MaLa screen size issues

[jlgal1]

I'm having issues with MaLa that i never had with MAMEWAH, when MaLa loads my roms its loading them with screen sizes that are not maximised, so much so that any of the sega built games are loading in half sized screens that aren't centered, does anyone know what setting in MaLa or MAME that i have to change?

[loadman]

It makes no difference to MAME what FE you use.   The FE just launches it.

I would start by copying mame.ini from your old mamewah setup (if you still have it)

If that does not work post your mame.ini here.  Its probably a hardware stretching line not set correctly

[jlgal1]

I still have MAMEWAH on the system and it loads the games at the right size but has issues with what appears to be frame skipping in games that MaLa doesn't have but MaLa shrinks or repositions alot of my roms which MAMEWah doesn't. They are both running off the smae mame.ini file but here it is:
### mame.ini ###

### Frontend Related ###

### Windows path and directory options ###
rompath                 roms
samplepath              samples
# inipath               <NULL> (not set)
cfg_directory           cfg
nvram_directory         nvram
memcard_directory       memcard
input_directory         inp
hiscore_directory       hi
state_directory         sta
artwork_directory       artwork
snapshot_directory      snap
diff_directory          diff
ctrlr_directory         ctrlr
comment_directory       comments
cheat_file              cheat.dat

### Windows video options ###
autoframeskip           1
frameskip               0
waitvsync               0
triplebuffer            0
window                  0
ddraw                   1
direct3d                0
hwstretch               1
# screen                c:\MAME\snap
cleanstretch            auto
resolution              auto
refresh                 0
scanlines               0
switchres               1
switchbpp               1
maximize                1
keepaspect              0
matchrefresh            0
syncrefresh             0
throttle                1
full_screen_brightness  1.15
frames_to_run           0
effect                  none
screen_aspect           4:3
# mngwrite              <NULL> (not set)

### Windows Direct3D 2D video options ###
zoom                    2
d3dtexmanage            1
d3dfilter               1
d3dfeedback             0
d3dscan                 100
d3deffectrotate         1
d3dprescale             auto
d3deffect               none
# d3dcustom             <NULL> (not set)
# d3dexpert             <NULL> (not set)

### Windows misc options ###
sleep                   1
rdtsc                   0
priority                0

### Windows sound options ###
audio_latency           1
# wavwrite              <NULL> (not set)

### Input device options ###
mouse                   0
joystick                0
lightgun                0
dual_lightgun           0
offscreen_reload        0
steadykey               0
keyboard_leds           1
led_mode                ps/2
a2d_deadzone            0.300000
# ctrlr                 <NULL> (not set)
paddle_device           keyboard
adstick_device          keyboard
pedal_device            keyboard
dial_device             keyboard
trackball_device        keyboard
lightgun_device         keyboard
digital                 none

### Mame CORE video options ###
norotate                0
ror                     0
rol                     0
autoror                 0
autorol                 0
flipx                   0
flipy                   0
gamma                   1.000000
brightness              1.000000
pause_brightness        0.650000

### Mame CORE vector game options ###
antialias               1
translucency            1
beam                    1.000000
flicker                 0.000000
intensity               1.500000

### Mame CORE sound options ###
samplerate              44100

If you hadn't caught on i'm new at this and can't find a setting in either FE that would explain the difference

[jlgal1]

i decided to load through the command prompt, and that gives me the same results as using mala so it must be an issue with my mame.ini which brings me to the new question, what do i do to maximise the screen

[loadman]

That mame.ini all looks good. What directory did you find that? 

Get you PC to do a search on mame.ini to make sure there is not another mame.ini floating about.

[jlgal1]

Thats the only mame.ini on my pc, its in c:\mame\mame.ini so i'm not sure what the story is

[loadman]

..mmm as it's obviously not a MaLa issue maybe you could start a new thread asking why Mame behaves different in MameWah and the command line?

[youki]

If you Keep the aspect ratio does it change something?

Put :

keepaspect              1

instead of

keepaspect              0

in your mame.ini.

[jlgal1]

I've fiddled with the settings heaps and am having no luck excpt when i change the resolution for each rom individually before i play each rom, could this be a driver issue? the p.c. i'm using has an all-in-one motherboard so i would assume the driver is correct

[sirk123au]

Try Deleting mame.ini or renaming and run mame in cmd
with the switch mame -createconfig

it should recreate a default mame.ini

[loadman]

ok.....
1) Try sirk123au suggestion above
2) Try Eliminating hardware (Try another PC/ Video card/ monitor)
3) Try another versin of mame
4)

I  change the resolution for each rom individually before i play each rom,

Worst case scenario you can make a .ini file for each rom you have a problem with.

eg make a ini directory within your mame directory. Copy the mame.ini into the folder. Rename it to pacman.ini or invaders.ini.(whatever) Then edit this ini file for the needs of that particular game. Then when you run mame and it finds a game with it's own .ini it will override the settings set in mame.ini just for that game.

This last option is far from ideal but is a bandaid solution to keep you sane for now  :-)