Custom MAME settings in GameEx

[Mangledmon]

Hi all,

Okay, I have two things I'd like to query... I reckon one of them might be possible, but I'm not sure about the other. So, here goes

1: I'm currently using the hardware stretch in MAME, and while I like it for stretching all horizontal games to fit my 4:3 screen, I'd rather vertical games keep their aspect ratio instead of being pulled something crazy horizontally. Anyone know how I could implement something within MAME (either in the command line of MAME's .ini file) to set this up? Out of interest, I want to get MAME to stretch the games without blurring anything, keeping it beautiful and blocky . I'm currently using hardware stretch with the '-effect sharp' command; does anyone have a better idea of what I could do to make it super sharp?

2: I'm using PS2-USB converters for my controls, and am getting some quality Hori joysticks in soon. Since the layout between the current PS2 pads (they're pads with 6-buttons on the face) and the joysticks are different, I'd like to set up separate MAME controller files depending on what I'm using. I don't know if GameEx would allow you to add an option before you hit 'Play this game' to switch between them, or if I should just copy my MAME program data to another folder and setup GameEx to treat it as another emulator... but this would be tricky because it would simply list the zip files and not the game names... or could I use the database command to get it to reference something to display the correct game titles? Or does anyone have a better work-around?

Thanks guys!!

-Mangledmon-

[emphatic]

Hi all,

Okay, I have two things I'd like to query... I reckon one of them might be possible, but I'm not sure about the other. So, here goes

1: I'm currently using the hardware stretch in MAME, and while I like it for stretching all horizontal games to fit my 4:3 screen, I'd rather vertical games keep their aspect ratio instead of being pulled something crazy horizontally. Anyone know how I could implement something within MAME (either in the command line of MAME's .ini file) to set this up? Out of interest, I want to get MAME to stretch the games without blurring anything, keeping it beautiful and blocky . I'm currently using hardware stretch with the '-effect sharp' command; does anyone have a better idea of what I could do to make it super sharp?

2: I'm using PS2-USB converters for my controls, and am getting some quality Hori joysticks in soon. Since the layout between the current PS2 pads (they're pads with 6-buttons on the face) and the joysticks are different, I'd like to set up separate MAME controller files depending on what I'm using. I don't know if GameEx would allow you to add an option before you hit 'Play this game' to switch between them, or if I should just copy my MAME program data to another folder and setup GameEx to treat it as another emulator... but this would be tricky because it would simply list the zip files and not the game names... or could I use the database command to get it to reference something to display the correct game titles? Or does anyone have a better work-around?

Thanks guys!!

-Mangledmon-

If you're a registered user, you can set GameEx to display bezels for all vertical games. These will keep you vertical games, eh, vertical. If you only want black around the game area, you can edit the bezels in a graphics editor so that they are black.

Emph