Sometimes mame.ini is ignored?

[pmc]

I've had this flaky problem for a while. Probably something obvious, but I can't put my finger on it.

I have my mame.ini set the way I like. But for some games, it won't use my settings.

Example: -effect scan50 and -[no]bezel

Run Shinobi, and it runs with scanlines.
Run Centipede, and it runs without scanlines and adds in the bezel artwork (severely restricting screen real-estate on my 21" horizontal monitor).

Mostly noticable with scanlines. Most games it's on, a few fickle ones won't use that setting. But Centipede is the last straw! I gotta fix this.

I use a specific mame.ini for vector games, but otherwise I believe that they all use the same mame.ini.

Running W2K, MAME 0.94, and an older version of Mamewah (really need to upgrade that).

Oh yeah... anyone know how to add two arguments to -effect in the mame.ini?

-pmc

[Minwah]

My guess is that you're using 'resolution auto' and MAME is picking some modes which cannot handle the effect (too low res. probably).

That said, make sure you have no game-specific ini's overriding mame.ini.

[pmc]

My guess is that you're using 'resolution auto' and MAME is picking some modes which cannot handle the effect (too low res. probably).

Ahhh.... that sounds like it could be the problem. It would explain everything. I'll go hunt that down. Thanks.

That said, make sure you have no game-specific ini's overriding mame.ini.

The only one I have is for vector games where I don't want scanline effects. And Rampage which otherwise would not come up right. I think I had to force a specific resolution for that one.

Thanks man.

-pmc

[pmc]

Yup. I was set to a fixed rez of 800x600. Reset to "auto" and Centipede comes up in a different rez and scanlines come back.

The bezel in Centipede isn't a bezel. It's an overlay.

So I had two probs in the end.

Now I'm good. 'Sept I'm still not so good at Centipede...

-pmc