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Mamewah screen flicker...help
« on: November 16, 2006, 09:22:32 pm »
I have my desktop set to 640 x 480 and also have mame set to run at 640 x 480. I'm using a 640 x 480 layout on mamewah. When I start mamewah I get a screen flicker (as if resolution has just changed). I don't get the flick when starting a game under mamewah but when I exit a game and also when I exit mamewah I get a screen flicker. It seems as if the screen resolution is changing. Any way to fix this? Since everything is set to 640 x 480 why is this happening?

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Re: Mamewah screen flicker...help
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2006, 10:37:47 pm »
Since you set it to 640 x 480, I would say the screen flicker is caused by the refresh rate. Sorry, I'm not a Mamewah user, but I'm sure there is a setting in there to change it. If it is a computer monitor you are using, then I would recommend setting it to at least 60 Hz. If not, then match it to your monitor (arcade?) - 15, 25 or 31 Hz...

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Re: Mamewah screen flicker...help
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2006, 06:52:40 pm »
Fixed it:) It was the color depth

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Re: Mamewah screen flicker...help
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2006, 11:15:42 pm »
Great work! Just as an FYI, what was it set to, and what did you have to change it to? Also, what kind of monitor are you using?

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Re: Mamewah screen flicker...help
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2006, 04:10:22 pm »
I'm using a 27" TV. Didn't realize you had to set the layout to 32 bit color (it was 16 bit by default). That seemed to be the culprit. Just having a sound issue now in Mortal Kombat 2 (sound never seems to stay at full volume. I'll address this in another board.