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Downgrading romset? [edit: if I can't resolve this current video issue]

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AtomSmasher:

Since your using an integrated video card, you should use the version just before they revamped the video to utilize the video card (I'm not sure which version that was).

As for matching the ROMS, search for and download a torrent of a rollback set of roms, it includes all files that have been removed from the roms, then use ClrMAMEPro to make sure all roms have the correct name.  If your switching to a fairly recent version of mame, then the rollback set may not be necessary.

mmmPeanutButter:

Ok.  Thanks for all the replies. 

This is where I have gotten:

The PC is indeed an AMD Athlon XP 2500+, 1.83 GHz and 1GB Ram

Proposed video mode not supported on device \\.\DISPLAY1
Unable to initialize Direct3D.

I looked around online and it seems like it has something to do with the Direct3D.  I changed my ini to use DirectDRAW and it works - but the audio and video are painfully slow.

[aside: I have an integrated video card (on an ABIT NF-7m mobo).  I also have an extra MSI 128mb video card (Radeon 9200 SE?) that I could use instead.  Probably better than my integrated, no?]

A lot of threads I found seemed to come to the "I guess my computer can't run version XX" conclusion and then they reverted to an earlier version.  Somebody mentioned a change that happened to the way MAME handled the video... this could be the problem.

I would tend to think my computer should be able to run the current MAME version.

I tried running DirectX, but I don't know if it installed.  I'm using TinyXP so I doubt I would validate on the MS site, so I got it from someplace else but when I run dxdiag, it can't find anything.


[please forgive my idiocy when it comes to the computer settings side.  I can make a cabinet like nobody's business, but kinda stupid on the tail end.   This project has been going on f o r e v e r - thanks for your help]

SirPeale:

Did you adjust the resolution like I suggested?

mmmPeanutButter:

I was unclear about where to adjust the resolution...  are you just talking about the standard windows resolution (right click - properties - setings)?  Then yes.  I changed them to 800x600.

If you're talking about somewhere else, then neg-a-tor.

(I also just attached my ini as a text file.  This has the ddraw and runs but super slow and with skippy audio)

SirPeale:

800x600 is too much.  Reduce it to 640x480 in your mame.ini file, under resolution.

Also turn off hwstretch.  I see you have it turned on.  That may help.

And turn priority from 0 to 1.

And turn 'switchres' from 0 to 1.



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