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Author Topic: Space Invaders Artwork background not displaying?  (Read 1132 times)

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cmoses

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Space Invaders Artwork background not displaying?
« on: October 04, 2008, 05:09:47 pm »
When I launch space invaders throu MameUI32 or Mala, the Space Invaders background is not showing up.  I have artwork turned on and it works fine in all the rest of my games.  It runs and looks like the first 3 screen shots on this page, just a black background:

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9662

I would like for it to look like the last screen shot on that page, with planet and stars in the background.

When I look at the invaders.zip file, there is a background but it is rotated, presumably for vertical monitors.  Is there a way to make the background work for horizontal monitors?

Thanks for any assistance.

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Re: Space Invaders Artwork background not displaying?
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2008, 08:11:23 pm »
Anyone?

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Re: Space Invaders Artwork background not displaying?
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2008, 08:25:56 pm »
Check the artwork meets the right criteria for other MAME art ie. correctly named, correct colour depth, pixel size and resolution.

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Re: Space Invaders Artwork background not displaying?
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2008, 05:09:22 am »
Isn't the background on SI a printed, or projected image, and not an image file?

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Re: Space Invaders Artwork background not displaying?
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2008, 08:39:26 am »

Make sure the "overlay" option is turned on. it's different from artwork.