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Software Support => GroovyMAME => Topic started by: mikehaggar on September 20, 2022, 04:20:42 pm

Title: Vertical cab monitor issue
Post by: mikehaggar on September 20, 2022, 04:20:42 pm
Hi all, got a vertical cab the other day but the guy must have put the monitor in upside down as when I set mame to vertical in the ini file its upside down. What setting do I change in the uni to flip it the right way round? Thanks.
Title: Re: Vertical cab monitor issue
Post by: abispac on September 20, 2022, 06:24:55 pm
Hi all, got a vertical cab the other day but the guy must have put the monitor in upside down as when I set mame to vertical in the ini file its upside down. What setting do I change in the uni to flip it the right way round? Thanks.
on mame.ini its either

rotate left   1

or

rotate right  1

Title: Re: Vertical cab monitor issue
Post by: buttersoft on September 20, 2022, 08:27:19 pm
[T]he guy must have put the monitor in upside down...

There kinda isn't such a thing as upside down when it comes to arcade tubes. You flip them to hide screen burn, and then flip the yoke connectors on the PCB or use the dip switches there.
Title: Re: Vertical cab monitor issue
Post by: Calamity on September 21, 2022, 06:00:37 am
Depending on what side the CRT is mounted, either -autoror or -autorol in mame.ini will do the trick.
Title: Re: Vertical cab monitor issue
Post by: mikehaggar on September 21, 2022, 03:31:13 pm
Thanks for help guys. Putting a - before the autorols didnt do anything and adding a left or right to rotate 1 didnt do anything either. Any other suggestions?
Title: Re: Vertical cab monitor issue
Post by: makya on September 21, 2022, 03:49:48 pm
Hi you should trying replacing one of those 0 with a 1.

rotate                   0
ror                       0
rol                       0
autoror                0
autorol                0

good luck !
Title: Re: Vertical cab monitor issue
Post by: mikehaggar on September 22, 2022, 06:03:31 pm
Yeah tried changing all the rotate options there and nothing happened.
Title: Re: Vertical cab monitor issue
Post by: Zebidee on September 22, 2022, 06:29:00 pm
cut-and-paste. Modify as you wish:

#
# CORE ROTATION OPTIONS
#
rotate                    1
ror                       1
rol                       0
autoror                   0
autorol                   0
flipx                     0
flipy                     0

Title: Re: Vertical cab monitor issue
Post by: mikehaggar on September 22, 2022, 07:42:02 pm
Yea Ive tried rotate 1 and the ones below with various 1s but nothing happens. Stays just upside down vertical
Title: Re: Vertical cab monitor issue
Post by: Zebidee on September 22, 2022, 08:52:03 pm
Three ifs:

If you are changing those settings but nothing happening, then maybe you are editing the wrong mame.ini

If all else fails: start GM into the default GUI. you can navigate to "Configure Options/Advanced Options" and change rotation there. Don't forget to "Save Configuration" before exiting out.

If curious, you can then check your mame.ini "CORE ROTATION OPTIONS" and see what was changed.
Title: Re: Vertical cab monitor issue
Post by: buttersoft on September 22, 2022, 10:07:08 pm
If curious, you can then check your mame.ini "CORE ROTATION OPTIONS" and see what was changed.

Ah yes, that's a good one to check. In the same dir as the mame executable, first i would rename the ini folder so nothing is interfering, then make the changes to the mame.ini. Then try them,  and if they fail, see if the changes are still saved, or have reverted.
Title: Re: Vertical cab monitor issue
Post by: Zebidee on September 23, 2022, 02:14:33 am
Butters raises a good point. If there are any other .ini files being loaded, like a "vertical.ini" in your INI folder, they will override the mame.ini settings.
Title: Re: Vertical cab monitor issue
Post by: mikehaggar on September 23, 2022, 07:34:44 am
Yea it was the vertical written in the core options for orientation, it needed to be rotate_l then it worked. Thanks for your help all!

# CORE SWITCHRES OPTIONS
#
modeline_generation       1
monitor                   generic_15
orientation               rotate_l