Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Front End Support => MaLa Frontend => Topic started by: StrikeOne33 on June 17, 2008, 04:34:34 pm
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I am very new to the word of emulation, but I plan on building my own cab. I am trying to get the computer I will use set up before I actually start the build. I used uncle t's mala setup guide to get where I am so far but I have a couple of questions.
1. How do i get Kega Fusion to go directly to full screen when I select a game from inside mala?
2. Why do my project 64 roms not work from mala? (mala will launch the emulator but then says the attempt to open file failed), they work fine if I just open project 64 and then open the game, but not from mala.
3. Why are the layouts not positioned properly? (the boxes for the game titles and such do not match up with the game list)
4. How do I get snapshots to show up? (i know my file paths are right, could this be another problem with the layouts?
thanks for reading...
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Just some hints. I've never used uncleT's guide, P64 or KF, so I'm pretty much talking out my butt here.
1. if it's possible to create a shortcut to KF, and launch via it, I believe you can specify the windows/full screen option in the shortcut properties. (right click on the shortcut) Otherwise you'll have to look for an option inside KF.
2. It's likely a command line option error. Check the instructions for p64 to see what command line parameters you need to pass into the program to launch a rom from the command line. Mala is only (unless you've changed it) passing the rom name when you launch a title, and without the path to where that title is, p64 can't find it.
3+4. what layout are you using? Is it rotated to the wrong orientation for your monitor?
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I couldent figure out fusion or p64, im using these for my layouts:
http://www.emuchrist.org/cpviewer/mamewahlayouts_c.htm
The rotation is fine the titles are just slightly outside of those boxes
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1. How do i get Kega Fusion to go directly to full screen when I select a game from inside mala?
From UncleT's setup guide it shows the following for settings to use on the 'command line' section under the execution tab in Mala:
Sega 32x (Fusion) = "%path%\%rom%.%ext%" -32x -auto –fullscreen
Sega CD (Fusion) = "%path%\%rom%.%ext%" -scd -auto –fullscreen
Sega Gamegear (Fusion) = "%path%\%rom%.%ext%" -gg -auto -fullscreen
Sega Genesis (Fusion) = "%path%\%rom%.%ext%" -gen -auto -fullscreen
Sega Master System (Fusion) = "%path%\%rom%.%ext%" -sms -auto -fullscreen
Sega SC3000 (Fusion) = "%path%\%rom%.%ext%" -sms -auto -fullscreen
Sega SG1000 (Fusion) = "%path%\%rom%.%ext%" -sms -auto -fullscreen
note the "-fullscreen" option :)
2. Why do my project 64 roms not work from mala? (mala will launch the emulator but then says the attempt to open file failed), they work fine if I just open project 64 and then open the game, but not from mala.
From UncleT's setup guide it shows the following for settings to use on the 'command line' section under the execution tab in Mala:
Nintendo 64 (Project64) = %path%\%rom%.%ext%
note there is no " " s used and if you use " " around the command line that is prolly yer problem :)
I have both Fusion and Project64 working beautifully in Mala with no problems at all (except losing focus on SegaCD games but havent solved that yet)
G'luck !
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Wow, I guess I went through that section a bit too fast, thank you so much, they work great now.
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One other thing about Project64. Because there are no quotes " " around the command line, I couldnt load any roms with spaces in the name or the in the path. So I decided to use the _ char to name my files.
Such as File_name_blah_blah.zip.
Glad it helped :)
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Well ... I just ran into this thread now ...... been busy lately a lot. Glad to hear you got it all resolved . :applaud: