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danny_galaga:

Sounds noobi-ish. Ive been using mame (v78) for years, mostly on win98, without any probs. But now I've fixed up my cab with a new 'puter, and XP. I can't seem to get the games running a full screen. There's a huge black border around it. Particularly vertically. Previously, when it was on tinyxp, i found a workaround by inventing the 'danny' aspect ratio of 6:5. I'm sure I did a couple of other things too, but I can't recall.

Anyway, with a new install of real XP, and new install of mame, I cant seem to change the aspect ratio. See attached. What's going on? What should I be looking for so that I can have a full screen of MAME goodness? Don't get hung up on the aspect ratio thing either, that was a desperate workaround. All I want is a full screen (",)

DaOld Man:
I know older versions of command line Mame have an argument called -hws (hardware stretch) that fits the game to my desktop LCD screen.
Im not sure about that version you are using, maybe look for hardware stretch in the options?

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: DaOld Man on March 11, 2011, 10:54:41 pm ---I know older versions of command line Mame have an argument called -hws (hardware stretch) that fits the game to my desktop LCD screen.
Im not sure about that version you are using, maybe look for hardware stretch in the options?

--- End quote ---

Just had a look for it, and realised that also is greyed out in the screenshot. Why are the two things I want to change greyed out? This is some sorta Murphys law  :D

DaOld Man:
I must be getting sleepy, I didnt even see that option first time. I dont have any idea why it is greyed out.
Have you tried running a game in command line with the -hws argument?

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: DaOld Man on March 11, 2011, 11:09:18 pm ---I must be getting sleepy, I didnt even see that option first time. I dont have any idea why it is greyed out.
Have you tried running a game in command line with the -hws argument?

--- End quote ---

I actually wouldn't know how! I use mame32. But I'm guessing the hws thing would be in a file. I looked in the mame32.ini file. I highlighted the bit I think is the equivalent of what you are talking about. Is there anything in this list that looks like I should change?:


### Mame32.ini ###

### Frontend Related ###
clones                  1

### Windows path and directory options ###
rompath                 roms
samplepath              samples
inipath                 ini
cfg_directory           cfg
nvram_directory         nvram
memcard_directory       memcard
input_directory         inp
hiscore_directory       hi
state_directory         sta
artwork_directory       artwork
snapshot_directory      snap
diff_directory          diff
ctrlr_directory         ctrlr
cheat_file              cheat.dat
history_file            history.dat
mameinfo_file           mameinfo.dat

### Windows video options ###
autoframeskip           0
frameskip               0
waitvsync               0
triplebuffer            1
window                  0
ddraw                   1
direct3d          
hwstretch               1
cleanstretch            auto
resolution              auto
zoom                    2
refresh                 0
scanlines               0
switchres               1
switchbpp               1
maximize                1
keepaspect              1
matchrefresh            0
syncrefresh             0
throttle                1
full_screen_brightness   1.000000
frames_to_run           0
effect                  none
screen_aspect           4:3
sleep                   0
rdtsc                   1
high_priority           0

### Windows Direct3D 2D video options ###
d3dtexmanage            1
d3dfilter               1
d3dfeedback             0
d3dscan                 100
d3deffectrotate         1
d3dprescale             auto
d3deffect               auto
# d3dcustom             <NULL> (not set)
# d3dexpert             <NULL> (not set)

### Windows sound options ###
audio_latency           1

### Input device options ###
mouse                   0
joystick                1
lightgun                0
dual_lightgun           0
offscreen_reload        0
steadykey               0
keyboard_leds           0
a2d_deadzone            0.300000
ctrlr                   Standard

### Mame CORE video options ###
norotate                0
ror                     0
rol                     0
autoror                 0
autorol                 1
flipx                   0
flipy                   0
debug_resolution        auto
gamma                   1.000000
brightness              1.000000
pause_brightness        0.650000

### Mame CORE vector game options ###
antialias               1
translucency            1
beam                    1.000000
flicker                 0.000000
intensity               1.500000

### Mame CORE sound options ###
samplerate              44100
samples                 1
resamplefilter          1
sound                   1
volume                  0

### Mame CORE misc options ###
artwork                 1
use_backdrops           1
use_overlays            1
use_bezels              1
artwork_crop            0
artwork_resolution      0
cheat                   0
debug                   0
# playback              <NULL> (not set)
# record                <NULL> (not set)
log                     0
maxlogsize              10000
oslog                   0
skip_disclaimer         1
skip_gameinfo           1
crconly                 0
bios                    0

### Configuration options ###
readconfig              1
verbose                 0

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