GameEx crashes when using iRotate

[shbon]

Hi

I'm trying out iRotate ( http://www.entechtaiwan.net/util/irotate.shtm ) to provide hot-key screen rotation natively through my graphics card - a nVidia GeForce 6200. It seems to work well in Windows XP and MAME runs fine but unfortunately, GameEx crashes when I use the hot-key to change orientation. Any clues why?

I can change orientation with the iRotate hot-key and then load GameEx no problem. Just not change orientation with GameEx loaded...

Log file attached. Maybe GameEx is trying to redraw without realising screen orientation has changed??

Thanks

Shaun

log.txt

[headkaze]

Why are you using iRotate when GameEx now has built in screen rotation?

[shbon]

Why are you using iRotate when GameEx now has built in screen rotation?

Headkaze

I want to use a screen resolution of 1280x1024 on a 3-sided cocktail cab project and rotation is probably my number one FE concern.

GameEx doesn't officially support higher resolutions than 800x600 for screen rotations. This thread http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=1680 has been running for a while on the subject. I don't think Tom has managed to make the amendment to the Tab behaviour he suggested towards the end of the post, so in the meantime, I'm looking at alternatives...

iRotate is a possible neat solution if your graphics card supports hardware driver rotations. Screen resolution decisions should ideally be independent from an application IMHO.

Basically, I can't really use GameEx as I would like to in my cab project at the moment and have been pursuing a possibily painless solution for GameEx in this area...

Regards

Shaun