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Title: Resolution issue
Post by: jck_strw on July 01, 2006, 03:47:21 pm

Hi

I've gone through a couple dozen games and Tempest is the only that's giving me a problem.  It's too large for my TV.  I used to use Mame32 and I had set the resolution to 800x600 there and it wrote it to a config file.  Now, I'm using regular Mame and I'm not sure where I need to set the resolution for specific games.  I looked at .\cfg\tempest.cfg and it looks like I should set it there, but I'm not sure of the syntax.  My default mame.ini has resolution=auto and that seems to work for every game but Tempest.  How can I set this to 800x600? 

Thanks.

Title: Re: Resolution issue
Post by: jck_strw on July 01, 2006, 04:32:53 pm

Fixed!  Copy mame.ini to <romname>.ini and set the resolution there. 

The .\cfg\ folder seems to be just for controllers. 

This was helpful http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/mameguide/mameconfig.htm

Thanks.

Title: Re: Resolution issue
Post by: miles2912 on July 01, 2006, 05:35:08 pm

The mame resolution tool is a godsend here...  Highly recommended.

http://mamewah.mameworld.net/downloads.htm


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Title: Re: Resolution issue
Post by: u_rebelscum on July 01, 2006, 08:23:04 pm

Quote from: jck_strw on July 01, 2006, 04:32:53 pm

Fixed!  Copy mame.ini to <romname>.ini and set the resolution there. 

The .\cfg\ folder seems to be just for controllers. 

This was helpful http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/mameguide/mameconfig.htm

Thanks.

Small suggestion: if you only want to set the resolution, erase all the other lines in <romname>.cfg.  That way if you make a change in mame.ini, it will also affect <romname>.  (Otherwise you need to make the change in both files.)

Title: Re: Resolution issue
Post by: jck_strw on July 02, 2006, 01:46:22 pm

Quote from: u_rebelscum on July 01, 2006, 08:23:04 pm

Small suggestion: if you only want to set the resolution, erase all the other lines in <romname>.cfg.  That way if you make a change in mame.ini, it will also affect <romname>.  (Otherwise you need to make the change in both files.)

Good tip, thanks!