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compile MAME help needed
daywane:
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Very simple idea. Why not have 2 Mame directories? Then you could set up one for each cabinet. Since they are each in there own directory, you can have different settings for each. Yes, you could have them both point to the same rom directory(s). As for being able to play on both cabinets at the same time, I have no idea.
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I have thought of this and might try it. but this is realy not what I wanted. :-\
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: daywane on August 15, 2002, 02:18:37 pm ---
--- Quote from: JustMichael on August 15, 2002, 01:57:28 pm ---
Very simple idea. Why not have 2 Mame directories? Then you could set up one for each cabinet. Since they are each in there own directory, you can have different settings for each. Yes, you could have them both point to the same rom directory(s). As for being able to play on both cabinets at the same time, I have no idea.
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I have thought of this and might try it. but this is realy not what I wanted. :-\
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Why not? It makes the most sense. Oh and while your at it get a copy of the catlist and one of the many sorting programs on the net.... (www.oscarcontrols.com/dragon/ hint hint)
anything with a "/ vertical" at the end of it's category is vertical..... that should cut down a lot of the work out of sorting it out.
SirPoonga:
I understand now.
Hmm, You can do a vector.ini file to do setting for just vertical games but not a vertical.ini file, that's stupid. Maybe someone should bring this up to a mamede.
u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: daywane on August 15, 2002, 02:14:45 pm ---I thought I explained it. hard to explain. I want ms pac to play vertical with out having to flip rotation. becouse this flips all games. I do not want my horizontal games fliped also.
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I think you can do this:
make sure you have a mame.ini file with
the line "inipath .;ini"
make sure you have a mame/ini folder
make a default file with the needed rotation ini line ("norotate 1", "ror 1", or "rol 1"?)
copy that file to "VerticleGameName.ini" (same as the rom you are playing.)
Mame is supposed to read mame.ini, then gameName.ini, then commandline options, so the files you make should make those games rotate. However, some versions of mame don't correctly read these game.ini files, so test it on one game first, before going through the work of copying to all the verticle games.
daywane:
I think I understand. I had no idea I had bumped into this mess (whew... my skull hurts. :-\ ) here I am just starting my first mame cabs and I bump into advanced mame crap!!! 1st of all the reason I do not just add a second mame to my desk top, (1 for vertical and 1 for horizontal ) is because I know how my friends , kids, wife, brothers , sisters , mom. think . If they had to choice between 1 mame from another. They would walk away. or they would hound me for years to fix it. Electronics is my knack in life and for some reason they think , If its electronics Dave can fix it ( ArRRRRRRRR!!!!) sad truth is most time I fix it because I can not afford to replace it. 8) ok I am rambling ... sorry.
Back to the subject.
seems like if I just copy MAME. INI a few 100 times and change the file name to the game in questions name and change the rotation to = 1 then in theory my vertical games will now be vertical.
I am restoring a MS Pac Cab and I have had 5 blank CP made for it. all will be a usb Gravis game pad pro hack & a usb track ball one. I plan on a spinner one also. all will be painted with Ms Pac style decor. there will be no escape key's, pause, tab, f12, or any thing like that on the MS pac cab only the bare minimal buttons for game play on that cab. the main keys to work with mame will be on My horizontal cab. to be honest this is to keep peace with my wife who is about to blow a hissy about the $$$ spent already. But she LOVES the MS PAC CAB ;D