[RESOLVED] Mame Rom Displaying a Banner/header in full screen?

[Yarselph]

Hi everyone, I am new here so please forgive me if this question has already been answered somewhere else, but I have taken the time to search for the problem I am having, but, its possible I am not using the proper terminology so I can't find the solution, but here goes.

When I launch some MAME games in fullscreen, a few of them get a huge title banner/header that takes up about 4" of the top of the screen. I'll use NARC as an example.

When NARC is running in the Gameex Screensaver, it is in full screen with no banner, even if I play it in the screen saver, there is no banner/header. But, if I pick the rom from the game selection menu, it then has that 4" banner/header that says WILLIAMS on it, and the game itself is in a small window below that.

I am not sure if this is a Gameex, or Mame setting, but I can't seem to find anything on this?

Any suggestions or help would be appreciated!

[DazzleHP]

Hi Yarselph, and welcome to the forum!

I believe that this is a MAME setting as it defaults all artwork to be "on". It can be remedied in a few ways, so i'll give you a few options to try, from the easiest first.

1) - Try renaming your "artwork" folder in the MAME directory, it can be anything you like as long as it is different - "artwork_bak" for example.

2) - If you prefer to keep your folder names intact then there a 2 settings you can edit in mame.ini (found in your MAME directory). Do either one of these, both at the same time are not necessary:

a1) - Make sure the artwork settings are all set at 0 (zero) as follows:

## CORE ARTWORK OPTIONS#artwork_crop              0use_backdrops             0use_overlays              0use_bezels                0use_cpanels               0use_marquees              0

a2) - Rename the "artpath" name to a non existent directory (again anything will do, as long as it is different), for example:

## CORE SEARCH PATH OPTIONS#rompath                   romshashpath                  hashsamplepath                samplesartpath                   artworkoff <- Change this from "artwork" to "artworkoff"ctrlrpath                 ctrlrinipath                   .;inifontpath                  .cheatpath                 cheatcrosshairpath             crosshair

Remember when editing your MAME.ini or any other .ini for that matter then be sure to save the changes! Either File > Save, or press CTRL+S on your keyboard.

Good luck and don't hesitate to report back if you need more assistance

[Yarselph]

Thank you, I can confirm both of these changes do work. Sorry I did not realize it was MAME itself. Thanks again!