it - not sure what this GAMEWAH thing is? ;)
--- Quote ---2) I dont think I am using ANY layout as the background is totally BLACK.
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Email me your emu?.cfg file and I will see if I can see anything wrong...
SirPeale:
Was there a resolution to the artwork problem he was having? I have finally just downloaded MameWAH to try it out, and have no snaps either. Did a proper install, and I've got my snaps both in a zip file and unzipped.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: Peale on July 05, 2004, 12:15:46 pm ---Was there a resolution to the artwork problem he was having? I have finally just downloaded MameWAH to try it out, and have no snaps either. Did a proper install, and I've got my snaps both in a zip file and unzipped.
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No, he didn't email me the CFG file...
If no snaps are showing, usually it means that the 'Artwork #? Image Path' you entered your snap path for (or will have been auto-entered if it is '\mame\snap'), does not match the Artwork # used by the layout....are you using a standard layout?
SirPeale:
Yes, standard layout. I've explicily stated the path, so I don't know why it would be a problem.