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Title: MALA - Set parameters for specific MAME games
Post by: VespaGuy on June 15, 2008, 07:10:13 pm

I am currently using MALA as a front end for a cocktail table. All of the games run fine except for one which, for some reason, is rotated in the wrong direction in cocktail mode. Is there any way to have MALA send specific parameters for this one game to have it rotate 180 degrees?

Thanks in advance.
Vespaguy

Title: Re: MALA - Set parameters for specific MAME games
Post by: TheShanMan on June 15, 2008, 07:20:51 pm

Not sure regarding the question as asked, but you can use mameui to set game options on a per game (or default) basis. Those options will be used when you launch mame from mala. That's what I do on the rare occasion that I want something other than the default settings for a particular game.

Title: Re: MALA - Set parameters for specific MAME games
Post by: NOP on June 16, 2008, 09:40:20 am

In that particular game, hit the tab button, go to video options, and then select "rotate view" until the display is correct.  These settings should get written to the game's .ini file, and next time you launch it, it should come up oriented properly.  This is a MAME thing, not a mala issue.

I'm surprised you've only got 1 that comes up wrong!  I just re-configured my cocktail machine, and I've got 325 roms on it, and I swear I had to rotate 320 of them!

edit: I should point out that this is using a newer version of the command line MAME.  Not sure when they added the video options, but it's at least from 0.111 onward.

-jeff!

Title: Re: MALA - Set parameters for specific MAME games
Post by: loadman on June 16, 2008, 07:46:11 pm

I have a cocktail and had a similar problem for some games like Elevator Action and Jungle king. I was using an older version of command line mame .89 I think

Anyway my solution was

I made a seperate .ini file just for these two games.

They contained the lines:
flipx                   1
flipy                   1
 

Title: Re: MALA - Set parameters for specific MAME games
Post by: VespaGuy on June 18, 2008, 11:33:15 pm

Quote from: loadman on June 16, 2008, 07:46:11 pm

I have a cocktail and had a similar problem for some games like Elevator Action and Jungle king. I was using an older version of command line mame .89 I think

Anyway my solution was

I made a seperate .ini file just for these two games.

They contained the lines:
flipx                   1
flipy                   1
 

Ok. I'm using mame v1.03, I believe. Initially, I only had the mame.ini file and no game.ini files. So I created a new one for the game I'm having trouble with (hstennis) and switch the flipx and flipy settings. But I'm still getting nothing. (the screen hasn't flipped)

So I went to the command line and typed:

mame hstennis -verbose

assuming I'd see:

parsing mame.ini
parsing hstennis.ini
[...snip...]

But instead it says:

parsing mame.INI
parsing mame.INI
[...snip...]

it doesn't appear to even be looking for the hstennis.ini. What am I doing wrong?

Any suggestions?

ETA: Please ignore the above. I'm an idiot, and I figured out what the problem was... the .INI file saved as a .TXT (damn you notepad!!). But I figured I'd leave my full post just in case someone makes the same bonehead mistake.

Title: Re: MALA - Set parameters for specific MAME games
Post by: loadman on June 19, 2008, 02:43:10 am

Thanks for your honesty  :applaud: