Mala & Mamewah

[absvicandmark]

I am setting up a mame cab using a Arcadevga, Jpac ,neogeo cab and 1.5Ghz P4 PC with 512MB.
Ive loaded the roms onto a freshly installed Windows ME install. Ive installed Mame086 (this is the complete rom set I have) but cant decide whether to use Mala or mamewah.
Ive used mamewah in the past with another mame cabinet but that cab had a pc monitor so resolution wasnt a problem.
It sounds that Mala is easier to setup (all windows gui) while mamewah seems a bit harder (I had trouble last time). However I read somewhere that the arcade monitor im using would be best to handle 640x480. Ive looked at the mala layouts and they all seem to be at a higher resolution than 640x480. However, the mamewah standard layout (I prefer this as I used this before and I think it looks good) is 640x480.

What would u suggest I do?

[unclet]

I believe MameWah layouts can be used in Mala ..... I believe there is a MameWah converter program at Mala's homepage (under layouts) which can convert them for you ....

[absvicandmark]

I decided to go for mamewah as I can get a constant 640x480 on it. Also if I imported the layout into mala then I lose the jpgs that include the mamewah logo.
All setup now and showing snapshots of my complete list of games. However I have a couple of new problems:

1. Is there a way to get rid of the copyright screens (the ones like shows you if sounds implemented and get rid of the type ok thing). I just want it to seem more arcade real.

2. Doesnt matter what game I load, it just seems like mame (using mame067 which is what romset I got) takes at least 20-30 secs for the rom to load before the acknowledgment screens load (see above). What is wrong?

Cheers

[loadman]

I decided to go for mamewah as I can get a constant 640x480 on it. Also if

For the record (for other users) Mala and the layouts can be fixed to 640x480 (see attached screenshots)

I imported the layout into mala then I lose the jpgs that include the mamewah logo.

Weird, Are you sure you copied the jps to the layout directory after conversion?

1. Is there a way to get rid of the copyright screens (the ones like shows you if sounds implemented and get rid of the type ok thing). I just want it to seem more arcade real.

Are these set in mame.ini
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[mccoy178]

Would Mala support 640x432?

[loadman]

Would Mala support 640x432?

It appears so. You can make a 'fixed' layout of 640x432. Then you can get MaLa to match it. See attached screenshots.

I am not in a position to test this any time soon.

Have a go. MaLa is very quick to set up.  Let me know how you go.

[mccoy178]

Thanks for the heads up!  I may give it a shot.  I've heard many good things about it.

[swindus]

Would Mala support 640x432?

MaLa supports any resoluion provided by your video card. I run MaLa with a resolution of 386x240 on my cab (avga).

[swindus]

And for the layout stuff:
If a layout is a so called scalable layout you can use on different resolution. For example a layout created for 800x600 will also run on 640x480 or 1024x768.