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Title: UNWANTED Screen Rotation.
Post by: matt4949 on April 25, 2017, 05:17:47 pm

Ok I have a dedicated cab "METHOD2MYMADNESS" that I built 6 years ago that I'm getting ready to sell. I have a problem that if you button mash the screen will change orientation. I think its a video card shortcut but I can't figure out how to eliminate it from happening. I'm running mame 146 with GUI and Mala 174 on a windows xp. winpac joystick set up two player 6 button plus addcoin and start for both players.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,123381.msg1310588.html#msg1310588 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,123381.msg1310588.html#msg1310588)
Is there a way I can turn this off? It's been a few years and I'm a little rusty with everything. Also I have completely removed Microsoft from my life and have strictly used Linux for the last 3 years and dread having to fuss with windows again. I apologize in advance if this question has been aswered somewhere else. I did try to find an answer but to be honest I did not dig super deep. I'm just hoping that someone in this wonderful community might have a quick fix for me.
 I'm going to take a quick video of the problem and attach in a few minutes.

Title: Re: UNWANTED Screen Rotation.
Post by: big10p on April 25, 2017, 06:15:06 pm

Ctrl+Alt+arrow keys can be used to rotate the display in various ways. Think MAME uses Ctrl and Alt for buttons 1 and 2, by default. The best thing to do is assign your buttons to other keys, and re-define the defaults in MAME.

Title: Re: UNWANTED Screen Rotation.
Post by: BadMouth on April 25, 2017, 06:50:15 pm

Disable windows hot keys.  It may also be an option in the video card software.

I never use the first four default MAME keys.

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Title: Re: UNWANTED Screen Rotation.
Post by: matt4949 on April 25, 2017, 09:38:36 pm

Thank you I knew it was something like that. I'll give it a try tomorow and let you guys know the results. Thank You!!!!!!

Title: Re: UNWANTED Screen Rotation.
Post by: Locke141 on April 26, 2017, 09:19:01 am

Quote from: matt4949 on April 25, 2017, 05:17:47 pm

Also I have completely removed Microsoft from my life and have strictly used Linux for the last 3 years and dread having to fuss with windows again.

Good man. I'm 10 yeas free from window as my main platform.  :cheers:

Title: Re: UNWANTED Screen Rotation.
Post by: Mike A on April 26, 2017, 09:25:49 am

My grandma uses a windows PC everyday. She doesn't have any problems. She must be a computer genius. ::)

Title: Re: UNWANTED Screen Rotation.
Post by: dgrams2000 on April 26, 2017, 10:06:42 am

Quote from: Mike A on April 26, 2017, 09:25:49 am

My grandma uses a windows PC everyday. She doesn't have any problems. She must be a computer genius. ::)

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