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Title: arkanoid resolution
Post by: deano728 on August 22, 2008, 12:28:03 am

What screen resolution should arkanoid be set?  I have it at 356X288 which is supposedly the default, but the ball is super choppy.  Everything else looks good, though.  When trying different resolutions, I can get the ball smooth, but then part of the screen is cutoff.   

Title: Re: arkanoid resolution
Post by: Paul Olson on August 22, 2008, 04:44:50 am

I checked MAWS. The actual resolution is 224 x 256, so if you are using a horizontal monitor try 321 x 256 or 352 x 256.

Title: Re: arkanoid resolution
Post by: deano728 on August 22, 2008, 09:58:19 am

Thanks, I'll give this a try. 

Everything was working fine and then I went to play one day (it was set at 352X256) and the image for some reason was completely distorted.  So distorted that I couldn't even read the word arkanoid.  At other resolutions, I have issues with the ball being choppy or the image being cropped.  If I check "triple buffering" the ball flows smoothly, however the sound is choppy.

Title: Re: arkanoid resolution
Post by: deano728 on August 22, 2008, 07:07:19 pm

Thanks for the heads up on the resolution, it works GREAT!  Sorry for my ignorance, but where is MAWS so that I can check in the future and how did you come up with 321X256 from 224X256? Is there some formula for converting vertical screens to a horizontal screen.

Title: Re: arkanoid resolution
Post by: scotthh on August 22, 2008, 07:10:24 pm

MAWS (http://www.mameworld.net/maws/)...by the way,  search is your friend.

 (http://www.google.com/search?q=maws)