Enabling Artwork causes games to not play correctly??

[moparmaniac]

Just downloaded the new version 7.01 and enabled bezels...Went to play a few that had artwork...DigDug and such.

Each game is playing irratic..Graphics slow down and speed up, and occasionally sound effects are glitchy sounding. I tried 3-4 games and each one did this.

Is there some other settings I may be overlooking??

I haven't dug in too deep yet as I just don't have time right this moment...just wondering if anyone has experienced this?

[U2Edge]

I just updated to 7.01 and enabled bezels as well. Played Sky Soldiers and the audio was glitchy, too...don't know if it was doing it before the update or not as it is the first time I've played it on this system.

I've got a Sony VAIO P4 w/HT 3.0 GHz 2GB RAM and plenty o'hard drive space. Sound Blaster Audigy with newest drivers....so it's almost either gotta be the ROM (the way it is emulated) or the update. Lemme try DigDug.

[moparmaniac]

Ahh..got it fixed....For some reason, the GameEx process Affinity was set to use both processors on my AMD Dual Core....set that back to only using one core and all is working again.

[U2Edge]

I noticed the audio was glitchy (skips and/or lags occasionally) when bezels were turned on in 1945XX (or whatever it is called). Ran it without bezels turned on and it ran great.

I still think there might be something to this......

[Adultery]

Do you have to update the artwork since the new MAME renderer has been released? Seems like my old artwork is all .map files and MAME runs .art or .lay or some such thing?

I'm using the GameEx bezels cause my artwork hasn't worked since 0.106 *shrugs*

I will say that the GameEx artwork doesn't cause any stutter or slowdown issues on my machine.

[lingpanda]

  moparmaniac said:

Ahh..got it fixed....For some reason, the GameEx process Affinity was set to use both processors on my AMD Dual Core....set that back to only using one core and all is working again.

I've heard this reported in several other mame boards. Mame doesn't work well with dual cores. Cause studder in some games.

[Rustynutts]

having the issue!!! runs fine with out the bezel in mame and gameEX.

but get slight shuddering in sound and grafix when the bezel is on, both in mame32pluss and GameEX.