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Title: Missle Command - Scrolls - Too Big For Monitor
Post by: DreamWeb on April 08, 2005, 12:57:18 am

Hey guys.. I'm running MAme on my television.  Most games look fine.. but, Missle Command has an issue.

The game screen doesn't fit on my TV screen..  I am using the trackball to play the game.. but the trackball also scrolls the screen while I play.    It's about 20% bigger than the actual TV screen.

Very odd.

I'm running windows and mamewah at 800x600

Most games don't have this problem.

Can anyone offer up a suggestion?  thanks guys!

d.

Title: Re: Missle Command - Scrolls - Too Big For Monitor
Post by: wpcmame on April 08, 2005, 06:42:29 am

A TV can't display 800x600 so the video driver creates a panned display.

Use a resolution with 480 (NTSC) or 576 (PAL) lines.

Title: Re: Missle Command - Scrolls - Too Big For Monitor
Post by: Lilwolf on April 08, 2005, 09:14:42 am

try forcing a resolution and turning hwstretching on and see if it fixes it.  You will get a speed hit, but will tell you if the video card is stretching wrong... or the resolution mame is the problem.

Title: Re: Missle Command - Scrolls - Too Big For Monitor
Post by: DreamWeb on April 08, 2005, 10:47:01 am

Thanks guys.  I'll give that a go tonight!

WOOO!  I've got an arcade in my living room!!!!!  (I just finished building it...)  So excited.

Anyhow.  Thanks!

d.

Title: Re: Missle Command - Scrolls - Too Big For Monitor
Post by: surf on April 08, 2005, 01:55:31 pm

Set MAME to run at 800x600 in the ini file.  This will force all games to fit.

Surf

Title: Re: Missle Command - Scrolls - Too Big For Monitor
Post by: DreamWeb on April 08, 2005, 04:44:42 pm

Will this force games that use to run at 320x (whatever) to run at 800x600?  Is this the most ideal way to run this?  I'm thinking I'd be taking quite a speed hit.

d.