Controller issues and sound problem

[retroguy]

Hi,

I am running Mame32 v 0.90, in which I made my own controller cfg, so it works with my logitech wingman gamepad.

In this cgf I set the 'insert coin' to my left shoulder button, the 'start game' to my right shoulder button and made some other key changes. This cfg is my default cfg in mame.

so, When I play a game in mame everything works well. however, wenn I play the same game through GameEx, the shoulder buttons and some other buttons (not all, directions for instanc still work) don't work anymore. I tested this for a few games, but I have the same result everywhere. Why?

another question: Why is the sound from emulated games via GameEx worse than direct played through the emulator (mame, VBA, ..)?

last question: In Mame my games take the whole TV screen, but the same games through GameEx leave a gap on top and on the bottom. Why?

Greetings,

poldermamer

[minus4]

in gameex you can set a controller config, you will need to make a controller file for gameex aswell.

dunno about your sound, as gameex is just a frontend to launch mame, rather than an emulator to play games, maybe you need to change a setting in the mame command line that gameex sends to mame!

as for the game size, i had this one, and i went into the gameex config, and asked it not to change screen size.

[djrobx]

Can you clarify what you mean by "worse" sound? Is it maybe that the volume level of the sound has changed?

[Tom Speirs]

Hi,

I am running Mame32 v 0.90, in which I made my own controller cfg, so it works with my logitech wingman gamepad.

In this cgf I set the 'insert coin' to my left shoulder button, the 'start game' to my right shoulder button and made some other key changes. This cfg is my default cfg in mame.

so, When I play a game in mame everything works well. however, wenn I play the same game through GameEx, the shoulder buttons and some other buttons (not all, directions for instanc still work) don't work anymore. I tested this for a few games, but I have the same result everywhere. Why?

another question: Why is the sound from emulated games via GameEx worse than direct played through the emulator (mame, VBA, ..)?

last question: In Mame my games take the whole TV screen, but the same games through GameEx leave a gap on top and on the bottom. Why?

Greetings,

poldermamer

Retroguy, when MAME32 is run from the command line (as GameEx runs it), the actual settings you specified in the MAME32 front are not used. You either need to specifiy the options in the Command line (in GameEx Config), or create and use a MAME.ini file. This is all because MAME32 GUI is set to use different settings than when run from the command line. If you turn off Triple buffer it should fix your sound issues. Dont know about VBA though. Might be a similar thing.

Cheers.

[retroguy]

Can you clarify what you mean by "worse" sound?  Is it maybe that the volume level of the sound has changed?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi,

The volume stays the same, but the pace of the music is not so smoothly. It stutters, but the pictures are smoothly.

Strange is that for instance in Visual Boy Advance through GameEx, the sound is smoothly if, after pushing escape, the menubar appears. When I hit the Escape again, the menu bar (obviously) disapperars, and the sound stutters again.

By the way: my PC is a P 3300Mhz with 512 MB in it.

[retroguy]

Retroguy, when MAME32 is run from the command line (as GameEx runs it), the actual settings you specified in the MAME32 front are not used. You either need to specifiy the options in the Command line (in GameEx Config), or create and use a MAME.ini file. This is all because MAME32 GUI is set to use different settings than when run from the command line. If you turn off Triple buffer it should fix your sound issues. Dont know about VBA though. Might be a similar thing.

Cheers.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Tom,

Thanks, that thit the trick. Sound in Mame is good now, and I created a new Mame ctrl file and added it to the commandline options in GameEx. And as I was at it, I also changed to commandline Mame. Now I am rid of the nasty Windows screens and my joystick works just fine.

Greetings,

poldermamer