Mame2003 Vector_width & Vector_height ?

mha

Hi, Mame2003 in which file I can set the following?
vector_width=640
vector_height=480

UDb23

@mha If you're asking this to play vector games I would suggest to use advmame for that.

mha

I get very bad picture in AdvMame for Tempest.
CRT monitor connected trough composite.
In Mame4All i got the best quality & found those settings in Mame4All settings.
Would like to give it a try in MAme2003, but dont Mame-Libretro, where all my other games are & all controllers are cofigured & working fine.

Do You have a cue, where to put thoose lines in Libretro?

UDb23

@mha Sorry, there are issues with Mame2003 & vectors: check here.
But 640x480 should be the default.

UDb23

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mha

Can You recomend settings for Tempest in AdvMAme then?

UDb23

@mha Sure :-))
Check these tips provided by @caver01.

dankcushions

@mha in the core options file, but not in the format you have listed. the file is

/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-core-options.cfg

search for vector-resolution-multiplier.

however i think the settings you have are the default. there was a time when higher settings would cause crashes, but there was some work done on this some months ago. experiment!

Riverstorm

@mha - This link may help. A while back I was doing a comparison between mame2003-plus and AdvMAME with settings and screenshots using Tempest. I used official MAME 0.78 for a "baseline".

AdvMAME has the better support, followed by mame2003-plus. I also tested the official MAME 0.78 source on Windows and it falls somewhere between AdvMAME and Plus. I think official MAME 0.78 is acceptable but AdvMAME's lines are narrower and smoother for sure.

If one thing could be changed from looking at it running for a while I would say beam width. It's value is a float but it states 1 or higher. It would help significantly to get that beam narrower.

The bounty was recently raised to $250 for correcting vector games in mame2003.

mha

@riverstorm
Got finally everything showing reasonable right in AdvMame. Thanks a lot!
Now I see it impossible to find Gravitar rom which starts properly in AdvMame :(

Riverstorm

@mha said in Mame2003 Vector_width & Vector_height ?:

Now I see it impossible to find Gravitar rom which starts properly in AdvMame :(

It does work well in AdvMAME. If it helps here's a list of required ROMs with hash.

<rom name="136010.210" size="2048" crc="debcb243" sha1="2c50cd38d60739c126f1d0d8e7fbd46a0bde6e1c"/>
<rom name="136010.207" size="4096" crc="4135629a" sha1="301ddb7a34b38140a1fdffc060cb08ff57f10cf1"/>
<rom name="136010.208" size="4096" crc="358f25d9" sha1="9c2920cf2b73a93ac2808be654b08505037f53b1"/>
<rom name="136010.309" size="4096" crc="4ac78df4" sha1="5164f2a54244ce1e863d1ec0dd29bc9da7103a85"/>
<rom name="136010.301" size="4096" crc="a2a55013" sha1="800b52ead9f56a3e372797fbc698c8fc791398da"/>
<rom name="136010.302" size="4096" crc="d3700b3c" sha1="b9e846db14fa23f8d2def97030d8b072b2bbc0be"/>
<rom name="136010.303" size="4096" crc="8e12e3e0" sha1="e09f58f6f36de6bf6724a1ab14ab35acbb0b3876"/>
<rom name="136010.304" size="4096" crc="467ad5da" sha1="822b06be6f2d6298b2b10161fbabbb2caa74b2ef"/>
<rom name="136010.305" size="4096" crc="840603af" sha1="4a7124f91d3ee940686c51374a861efe6cb5d282"/>
<rom name="136010.306" size="4096" crc="3f3805ad" sha1="baf080deaa8eea43af2f3be71dacc63e4666c453"/>

mha

@riverstorm said in Mame2003 Vector_width & Vector_height ?:

<rom name="136010.301" size="4096" crc="a2a55013" sha1="800b52ead9f56a3e372797fbc698c8fc791398da"/>
<rom name="136010.302" size="4096" crc="d3700b3c" sha1="b9e846db14fa23f8d2def97030d8b072b2bbc0be"/>
<rom name="136010.303" size="4096" crc="8e12e3e0" sha1="e09f58f6f36de6bf6724a1ab14ab35acbb0b3876"/>

I did check my zip-file.
All those roms was included. There was also file 136002-125.n4 inside the zip.
Should I remove that?

Riverstorm

@mha said in Mame2003 Vector_width & Vector_height ?:

All those roms was included. There was also file 136002-125.n4 inside the zip.
Should I remove that?

It may be removed but it won't hurt anything either. It's not part of this set. It looks like you're using ROMs from a later version of MAME. Also it should be named gravitar.zip unless you prefer a clone. What program are you using to check your hash values?

mha

@riverstorm
I just checked rom names manually inside the zip...
Removed that extra file and it did boot properly :)

So now it´s fine.
Thanks!

Riverstorm

@mha said in Mame2003 Vector_width & Vector_height ?:

I just checked rom names manually inside the zip...
Removed that extra file and it did boot properly :)

Good deal, I can't explain it but glad it's working. Correctly named ROMs are mostly irrelevant. You could rename the 10 needed gravitar ROMs similar to below and it would still run fine. If there's an extraneous ROM in the zip archive it's ignored. I am not quite sure why removing it made a difference.

gravitar.zip ROMs:

It's this same concept that allows you to combine all the neogeo.zip BIOS ROMs from say mame2003, mame2003-plus and FBA into a single archive. Basically it allows you to run any game from those cores using a single neogeo.zip.

mha

Removed...

mitu

@mha That has nothing to do with the emulator itself. Open a new topic for your problem and make sure you add the info requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

Riverstorm

@mitu - I see your posts everywhere and have read several useful tips and information. Thanks.