GroovyMame v0143.013a

GroovyMame v0143.013a is released. GroovyMame is below and how in both Windows and Linux with an ATI card you can use it to do what Advance mame did, plus cabmame and possibly other features too...

GroovyMame v0143 Changelog:

GroovyMame for Arcade Monitors, with custom modeline generation and switching... Check the Changelog to see up to date changes - Groovy Mame features: * Generate custom modelines and use them as game calls for them * In Windows with ATI cards we can alter the refresh rate of existing modelines for game requirements * Resolution change capability with modeline switching in Windows and Linux, PSX games and others * Multithreaded mode and waitvsync work together in Windows without throttle * MKChamp hi score patch compatible/ Works with Linux too (hiscore.dat goes in the hi directory) * Froger/Galaxian resolution fixes for Windows and Linux (so they look normal for arcade resolutions) * Sound sync for Windows (not in Linux) triplebuffer, capable of being turned off (default) * Clean stretch both Windows and Linux * Redraw frames so 30Hz games run at 60Hz like Tron in Windows and Linux * Most settings and features are automatically set as needed depending on the resolution used, like if throttling is necessary, or can use vsync instead, or fall back to triplebuffer. Notes: Always start with a fresh mame.ini file generated from groovymame, the defaults are the best for modeline generation and different from normal mame or cabmame or any other mame. ATI cards, mostly 9200/9250 and HD2xxx and above cards should be used. In Linux anything besides the X8xx series should work and in Windows your limited only by ATI cards that work with Soft15khz (Since we use the same registry custom modelines). In Linux possibly other cards work, it just depends on if xrandr can setup custom modelines and the card can handle vsync interrupts properly. Any testing results of stray cards are welcome, reports are helpful in getting more cards working in the future. Calamity has custom ATI drivers, 32 and 64 bit, which contain preset custom modelines to work best with groovymame. That way you don't need Soft15khz unless you want to add more custom modelines, his drivers have the ability to store close to 120 modelines and that is the limit (normally only 60 on regular catalyst drivers). Windows ATI Drivers # # CORE SWITCHRES OPTIONS # -modeline generate modelines for arcade monitors (only ATI Radeon support in Windows) -monitor monitor type (cga|generic|h9110|vga|d9200|d9800|m2929|ntsc|pal) -monitor_connector Linux video card output (VGA-0|VGA-1|DVI-0|DVI-1) -monitor_orientation monitor orientation (horizontal|vertical|rotate) -monitor_aspect monitor aspect (4:3|3:3|3:4|16:9) -monitor_debug monitor debugging -monitor_doublescan Use doublescan if necessary, not available in Windows -monitor_dotclock Lowest dotclock videocard accepts, 0 is the default -monitor_ymin Minimum height to calculate, default is no minimum -soundsync soundsync to adjust audio freq when using triplebuffer -cleanstretch cleanstretch integer only scaling -changeres change resolutions (work in progress) -redraw multiply amount to draw game screen, make 30HZ games run at 60HZ when set to 2 -monitor_specs0 Add custom monitor specs, format: 15250.00-15700.00,49.50-65.00,2.000,4.700,8.000,0.064,0.192,1.024,0,0,288.0,448 -monitor_specs1 Add custom monitor specs -monitor_specs2 Add custom monitor specs -monitor_specs3 Add custom monitor specs -monitor_specs4 Add custom monitor specs -monitor_specs5 Add custom monitor specs -monitor_specs6 Add custom monitor specs -monitor_specs7 Add custom monitor specs Patches: (apply in this order) 1) 0143_hi.diff http://mamestuff.lowtrucks.net/MKChamp/hi_143.txt - MKChamp hiscore patch 2) 0143_hilinux.diff - Linux hiscore patch fixes 3) 0143_groovymame.diff - Groovy Mame additional features/modeline switching and other features from Cabmame

Download: GroovyMame v0143.013a x86
Download: GroovyMame v0143.013a x64
Download: 0143 groovymame.diff
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