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help with mame.ini
Arcade Freak:
hi folks,
i am having issues tonight with my cocktail. my games are really slow....lets back up a little. i uses to run mame32 on win 98se with 450 mhz, and 256 m ram and it was running great. now i installed xp added 128 to ram total of 384 m ram and the games are really slow.
i was told earlier that i should tweak mame.ini to make it perform better. now my problem is i do not know what to change.
does any one have any ideas??? HELP!!!!!
thanks
gonzo90017:
You should be using an older version of mame. Preferably Mame 0.37b16. I'm using it on a 400mhz pc.
Here's my mame.ini
--- Code: ---### mame.ini ###
### Frontend Related ###
clones 1
### Windows path and directory options ###
rompath E:\videogames\mame37\roms
samplepath samples
cfg_directory cfg
nvram_directory nvram
memcard_directory memcard
input_directory inp
hiscore_directory hi
state_directory sta
artwork_directory artwork
snapshot_directory snap
cheat_file cheat.dat
history_file history.dat
mameinfo_file mameinfo.dat
### Windows video options ###
autoframeskip 0
frameskip 0
waitvsync 0
triplebuffer 0
window 1
ddraw 1
hwstretch 1
resolution 640x480
refresh 0
scanlines 0
switchres 1
switchbpp 1
maximize 1
keepaspect 1
matchrefresh 0
syncrefresh 0
dirty 1
throttle 1
full_screen_brightness 0.000000
frames_to_run 0
effect none
screen_aspect 4:3
### Input device options ###
hotrod 0
hotrodse 0
mouse 0
joystick 1
### Mame CORE video options ###
bpp 0
norotate 0
ror 0
rol 0
flipx 0
flipy 0
debug_resolution auto
gamma 1.000000
### Mame CORE vector game options ###
antialias 1
translucency 1
beam 1.000000
flicker 0.000000
### Mame CORE sound options ###
samplerate 22050
samples 1
resamplefilter 0
sound 1
volume 0
### Mame CORE misc options ###
artwork 0
cheat 0
debug 0
# playback <NULL> (not set)
# record <NULL> (not set)
log 0
### Configuration options ###
readconfig 1
verbose 0
--- End code ---
Arcade Freak:
are you saying that the newer version are slower or need more power.
besides were can i get an old version like that?
besides now that its install what would be the process of changing it?
here is mine:
<UNADORNED0>
#
# CORE CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
#
readconfig 1
#
# CORE SEARCH PATH OPTIONS
#
rompath roms
samplepath samples
artpath artwork
ctrlrpath ctrlr
inipath .;ini
fontpath .
#
# CORE OUTPUT DIRECTORY OPTIONS
#
cfg_directory cfg
nvram_directory nvram
memcard_directory memcard
input_directory inp
state_directory sta
snapshot_directory snap
diff_directory diff
comment_directory comments
#
# CORE FILENAME OPTIONS
#
cheat_file cheat.dat
#
# CORE STATE/PLAYBACK OPTIONS
#
state
autosave 0
playback
record
mngwrite
wavwrite
#
# CORE PERFORMANCE OPTIONS
#
autoframeskip 0
frameskip 0
seconds_to_run 0
throttle 1
sleep 1
speed 1.0
refreshspeed 0
#
# CORE ROTATION OPTIONS
#
rotate 1
ror 0
rol 0
autoror 0
autorol 0
flipx 0
flipy 0
#
# CORE ARTWORK OPTIONS
#
artwork_crop 0
use_backdrops 1
use_overlays 1
use_bezels 1
#
# CORE SCREEN OPTIONS
#
brightness 1.0
contrast 1.0
gamma 1.0
pause_brightness 0.65
#
# CORE VECTOR OPTIONS
#
antialias 1
beam 1.0
flicker 0
#
# CORE SOUND OPTIONS
#
sound 1
samplerate 48000
samples 1
volume 0
#
# CORE INPUT OPTIONS
#
ctrlr
mouse 0
joystick 0
lightgun 0
multikeyboard 0
multimouse 0
steadykey 0
offscreen_reload 0
joystick_map auto
joystick_deadzone 0.3
joystick_saturation 0.85
#
# CORE INPUT AUTOMATIC ENABLE OPTIONS
#
paddle_device keyboard
adstick_device keyboard
pedal_device keyboard
dial_device keyboard
trackball_device keyboard
lightgun_device keyboard
positional_device keyboard
mouse_device mouse
#
# CORE DEBUGGING OPTIONS
#
log 0
verbose 0
update_in_pause 0
#
# CORE MISC OPTIONS
#
bios default
cheat 0
skip_gameinfo 0
#
# WINDOWS DEBUGGING OPTIONS
#
oslog 0
#
# WINDOWS PERFORMANCE OPTIONS
#
priority 0
multithreading 0
#
# WINDOWS VIDEO OPTIONS
#
video d3d
numscreens 1
window 0
maximize 1
keepaspect 1
prescale 1
effect none
waitvsync 0
syncrefresh 0
#
# DIRECTDRAW-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
#
hwstretch 1
#
# DIRECT3D-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
#
d3dversion 9
filter 1
#
# PER-WINDOW VIDEO OPTIONS
#
screen auto
aspect auto
resolution auto
view auto
screen0 auto
aspect0 auto
resolution0 auto
view0 auto
screen1 auto
aspect1 auto
resolution1 auto
view1 auto
screen2 auto
aspect2 auto
resolution2 auto
view2 auto
screen3 auto
aspect3 auto
resolution3 auto
view3 auto
#
# FULL SCREEN OPTIONS
#
triplebuffer 0
switchres 0
full_screen_brightness 1.0
full_screen_contrast 1.0
full_screen_gamma 1.0
#
# WINDOWS SOUND OPTIONS
#
audio_latency 2
#
# INPUT DEVICE OPTIONS
#
dual_lightgun 0[/size]
cheers.
SGT:
Yep, no amount of tweaking is going to help you run the newest versions of Mame on a PC that old. Here is the link to the older versions of Mame. Some adjustments to your rom set will undoubtedly be needed:
http://mamedev.org/oldrel.html
Arcade Freak:
--- Quote from: SGT on January 19, 2008, 08:22:18 pm ---Yep, no amount of tweaking is going to help you run the newest versions of Mame on a PC that old. Here is the link to the older versions of Mame. Some adjustments to your rom set will undoubtedly be needed:
--- End quote ---
even if i change to a lower mame version....?
then what kind of adjustments are we taliking here?
cheers