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Author Topic: Starting games with Groovy Mame in VGA-Mode?  (Read 2094 times)

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Starting games with Groovy Mame in VGA-Mode?
« on: March 25, 2013, 11:54:38 am »
I'm overclocking one of my rigs and for testing I'm booting up in VGA Mode. I want to test if I'm allready "there" to play some games fluidly while checking my system in with prime etc.

Is it possible to launch games in VGA Mode from Groovy Mame? I'm getting all kinds of errors no matter what I deactivated (Modeline, Switchres, Ddraw/d3d ect...).

Thanks in advance,

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Re: Starting games with Groovy Mame in VGA-Mode?
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2013, 05:13:23 pm »
Hi Endprodukt,

When in VGA mode, the video driver is not loaded so you won't have hardware acceleration for ddraw or d3d to work, your only chances could be using -video gdi, and it will be badly slow.
Important note: posts reporting GM issues without a log will be IGNORED.
Steps to create a log:
 - From command line, run: groovymame.exe -v romname >romname.txt
 - Attach resulting romname.txt file to your post, instead of pasting it.

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Re: Starting games with Groovy Mame in VGA-Mode?
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2013, 06:03:01 pm »
Thanks calamity, guess I'll have to test this on the crt then.