I am so close to getting groovymame setup and CRT emudriver 2.0 installed but am stumped on step 3 of calamity's CRT emudriver 2.0 HD5450- windows 7-super resolution guide. From calamity's guide it says:
"STEP 3 - SETTING MAME UP
Now I have an usable 15-kHz display, but I don't have a proper mode list yet which I can use for MAME. Back to VMMaker, and click on Edit Settings.
First I'll go to the User modes tab and browse for the "user_modes - super.ini" file. This is because I want to use "super" resolutions.Then, in the MAME tab, I'm only going to browse to my GroovyMAME folder, but I won't be listing modes from XML by now. What I'll do is to check "Export settings to GroovyMAME", so future monitor settings will be synchronized with VMMaker."
So do I go to the user modes tab and choose the user mode super resolution ini and double click on it? I then exit user modes tab and go to mame tab and click on the export setting to groovymame box? Is this it or is there something more? I guess I'm confused about the part where it says browse to the groovymame folder. Do I actually need to open up the groovymame folder? Any help or clarification would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Help with groovymame CRT emudriver 2.0
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schadenfreude
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Re: Help with groovymame CRT emudriver 2.0
Perfect timing — I just finished setting up my GroovyMAME build last night. I followed the same guide as you too (for posterity, this one).
Writing from memory, I don't recall browsing to a folder in the MAME tab: all I did was check that box, then generate modes. I'm not sure what he means by "browsing" in that sentence, but I think he's referring to pulling modes from an XML file, which isn't what you'll do if you follow his guide.
One thing you'll run into: There's no longer a "cleanstretch" option in the newest version of GM, so use "-ues" in that final command instead.
Writing from memory, I don't recall browsing to a folder in the MAME tab: all I did was check that box, then generate modes. I'm not sure what he means by "browsing" in that sentence, but I think he's referring to pulling modes from an XML file, which isn't what you'll do if you follow his guide.
One thing you'll run into: There's no longer a "cleanstretch" option in the newest version of GM, so use "-ues" in that final command instead.
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slai50
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Re: Help with groovymame CRT emudriver 2.0
thank you I will give that a shot.
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slai50
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Re: Help with groovymame CRT emudriver 2.0
I now have groovymame up and running now and have tested a few games and games look fantastic. Should have done this sooner!
You mentioned that there's no longer a "cleanstretch" option in the newest version of GM, so use "-ues" in that final command instead. Where do I enter this? I'm assuming I'm entering this in the mame ini file, but under which line? From the guide this option is on a per game basis, if I am having graphic problems with certain games, correct? So if my games are running to my satisfaction, there is no need to enter this?
You mentioned that there's no longer a "cleanstretch" option in the newest version of GM, so use "-ues" in that final command instead. Where do I enter this? I'm assuming I'm entering this in the mame ini file, but under which line? From the guide this option is on a per game basis, if I am having graphic problems with certain games, correct? So if my games are running to my satisfaction, there is no need to enter this?
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schadenfreude
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Re: Help with groovymame CRT emudriver 2.0
"ues" is short for "unevenstretch": find it in mame.ini and make sure it's set to 1. Same for "resolution" being set to 2560x0 instead of auto.
I added the unevenstretch setting to my mame.ini because it was in the guide, but I can't say when it should or shouldn't be used. Games look fine with this setting, so I'll keep it. Maybe later I will compare the look of games with it on versus off.
I added the unevenstretch setting to my mame.ini because it was in the guide, but I can't say when it should or shouldn't be used. Games look fine with this setting, so I'll keep it. Maybe later I will compare the look of games with it on versus off.