Newbie with lr-imame4all questions
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just tried mpatrol and the image isn't stretch horizontally. it should be a 4:3 image like:
however it's more like
not really sure why that is, although you could fix it by playing with custom game configs and aspect ratios.
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Thanks, yes it is more square than 4:3. I am just struggling to learn how the video options work. When I load any game with 2010, it goes right to the retroarch.cfg menu, it doesn't save my changes and then the game won't start. Right now 2003 and 2010 are stuck with a 4:5 display and I can't figure out where to change it
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i can't speak for mame 2010 but mame2003 had a recent change which sorted out some aspect ratio issues. if you don't have 3.7, you should update lr-mame2003 from binary via the Retropie-setup menu > install individual emualtors.
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Thanks, where is the best place to change the settings? I have all my roms in the arcade folder and then I pick 2003 for the emulator. But it seems as though I can't change any settings. Thanks
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That helped a ton! Thanks! Another random question, what would cause my screen to start bright and them immediately switch to a dimmer state?
Thanks
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Ok! I got everything running great! Mame2003 is the best option. Last question, are hi scores an option? Where do I put the Hiscore.dat file? Thanks for a ton of help!!
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I figured out high scores too!!! Thanks for your help and guiding me in the right direction!!!
Super pumped right now:)
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wahoo! :) i've started a wiki page with all the features of lr-mame2003:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/lr-mame2003 -
Thanks, that will get most people up and running!
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Great wiki, just wondering, do you think it is worth putting in an extra piece regarding specific game configs, because as a second option instead of using the GUI you can create your own config in a readable format and just save the file as romname.zip.cfg in the same directory as your roms, and then it automatically gets picked up when the rom loads.
I did this with mine because a few of my roms required the same mapping change, and it was easier to duplicate the file over and over and rename accordingly rather than using the GUI.
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@movisman i don't like rebinding via retroarch per-game configs, as it messes up all your hotkey combos. eg select + L for load save state, etc, would be select + something else, if you changed what button was L. the way to do it properly via retroarch would be via core input remapping, but that has to be built into the emulator, and it is not in mame2003 (and hard to do!)
in any case, instructions on how to do per game retroarch configs is not mame specific, or mame2003 specific, and is already in the wiki :)
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/runcommand -
Yep, fully understood with those comments, good point my suggestion is not mame specific. I completely forgot that lr-mame2003 uses the built in TAB menu which is what you are using for rebinds. It doesn't really affect me which is probably why I can use rebinding via retroarch with no ill effects, as I don't really use save states etc, and my exit emulator button is mapped to escape on my Picade so that never changes. Core input remapping as per what FBA uses would be lovely, but I have read previously that it is not supported in mame2003 so not expecting that to be added anytime soon! :)
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