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Software Support => GroovyMAME => Topic started by: jtslade on January 27, 2014, 03:11:05 pm

Title: Groovymame Stretch to Fullscreen Horizontal game on Vertical Monitor?
Post by: jtslade on January 27, 2014, 03:11:05 pm

So I'm really close to having this Cocktail Groovy Arcade Cab in full working order.

But one thing I want to increase the game count is include some Horizontal Games (4way or compatible to 4way) that can be played or altered to play on a Vertical cocktail 4wat + 2 buttons setup.

Some you just enable cocktail mode and they work great like:

Joust

Others Groovymame seems to not allow the cocktail mode to work and will squish the screen down like:
Dr. Mario
Mario Bros.

And I want to force vertical on some games like:
Thief


Question is what is the best way, should I create an .ini and then change settings for aspect ratio or stretching? Any ideas. Plus where is the save location for ini files in Groovy Arcade-mame?



anyone recommend a good horizontal games that can be forced into vertical or work with cocktail mode?

Thank you !

Title: Groovymame Stretch to Fullscreen Horizontal game on Vertical Monitor?
Post by: jtslade on January 28, 2014, 04:34:23 pm

Sorry this post is more clear and to the point.

Anyone get Groovymame to allow stretching of a Horizontal Game so that it can be played on a Vertical Monitor. For example Thief can be played on a Vertical monitor.

I tried a thief.ini with the aspect ratio set to 0 and it still keeps it locked to 4:3 when you rotate the screen in the TAB mame Video menu.

Any other ideas???

Title: Re: Groovymame Stretch to Fullscreen Horizontal game on Vertical Monitor?
Post by: Calamity on January 28, 2014, 05:03:42 pm

First, delete the associated .cfg files to avoid conflicts.

Then, run it like this:

groovymame.exe thief -orientation vertical -aspect 3:4

Title: Re: Groovymame Stretch to Fullscreen Horizontal game on Vertical Monitor?
Post by: jtslade on January 28, 2014, 06:30:32 pm

Does this hold true in groovy arcade as well?

Title: Re: Groovymame Stretch to Fullscreen Horizontal game on Vertical Monitor?
Post by: jtslade on January 28, 2014, 08:21:13 pm

Answered my own question.

Created the thief.ini in the .mame/ini directory and it works

Thank you .. Now it's onto the cocktail mode stuff