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Doom bucket:
Ok, so I just got my arcade cabinet up and running... BUT, I can't get MAME working! I can't figure out how to interface my controls with it, or play games on it!

And I'm using a TV instead of a monitor, so I lowered the resolution as low as it could go... but now every XP window is so large that I can't move them around, or adjust any system settings. The DPI is too large but I can't adjust it, since when I go to the Display tab the bottom is cut off so I can't adjust it.
leapinlew:
plug a monitor into it till you get it configured...

What encoder are you using? Is it PS2 or USB? If your going to ask for help - you need to provide even a shred of information so we can help.
Doom bucket:
I did plug my monitor back into it, but the DPI settings are on the computer itself, so it's the same problem.

I don't think it has anything to do with my encoder, which is an iPac. My controls are detected in other programs, I just can't figure out how to use MAME. It has hundreds and hundreds of games listed in the menu, but none of them are games I actually have, and there doesn't seem to be an options menu for configuring it...
leapinlew:

--- Quote from: Doom bucket on February 14, 2007, 05:49:36 pm ---I did plug my monitor back into it, but the DPI settings are on the computer itself, so it's the same problem.

I don't think it has anything to do with my encoder, which is an iPac. My controls are detected in other programs, I just can't figure out how to use MAME. It has hundreds and hundreds of games listed in the menu, but none of them are games I actually have, and there doesn't seem to be an options menu for configuring it...

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1 problem at a time.

First lets deal with the monitor issue. Reboot your computer and hit F8 while it's booting up. Select the VGA option and once in reset your display settings. Let me know when thats working.
Crax:

--- Quote from: Doom bucket on February 14, 2007, 05:49:36 pm --- It has hundreds and hundreds of games listed in the menu, but none of them are games I actually have, and there doesn't seem to be an options menu for configuring it...

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What version/frontend of Mame are you using?  Sounds like you are looking at a list of all games that Mame can emulate, and not Available games
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