Problems using gameex with arcade vga

[dcparis]

I've setup gameex in an arcade cabinet (a sega astrocity). I find gameex to be absolutely fantastic, i'm gonna make a donation on the way for it really helped me and solved all my problems in finding the perfect front end.

I tried many of them before and none of them has the ease of setup and the global functionality of gameex, let's just say i'm a highly happy user

Yet i have a problem in the display using mame with an arcade vga card.

My mame configuration uses the following : -nowindow -nohwstretch -video ddraw -stretchres

I've tried putting the "use arcade vga" in yes and in no and my problem is still the same, all the vertical games fit perfectly the screen but all the horizontal games don't stretch to full screen, i get an image in 16/9 mode in a 4/3 screen.

Any solutions to solve my problem ? that would be great for it's just this slight detail that prevents me of having the perfect arcade cabinet.

Thanks a lot to you all

[iano]

I've setup gameex in an arcade cabinet (a sega astrocity). I find gameex to be absolutely fantastic, i'm gonna make a donation on the way for it really helped me and solved all my problems in finding the perfect front end.

I tried many of them before and none of them has the ease of setup and the global functionality of gameex, let's just say i'm a highly happy user

Yet i have a problem in the display using mame with an arcade vga card.

My mame configuration uses the following : -nowindow -nohwstretch -video ddraw -stretchres

I've tried putting the "use arcade vga" in yes and in no and my problem is still the same, all the vertical games fit perfectly the screen but all the horizontal games don't stretch to full screen, i get an image in 16/9 mode in a 4/3 screen.

Any solutions to solve my problem ? that would be great for it's just this slight detail that prevents me of having the perfect arcade cabinet.

Thanks a lot to you all

Hi. I think i remember a post similar to this (i've done a search but can't find it) that Tom answered. Try renaming your mame cfg file to mame.bak and enable the arcadevga card in GameEX. It's worth a try at least.

[Stu1983]

Hi. I think i remember a post similar to this (i've done a search but can't find it) that Tom answered. Try renaming your mame cfg file to mame.bak and enable the arcadevga card in GameEX. It's worth a try at least.

I remeber a similar post to this too it was back when I was just setting up my ArcadeVGA around christmas because a few people were having trouble I never even even tried GameEX's Arcade vga settings, I just went for the traditional MAME Resolution Tool by Steve Lilley-Hopkins http://mamewah.mameworld.net/downloads.htm

it'll automatically go through evey game and best match it's default resolution with the resolutions the ArcadeVGA offers and it then creates an individual ini file for each game for you, it worked a treat for me

there's a good guide over at retro blast http://www.retroblast.com/articles/monitor.html go to the final page for resolution setup

Hope this helps

Stu

[dcparis]

I followed the tutorial and used avres to make the resolution files, the soft creates a mame.xml and somes "game name".ini files, but the games still don't appear at the correct resolution. Is there a place to specify where mame should go to read the .ini file to find the correct resolution or something like that ?

thanks for your help

[iano]

I followed the tutorial and used avres to make the resolution files, the soft creates a mame.xml and somes "game name".ini files, but the games still don't appear at the correct resolution. Is there a place to specify where mame should go to read the .ini file to find the correct resolution or something like that ?

thanks for your help

Hi. The game .ini s go in the mame/ini/ folder. AVRes should create an ini file for every game.

[dcparis]

ok i've checked and there is a .ini file for each rom, it makes approximately 6000 ini files. i've checked inside and it gives the good resolution. But then when i play the game it seems to be in the correct resolution therefore here's what happens :

- Vertical games : They are perfectky centered on the screen and have the correct size, resolution close to the original

- Horizontal games : They seem to have the correct resolution but they only take 2 third of the screen there's a big black part on top and on the bottom of the image of the game. But all the horizontal games uses the same space on the screen.

So i don't understand, a quick solution would be to change the size on the screen for the horizontal games and change them again for the vertical, but i hope there's a solution that would allow me not to touch to the setup display at all. It's like avres get the right resolutions but doesn't put them at the correct screen format.

I hope this is understandable, otherwise i can try to make pictures and post them

[Stu1983]

ok i've checked and there is a .ini file for each rom, it makes approximately 6000 ini files. i've checked inside and it gives the good resolution. But then when i play the game it seems to be in the correct resolution therefore here's what happens :

- Vertical games : They are perfectky centered on the screen and have the correct size, resolution close to the original

- Horizontal games : They seem to have the correct resolution but they only take 2 third of the screen there's a big black part on top and on the bottom of the image of the game. But all the horizontal games uses the same space on the screen.

So i don't understand, a quick solution would be to change the size on the screen for the horizontal games and change them again for the vertical, but i hope there's a solution that would allow me not to touch to the setup display at all. It's like avres get the right resolutions but doesn't put them at the correct screen format.

I hope this is understandable, otherwise i can try to make pictures and post them

Are you using a horizontal or vertical monitor?

Is it definately every horizontal game that is wrong? I have a horizontal monitor and after using the default options in Avres some of my vertical roms were too big I was loosing the top and bottoms of some games like Pacman though Galaxian and others fitted fine. I had to play about with the resolution ini ArcadeVGA.txt till I got it selecting everything right

Stu

[dcparis]

I'm using a horizontal monitor, it seems i have the same problem as you but with the horizontal, my vertical are all perfect. What did you do in the arcadvga.txt file to arrange your problem ? this could be the solution !

[nexus6]

i've got the problem that gameex stretches the vertical-games when the monitor and gameex is adjusted is horizontal and gameex is set to use the arcadevga.

[Stu1983]

I'm using a horizontal monitor, it seems i have the same problem as you but with the horizontal, my vertical are all perfect. What did you do in the arcadvga.txt file to arrange your problem ? this could be the solution !

I can't remember what exactly I changed but my file looks like this now

H   V   Refresh Special
240 240 60Hz
256 240 60Hz
256 256 60Hz
256 264 58Hz
288 240 60Hz
296 240 60Hz
304 240 60Hz
321 240 60Hz
321 256 60Hz
336 240 60Hz
352 256 60Hz Vert on Horiz Mon 
352 264 58Hz Vert on Horiz Mon 
352 288 51Hz Vert on Horiz Mon 
368 240 60Hz
384 288 51Hz 
392 240 60Hz 
401 256 53Hz (Mortal Kombat etc)
448 240 60Hz
512 240 60Hz
512 288 51Hz Vert on Horiz Mon 
512 448       
512 512 58Hz
632 264 57Hz
640 240 60Hz
640 288 
640 480 60Hz Artwork Vert on Horiz Mon
648 288

I think I just moved the 'Vert on Horiz Mon' about and removed the last couple of resolutions as my monitor can't display them

Stu