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| Ummon:
??....There is a function in front end's that use a sort of standardized bezel when vertical games are played. It comes stock in GameEx. I was never able to get it to work, but it IS a feature. I wonder whether it's possible to use something like Romcenter or maybe Fileboss to make the same image have all the various names of roms, and then you only turn on bezels for vertical games. |
| garnerb350:
--- Quote from: Ummon on January 07, 2009, 07:19:05 pm ---??....There is a function in front end's that use a sort of standardized bezel when vertical games are played. It comes stock in GameEx. I was never able to get it to work, but it IS a feature. I wonder whether it's possible to use something like Romcenter or maybe Fileboss to make the same image have all the various names of roms, and then you only turn on bezels for vertical games. --- End quote --- Ummon, I agree... I found that bezel in the Gameex program folder.... See I am using Maximus, and MA doesnt have that feature... Well I was told that MAME handles the bezel artwork etc...and so I figured wht would happen if i do this......( Basiclly I took the file and photoshop what ever I wanted for that particular game) I then modified the .lay file and then inserted the files into the game zipped artwork file and opened mame and started the game and went to video options....and the bezel works... I thinking ( stand back its dangerous) that it has to do with resolution of the file....The Gameex bezel is set for 640 x 480, while the artwork files I orginally had were GOD knows how high...and basiclly Im trying to fix it where I can play a vertical game and not have the stupid dead space.... Long story short is that it sucks for me, because I dont have internet at home and my work has the NO GAMES & PORN filter for thier internet...so there are certain websites I cant access...i.e. Mameworld...So I am trying going around other ways to find out the information I need... |
| Bender:
--- Quote from: Necro on January 06, 2009, 12:38:57 pm ---I don't know if you can do this, but you could setup your monitor so that it has no taskbar and the background is your 'bezel'. Then set MAME to run in a certain windowed resolution (with no frame/bar) that centers on your screen and is full height. ...I think that would work. --- End quote --- I'd like to try this Has anyone done it this way? I can't seem to find a way to get mame to run unwindowed without it putting the black background in, another words no frame/bar |
| TelcoLou:
Yes, I have been doing this for all my veritcally-oriented games. I can't STAND looking at those black voids on either side. Here's what I did: Downloaded the 1943 artwork file from MrD's site. Opened up the .zip, and altered the .png file (I'll post it here tomorrow) Re-named it to "generic_bezel.png" changed the .lay file to reference "generic_bezel.png" Re-named the .lay file to match the game rom Re-named the .zip file to match the game rom Voila! TelcoLou's Generic Bezel 8) |
| Bender:
I'm sorry I'm so slow, but wouldn't you have to do that for every vertical rom? |
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