Switching from Landscape to Portrait

enlikil

@caver01 Oh Thanks For All That. I got nost of it working, i am attaching a screen shot.
Or not... it saya ita to big. ..anyhow i habe it vertocle not but it ia,not going the length of the monitor its only in the middle! Ot is thr 11 inchc hoeght of thecmonitor instead of the length of the monitor

enlikil

@caver01 Ok update:.. I have a config for mspacman as that's what i'm working with IT definatly works.. .however my video area is not properly proportioned. Playing with the settings.
#video_force_aspect = true
#video_scale_integer = true
#video_aspect_ratio_auto = true
#video_aspect_ratio = true
But I haven't found the right ones to make it work right.
Not even sure this is where I should be doing this at but it feels like it.

enlikil

I got it.... so my aspect ratio is 1.33 on this monitor... Works like a champ... your post about mystery aspect ratio totally solved my issue.
Now to figure out how to map my controls :)

enlikil

here is what I ended up with
video_allow_rotate = true
video_rotation = 1
aspect_ratio_index = "19"
video_aspect_ratio_auto = false
video_aspect_ratio = 1.33

Now I need to figure out how to flip my entire retropie upside down because my view angle upright is No good haha

edmaul69

@enlikil change your video rotation to 3 to flip it the other way

caver01

@enlikil excellent work. Your research found a lot of good answers and it looks like you are using the right settings.

Question: is everything upside down, including emulation station? If so, you need to rotate your video in boot/config.txt by adding display_rotate=2 assuming you are using a raspberry pi. That will make everything you do upside down from the moment you boot.

Otherwise, if it's jut this game, change your video_rotation = 3 in your rom cfg file.

You are very close! Way to go!

enlikil

@caver01 Thanks,. I was able to achieve everything I was looking for. I can now start going through each game and writing the config files for them. I am ready now to start building the table and wiring up all the buttons, then a whole new level of fun comes..
Thanks for all the input and guidance. it completely helped me.

enlikil

@caver01 I ended ep doing just that, to the config. Its crazy that LED monitors vary so much in the view angle.. I can see perfect from 3 sides but now the Way it was originally intended to use... (all good now)

caver01

@enlikil I did the same thing. Older LCDs that are not widescreen may be better suited for retro gaming because of the more common 4:3 aspect ratio (mine is actually 5:4) but the best technology of the day had limited viewing angles. Since the screens were designed to be placed on a desk, they were built to be viewed straight-on or from slightly above. I too had to mount my display upside-down in the cabinet. I have done this with the last two cocktail cabinets I have built.

The only time this presents any issues is when you are setting up a new SD card. Once you set the option in boot/config.txt you really never worry about it again.

enlikil

yeah. it worked grteat.... I been building my table for the pastweek. I"M stumped tbhat only one of my controllers is showing up, So 3 of my 4 joysticks .... I'm searching now for information on how to msetup 4 controllers player 1,2,3,4 for each game.... What do you use so you don't need a keyboard?

caver01

@enlikil mine uses an older Ultimarc iPAC4 which is technically a keyboard controller.

pkg04011979

@caver01 hi where do you add the text to rotate the display?

caver01

@pkg04011979 said in Switching from Landscape to Portrait:

@caver01 hi where do you add the text to rotate the display?

Scroll up to HERE to my post from 12 months back. . .

edwardthehuman

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