Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: RetroJames on August 28, 2004, 11:04:17 am
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It appears I am going to need to shift gears a bit on the Moon Patrol Project:
See > http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=20395
See > http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=22496
I am running ArcadeOS with Dos Mame and it appears I just don't have the video config granularity I need to get consistent results. What I have been advised to do is switch to Advanced Mame. To that end I have some general questions before I make the switch. If anyone can chime in with some input on any or all issues I would greatly appreciate it.
Ok, Here goes -
1. Can I use arcadeOS with advanced mame or MUST I use advancemenu?
(Yes)
4. How do I determine these settings for my advmame.rc file based on my monitor?
Answer: Use the advcfg.exe utility. Pretty self explanitory.
device_video_pclock
device_video_hclock
device_video_vclock
5. How do I enable sound? I have sound working in DOS, ArcadeOS, and DMAME, but it doesn't come on in AdvanceMAME?
Answer: set the option in advmame.rc, "device_sound seal/sb"
"seal" is the driver (must bi internal to advmame or in the advmame dir as I never loaded anything).
the option "/sb" denotes soundblaster.
I found this info in the "advdev.txt" file. Look there for other options.
Also, during runtime (gameplay) you can hit the "~ ' " key to adjust volume (range = -40 to 0, 0 being the highest volume) with the arrow keys.
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Saw this in another thread, just adding it here as I used it to get rid of the nags-
Do you have this line in your advmame.rc file
misc_quiet yes
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6. ArcadeOS cannot find roms????
I have edited the arcadeos.cfg and advmame.rc until my eyeballs hurt from the blue dos edit window.
All my paths reflect reality, but since I have migrated files/roms/samples/etc from c:\mame to c:\advmame - Arcadeos cannot or will not list the roms?? Is there a file I need to regen or what?
I got arcadeos to display the rom names but only by
the dos name. Also, "gameinfo" has no info. On a whim I just tried copying
xml2info.exe into my advmame dir. No change.