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Title: Bezels screw up mame.
Post by: N8 on March 01, 2007, 12:38:14 am

Whenever I load a game that has a bezel such as pac man, galaga, popeye, etc they never seem to fit on screen correctly.  Popeye is the worst because it doesn't fit on the screen at all and I need to scroll to the center to play.  Is there a quick fix for this?  I am using an Old version of mame (not sure the version num).  and running maximus arcade.  If need be I could just delete the bezel folder if that will fix it.

Title: Re: Bezels screw up mame.
Post by: Circo on March 01, 2007, 01:03:58 pm

Newer versions of Mame allow you to crop or remove the bezel for games directly from the tab menu.

Title: Re: Bezels screw up mame.
Post by: N8 on March 01, 2007, 01:07:18 pm

The bezel wasn't that big of a deal for me so I just deleted the atwork folder.   But popeye is still screwed up.  Is there a way to set all mame games to fit on screen or would I have to change each games config?

Title: Re: Bezels screw up mame.
Post by: Tiger-Heli on March 01, 2007, 01:14:58 pm

Versions newer than 107 allow you to crop the bezel to the screen.

Quote from: N8 on March 01, 2007, 12:38:14 am

I am using an Old version of mame (not sure the version num). 

mame.exe -ver
at the command prompt.

PC monitor?  If so, try setting a fixed resolution like:

Newer MAME try these settings in your mame.ini file (mame -cc from the command prompt if you don't have a mame.ini)

#
# VIDEO OPTIONS
#
video                     d3d
numscreens                1
window                    0
maximize                  1
keepaspect                1
prescale                  1

For an older mame, look for options like

maximize   1
hwstretch  1
keepaspect 1
resolution  640

etc.

Title: Re: Bezels screw up mame.
Post by: ahofle on March 01, 2007, 01:17:30 pm

You could also just turn off the bezels in MAME for all games.  Look in the MAME documentation for the parameter to do that.

EDIT: Oops you guys type fast.

Title: Re: Bezels screw up mame.
Post by: N8 on March 01, 2007, 01:29:22 pm

I am using mame 0.102.  I'm going to try and edit my mame.ini.  I am also running on a 29 inch tv.

Title: Re: Bezels screw up mame.
Post by: Circo on March 01, 2007, 02:07:02 pm

I think that it is version 107 and newer that really handle the artwork aspect well.

Title: Re: Bezels screw up mame.
Post by: N8 on March 01, 2007, 03:23:13 pm

I ended up switching keepaspect to 0 and now all works perfectly.  Every game stays on screen perfectly.