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Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: jdsabin1 on March 19, 2005, 10:37:42 pm

Title: MAME, MameWah, & Insanity
Post by: jdsabin1 on March 19, 2005, 10:37:42 pm

This isn't rocket science but it feels the same to me. My logic is simple enough:

Using: MameWah, MAME, new 19" Happs Arcade Monitor, ArcadeVGA, and Windows XP SP2

I have set resolution in Windows to 640X288 because it's non-interlaced and looks great, especially when I run that res in MameWah. I also ran the res tool to create ini's for each game.

When I switched to that res in Windows (from 640 X 480 interlaced) I naturally had to tweak the horizontal/vertical sizes using my monitor controls to fit the Windows desktop (and the MameWah layout) correctly.

Here's the rub --> Now when I go to run a game (take Rally-X for example), the game itself is squished more than it should be based on the fact that I had to adjust the monitors settings to make everything fit the 640X288 resolution.

My basic question is: Can I have the games run and look like they did when I was running at the 640X480 desktop, while still running Windows/MameWah at 640X288?

Someone please help me before I set fire to this MAME cab.   :P :-\ :'(

Title: Re: MAME, MameWah, & Insanity
Post by: youki on March 20, 2005, 03:31:09 am

You have to use the Arcade VGA resolution tool , to have a nice result with the ArcadeVGA.
You will obtain for almost all game the real resolution.

http://www.ultimarc.com/avres.zip

this tools just generate a set of INI file for your games. And mame will use Ini file to set the correct resolution.