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Software Support => GroovyMAME => Topic started by: iori01 on March 26, 2016, 04:48:01 am

Title: CRT Emudriver 2.0 tropical setup
Post by: iori01 on March 26, 2016, 04:48:01 am

Hello All,

I would like to ask you some help in order to achieve a tropical setup for my cabinet without to completely screw my Windows setup ;)

Basically, I have a Blast Cabinet 3 sync and a WIN7 setup with HD7760

My goal is to have :

Mame -> using only 15Khz (even using interlaced for all below 640x480)
Model 2 -> Using 24Khz resolution
Model3, TypeX and Demul -> Using only 31Khz

Boot and Windows Desktop -> 31 Khz


The problem I have now, is just to properly setup CRTemudriver for modeline calculation and so on.
I think I should just add 2 resolution but don't know how, and don't know how restrict Mame

If someone could help, would be really appreciated.

Many thanks for your help.
Regards.

Title: Re: CRT Emudriver 2.0 tropical setup
Post by: iori01 on April 15, 2016, 05:05:38 pm

Hi All,

Any hint for this ?

I don't know how to generate modeline list with all 15Khz modeline + 496x384 24Khz + 640x480 31Khz

Thanks for your help

Title: Re: CRT Emudriver 2.0 tropical setup
Post by: Calamity on April 18, 2016, 07:15:28 am

Quote from: iori01 on April 15, 2016, 05:05:38 pm

Hi All,

Any hint for this ?

I don't know how to generate modeline list with all 15Khz modeline + 496x384 24Khz + 640x480 31Khz

Thanks for your help

I thought new VMMaker's settings dialog would be self-explanatory.

What I'd do is to use super resolutions for MAME, then normal resolutions for everything else.

From VMMaker 2.0 settings, go to "User modes" and select the "user modes super" file,  then just add whatever you want in there (modes, NOT modelines, e.g. " 496 x 384 @ 60.000000 model2" or whatever refresh it has).

In the monitor settings, select "Arcade 15/25/31 kHz".

Make sure you don't list modes from MAME XML, in the MAME tab. If you're using GroovyMAME, make sure to config its path too and mark "Export monitor settings..."

Now generate and install the modes, and that's it.

You'll need to edit mame.ini and set "resolution 2560x0" and "cleanstretch 2".

You'll also need to config each non-Groovy emulator to use the correct modes.

Title: Re: CRT Emudriver 2.0 tropical setup
Post by: iori01 on April 19, 2016, 03:29:16 pm

Hi Calamity,

Many thanks for this greatful help ! VMmaker 2 is really strong tools  :)

At the end, I finish to load this list of modeline :

"496x384_60 24.96KHz 60.00Hz" 15.58 496 512 576 624 384 386 391 416 -hsync -vsync
"640x480_60 31.50KHz 60.00Hz" 25.45 640 664 760 808 480 491 493 525 -hsync -vsync
"2560x240_60 15.66KHz 60.00Hz" 52.12 2560 2664 2912 3328 240 242 245 261 -hsync -vsync
"2560x248_60 16.14KHz 60.00Hz" 54.23 2560 2672 2928 3360 248 250 253 269 -hsync -vsync
"2560x256_58 16.20KHz 58.48Hz" 54.43 2560 2672 2928 3360 256 258 261 277 -hsync -vsync
"2560x264_57 16.20KHz 56.84Hz" 54.43 2560 2672 2928 3360 264 266 269 285 -hsync -vsync
"2560x272_55 16.20KHz 55.29Hz" 54.43 2560 2672 2928 3360 272 274 277 293 -hsync -vsync
"2560x280_54 16.20KHz 53.82Hz" 54.43 2560 2672 2928 3360 280 282 285 301 -hsync -vsync
"2560x288_52 16.20KHz 52.43Hz" 54.43 2560 2672 2928 3360 288 290 293 309 -hsync -vsync
"2560x448_60 15.69KHz 60.00Hz" 52.22 2560 2664 2912 3328 448 467 473 523 interlace -hsync -vsync
"2560x464_60 15.69KHz 60.00Hz" 52.22 2560 2664 2912 3328 464 475 481 523 interlace -hsync -vsync
"2560x480_60 15.69KHz 60.00Hz" 52.22 2560 2664 2912 3328 480 483 489 523 interlace -hsync -vsync
"2560x496_60 16.17KHz 60.00Hz" 54.33 2560 2672 2928 3360 496 499 505 539 interlace -hsync -vsync
"2560x512_58 16.23KHz 58.48Hz" 54.66 2560 2672 2928 3368 512 515 521 555 interlace -hsync -vsync
"2560x544_55 16.23KHz 55.29Hz" 54.65 2560 2672 2928 3368 544 547 553 587 interlace -hsync -vsync
"2560x560_54 16.23KHz 53.82Hz" 54.65 2560 2672 2928 3368 560 563 569 603 interlace -hsync -vsync


In facts, it works fine on my Astro, and I will test soon on my Blast.

Thanks again for your amazing job !!!