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Forcing resolutions in MAME...
slycrel:
Hi all.
My MAME machine monitor tops out at 800x600. Is it possible to play games with higher native resolutions by forcing MAME into a lower resolution? I've tried this some but had no success. Has anyone done this?
Minwah:
Yes, just use game specific INI files, and specify a resolution you want. You will probably need to use hwstretch or direct3d to make it fit. eg:
resolution 800x600
hwstretch 1
Lilwolf:
I like making it so mame cant change the resolution or pbb, and setting hwstretching (or d3d stretching) on.
Then setting my desktop to that resolution. This speeds up loading and exiting mame by a bit. Removes the monitor jumping also.
Same thing as Minwah mentioned.. But where you do all your settings at the desktop layer instead of mame.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: Lilwolf on July 13, 2004, 08:43:36 am ---I like making it so mame cant change the resolution or pbb, and setting hwstretching (or d3d stretching) on.
Then setting my desktop to that resolution. This speeds up loading and exiting mame by a bit. Removes the monitor jumping also.
Same thing as Minwah mentioned.. But where you do all your settings at the desktop layer instead of mame.
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Good idea if you can live with just 1 res, thing is with an arcade monitor in particular tho is you *need* to use many different resolutions, so not much point doing it that way imo - MAME has to change resolution for best results.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: slycrel on July 13, 2004, 01:47:34 am --- Hi all.
My MAME machine monitor tops out at 800x600. Is it possible to play games with higher native resolutions by forcing MAME into a lower resolution? I've tried this some but had no success. Has anyone done this?
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Arcade monitor or PC monitor???
I use a PC monitor and run basically all (except Vector, which I like at -1024x768) games at -800x600 at 85 Hz.
Same settings as below and make sure -switchres is set to 1 and the bonus is all games are perfect full screen.