Advmame question

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On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:57:50 +0000, Jim wrote:

> Quick question about Advance MAME: I realise I may not have Googled
> or RTFMd enough, and may be missing the point enrirely, but:
>
> Under MAME (running under the X11 environment) you can force it into
> fullscreen mode (ie not running in a window) with the -fullscreen
> argument.
>
> Is there a similar argument for advmame? I've tried the usual and
> had a good look through the config file but nothing obvious springs
> to mind.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Jim

In advmame.rc, change the display_resize option to fractional.

GregoryD

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On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:08:46 +0000, Jim wrote:

> In article <pan.2005.03.14.12.03.02.245822@hotmail.com>, GregoryD wrote:
>> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:57:50 +0000, Jim wrote:
>>
>>> Quick question about Advance MAME: I realise I may not have Googled
>>> or RTFMd enough, and may be missing the point enrirely, but:
>>>
>>> Under MAME (running under the X11 environment) you can force it into
>>> fullscreen mode (ie not running in a window) with the -fullscreen
>>> argument.
>>>
>>> Is there a similar argument for advmame? I've tried the usual and
>>> had a good look through the config file but nothing obvious springs
>>> to mind.
>>>
>>> Many thanks.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>
>> In advmame.rc, change the display_resize option to fractional.
>>
>
> Ah, thanks. Just to check, though, that knocks it out of a window
> and into fullscreen mode, yes?
>
> Thanks. I'lll give that a try tonight.
>
> Jim

Well, fullscreen and slightly stretched. If you use the tab menu in the
games, you can go to the video option and tinker with that particular
option. I understand that some people might want it to be arcade exact.

GregoryD