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mamewah "run_game_and_quit"
papaschtroumpf:
I'm really liking cdbrown & other's gameplay videos for use in mamewah.
The other use for videos in my cab was to use them in the screensaver, whci I can still do with these videos too, but they don't look that great at full screen on my 19" monitor.
I have been experimenting with the "run random game and quit"screensaver built in mamewah, and it seems to work great with 2 smalll problems:
- by default my desktop resolution is higher than mamewah's and when the game quites, the resolution is restored to the desktop resolution, not mamewah's. easy to fix by making the desktop resolution the same as mamewah.
- running the games in as a screensaver is a little too loud, while I like to hear the attract sounds, I'd like them at 50% volume or so. I found a volume for the movies, but is there a setting to run the games at a lower volume during the screensaver?
Minwah:
--- Quote from: papaschtroumpf on November 15, 2005, 01:29:40 am ---- by default my desktop resolution is higher than mamewah's and when the game quites, the resolution is restored to the desktop resolution, not mamewah's. easy to fix by making the desktop resolution the same as mamewah.
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Doesn't seem to be a problem for me (I run 640x480 desktop & Mamewah at 368x240). What version of Mamewah are you running?
--- Quote ---- running the games in as a screensaver is a little too loud, while I like to hear the attract sounds, I'd like them at 50% volume or so. I found a volume for the movies, but is there a setting to run the games at a lower volume during the screensaver?
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Not as such, but there is a way you could achieve it (you probably need the latest beta):
(mame.ini):
select_random_game 1
saver_type saver_commandline
quit_delay 300
saver_commandline c:\mame\mame.exe [name] -volume -16
papaschtroumpf:
I'm running 1.61
So the saver_commandline will automatically pass a random game name to it? I hadn't realized that. I'll give it a try.
papaschtroumpf:
I hadn't seen your comment about using the latest beta.
Will using the saver_commandline option quit the game after a few minutes?
How about using run_random_game_using_wrapper instead? set the wrapper to be MAME and add the volume on the command line. Will it quit after a few minutes or does it assume that it's the wrapper's job? maybe I can use the -ftr option to make it quite after a while. It would be dependent upon the game frame rate but it might still be OK.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: papaschtroumpf on November 16, 2005, 01:31:15 am ---Will using the saver_commandline option quit the game after a few minutes?
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Yes, see the 'quit_delay' - this is in seconds.
--- Quote ---How about using run_random_game_using_wrapper instead? set the wrapper to be MAME and add the volume on the command line.
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This option has now gone since it is obsolete. You can achieve what you want using the settings I posted, I'm not sure why you would want to use a wrapper.
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