Blades

Nothing huh?? I did find out that the Conversion tools make games such as MK 401x256. However, the AVGA 3000 only supports 400x256. But even after changing the MK.ini, it still won't go into the right res. And it still doesn't explain(if GameEx is only a shell to mame) why Mame runs in GameEx, but not by itself, out of GameEx....hmmm.... ;

Ok, i've been able to mess around more. If I launch it outside of GameEx, it states "Unable to initialize direct draw" and "Unable to setup windows creation". Then goes back to desktop. Now if I change the mame.ini to D3D mode, then it has no trouble launching at all. However, when I have it in DDRAW mode. It won't launch via commandline but it will launch within GameEx. Which really doesn't seem to make sense. And as I stated before, most games such as Moon patrol etc... will launch in there proper Res(for an AVGA card) as per setup via the MAme/ini files in the directory. But it will not use the proper resolution for MK(which the tool sets as 401x256, Virtua Racing which the tool sets as 512x448. Now I had NO trouble running MK and such at there proper res via Windows XP. However, I wouldn't think that Win7 is the problem? I used the Ultimar Drivers that they gave me, even used the updated ones here: http://www.ultimarc.com/avgadrivers.html I have GameEx set up exactly as my older WinXP config. I went from the ATI9200 to the ATI3000 AVGA and winxp to win7. (well and cpu/mobo) changes, but other than that, it's set up the same. Maybe Win7 is having a fit. I guess I can wipe and try XP. It's just a big pain in the ass....lol... Also the other difference was the old setup had GameEx 10 and this has the latest 11. Here is the INI File config...if this helps. Please keep in mind I have tried Mame and Mame64 with same results... Thanks for helping BTW!! # # CORE CONFIGURATION OPTIONS # readconfig 1 # # CORE SEARCH PATH OPTIONS # rompath roms samplepath samples artpath artwork ctrlrpath ctrlr inipath ini fontpath . cheatpath cheat crosshairpath crosshair # # CORE OUTPUT DIRECTORY OPTIONS # cfg_directory cfg nvram_directory nvram memcard_directory memcard input_directory inp state_directory sta snapshot_directory snap diff_directory diff comment_directory comments # # CORE STATE/PLAYBACK OPTIONS # state autosave 0 playback record mngwrite aviwrite wavwrite snapname %g/%i snapsize auto snapview internal burnin 0 # # CORE PERFORMANCE OPTIONS # autoframeskip 0 frameskip 0 seconds_to_run 0 throttle 1 sleep 1 speed 1.0 refreshspeed 0 # # CORE ROTATION OPTIONS # rotate 1 ror 0 rol 0 autoror 0 autorol 0 flipx 0 flipy 0 # # CORE ARTWORK OPTIONS # artwork_crop 0 use_backdrops 1 use_overlays 1 use_bezels 1 # # CORE SCREEN OPTIONS # brightness 1.0 contrast 1.0 gamma 1.0 pause_brightness 0.65 # # CORE VECTOR OPTIONS # antialias 1 beam 1.0 flicker 0 # # CORE SOUND OPTIONS # sound 1 samplerate 22000 samples 1 volume 0 # # CORE INPUT OPTIONS # coin_lockout 1 ctrlr mouse 0 joystick 1 lightgun 0 multikeyboard 0 multimouse 0 steadykey 0 offscreen_reload 0 joystick_map auto joystick_deadzone 0.3 joystick_saturation 0.85 # # CORE INPUT AUTOMATIC ENABLE OPTIONS # paddle_device keyboard adstick_device keyboard pedal_device keyboard dial_device keyboard trackball_device keyboard lightgun_device keyboard positional_device keyboard mouse_device mouse # # CORE DEBUGGING OPTIONS # log 0 verbose 0 update_in_pause 0 debug 0 debugscript # # CORE MISC OPTIONS # bios cheat 0 skip_gameinfo 0 # # WINDOWS DEBUGGING OPTIONS # oslog 0 watchdog 0 debugger_font "Lucida Console" debugger_font_size 9 # # WINDOWS PERFORMANCE OPTIONS # priority 0 multithreading 0 numprocessors auto # # WINDOWS VIDEO OPTIONS # video ddraw numscreens 1 window 0 maximize 1 keepaspect 1 prescale 1 effect none waitvsync 0 syncrefresh 0 # # DIRECTDRAW-SPECIFIC OPTIONS # hwstretch 0 # # DIRECT3D-SPECIFIC OPTIONS # d3dversion 9 filter 1 # # PER-WINDOW VIDEO OPTIONS # screen auto aspect auto resolution auto view auto screen0 auto aspect0 auto resolution0 auto view0 auto screen1 auto aspect1 auto resolution1 auto view1 auto screen2 auto aspect2 auto resolution2 auto view2 auto screen3 auto aspect3 auto resolution3 auto view3 auto # # FULL SCREEN OPTIONS # triplebuffer 1 switchres 1 full_screen_brightness 1.0 full_screen_contrast 1.0 full_screen_gamma 1.0 # # WINDOWS SOUND OPTIONS # audio_latency 2 # # INPUT DEVICE OPTIONS # dual_lightgun 0

Howdy, Love GameEx. Well worth the reg. fee. And I've been enjoying it for a while. Recently I've upgraded my AVGA(arcade vga) card to the newer 3000 from the 9200agp version. New CPU/MOBO etc.. Also I upgraded to WIN 7. So I did a wipe, downloaded the latest version of GameEx. Ran the AVres tool and also tried the Mamewah resolution tool so it would set up the correct INI's for best resolution viewing on an Arcade monitor. My question is, that Mame seems to have no problem picking the correct RES(for an Arcade monitor) for games like Moon patrol etc... But when I try to play Mortal Kombat or Virtua Racing(those with a weird HZ setting 57 or 59). Instead of running at the INI's recoomended setting, instead it will default to a really skinny res(unusable). Now I've when I had it on my Windows XP machine with GameEX ver 10. I never had this problem. And have matched the old config to the "T" and I still have this problem. Now I'm not blaming GameEx per say, I just don't know where to look and why it's not switching to the correct resolution. I've followed Ultimarc's directions to a T. And like I said, never had problems withe GameEx ver 10 going to the right resolutions. Especially in MK and such. And the correct resolution for those games are in the INI's themselves. But for some reason, It will not change/force it into those specified resolutions. Instead it puts it into a resolution that is out of range. But it only effects games like MK or VR, ones that have a 59 or 57HZ refresh rate. But other games like Moon Patrol or 1943 work and switch to the proper resolution just fine. Any suggestions as I must be missing somthing simple. Or maybe Win7 is to blame somewhat. I've tried multiple versions of Mame. Mame32,64 command line only etc.... Running out of idea's.... Thanks in advance... ;