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Strange issue with GroovyMame v.146
Calamity:
Hi, that sounds promising, but I really need the logs, the file should be in your home directory where mame.ini is. Maybe you need 2 spaces in linux, not sure: groovymame romname -v -md 4 > romname
mamenewb100:
--- Quote from: Calamity on July 25, 2012, 09:21:45 am ---Hi, that sounds promising, but I really need the logs, the file should be in your home directory where mame.ini is. Maybe you need 2 spaces in linux, not sure: groovymame romname -v -md 4 > romname
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I tried and would not start the emulator unless there was no space between 4 and >. If I combined it, it ran but there was no text file to be found.
I was able to get all the vertical games working by adjusting some monitor numbers. I also fixed some horizontal games by changing the minimum Khz to 31. However for some reason all the Midway games just don't want to work without a bend in the screen. They never did display perfectly in Windows either. Something to do with the resolution not working well with my monitor or something.
Wish I could get that log to you. Maybe by getting another program or digging for more answers online I can figure it out.
mamenewb100:
Ok it just popped into my head maybe why the Midway games don't display properly. The Midway games from the 90's used a 400x256 res for games like Mortal Kombat and other midway games from that era. Well doing simple math 400x256 -> 800x512. VERY close or maybe a little over the max res of my monitor(800x600). Is there a a way to have Groovymame use a slightly lower resolution for this game?
My trackball is also not working properly. When I roll the ball forward it goes to the left or right and barely moves at all. Changing the analog control settings doesn't help. It may be conflicting with the spinner. All I did was turn on mouse support in MAME. Your probably sick and tired of my issues. Sorry I don't where else people are knowledge about this stuff and I'm not having allot of fun either.
Other than the Midway games not displaying properly and the trackball problems it's almost there. Again I know you need a log but what can I do when it won't make one?
???
Calamity:
Hi mamenewb100,
About the Midway games. Your math is right, it should be using 800x512. BUT: look at the pic you posted,
399x256@54.82 -> 400x256@54.82 -> 400x256@??? ;)
So it doesn't seem to be scaling the resolution for some reason. That's why I need a log to see what's happening, it's probably something silly.
Don't get frustrated. I know the feeling when moving to Linux and getting stuck by simple stuff that is trivial in Windows.
The logs must work, it must be a typo or something. If you can't get a log to a file, just run GM with -v -md 4 params and take a pic of the screen on exit, make sure to capture the relevant bits (where the switchres patch does its stuff), that should be enough for me.
If your monitor supports 800x600, it should have no problem with 800x512. After all, it's frequencies what matters, not resolutions.
On the other hand, I know nothing about trackballs, sorry.
I'm still far from getting tired of your issues. Keep posting, my answers can delay because I'm away for some days I'll be answering.
mamenewb100:
Before I was using RUN to type commands in LXDE. Which didn't work for outputting a text file. I finally figured out that there's an option to open an X Terminal in LXDE. That brings up the bash command line and it did allow the groovy command with the 4 > mk.txt.
It appears that MK does not change res. I also included DKONG which does change res but to 400x256? Weird. Is it not creating new modelines¿
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