MoggFanatic Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Hello, gameex is not taking the theme resolution in the theme.ini, it doesn't matter what theme i choose. Also when i specify a resolution in the display setting in the setup wizard and set it to use it it is ignored. It is only using the display setting of win 10, so when i have a resolution of 800x600 or 640x480 or 640x288 in win 10 gameex is using that. i want to run the win 10 desktop in 640x288 and than a theme in 800x600 but can't figure out what is causing the problem. i did use a clean gameex.ini just to look if something is broken or messed up and after using the wizard the themes resolution is used by gameex again, not the win 10 desktop res.. but i don't want to loose my configurations. Sidequest: can i ShellBeforeLaunch in mame a .bat or a .exe? and what would it look like? i tried my best to fill in the path but it was not working (launching a bat that changes the display resolution) Does anybody has a clue what is the problem with gameex not taking the theme res? Thank you GameEx.ini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Can you attach your log.txt file as well please? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazzleHP Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I'll be devil's advocate here, but GameEx has always, since the the very beginning used the Theme resolution to determine the Theme. If you have a low res Theme, GameEx will use that Theme at the intended resolution. If you use a 1080p resolution Theme, GameEx will run at 1080p. That is a very clever feature of GameEx is it not? If you use a 640x480 Theme then GameEx will run at that resoution. That is impressive stuff. I may be wrong, but i think you are confusing system res, with display res, may be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 See the "don't switch resolution" setting. You need to set this to "Set resolution to below". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoggFanatic Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 9 hours ago, Tom Speirs said: See the "don't switch resolution" setting. You need to set this to "Set resolution to below". i did change the setting in the wizard. in the gameex.ini it does show now as "DontSwitchRes=False" sadly it does not work and gameex is stil taking my actual win10 desktop resolution my windows display driver is set at a 640x288 60 hrz progressive desktop resolution (win 10 graphical user interface) i do use the GIGA DRIVE theme that does use a 800x600 resolution (which should be 30 hrz deinterlaced in my case) in the log it does show : 13:09:55.6 02.06.2017: Setting Resolution to 800x600 16 bit color 13:09:55.6 02.06.2017: Creating Surfaces 13:09:56.0 02.06.2017: Warning: Display is running in full screen compatibility mode. 13:09:56.0 02.06.2017: Applying GameEx is Loading Image 13:09:56.0 02.06.2017: Setting Resolution to 640x288 16 bit color 13:09:56.0 02.06.2017: Creating Surfaces 13:09:56.1 02.06.2017: Creating Primary Surface - Windowed Mode 13:09:56.1 02.06.2017: Loading graphic Surfaces 13:09:56.1 02.06.2017: Display is running at: 640x288 32bit color, 60hz full screen compatibility mode, what is that? does it resize and shrink and also set the display to a windowed one in 640x288 ? i did look into the compatibility settings in properties in the gameex.exe but the only tick is on run as administrator UPDATE: i did use all the ticks in the properties and there compatibility section of the gameex.exe and after using the windows 7 compatibility mode it DOES WORK AGAIN! i then unchecked the windows 7 compatibility mode and still gameeex is using the theme resolution again!!! must have been some sort of bug... i also changed my windows 7 to windows 10 a month ago dunno if this is related just two more questions: can i use a "start before" command to launch a .exe before launching mame? i want to launch a .exe to change my display setting and also restore with a "start after"? and the deadzone setting in display tab in the wizard is not working, it does nothing even when using 25 as a setting. i do have a huge overscan area so this would be nice to use, anybody had luck with this? GameEx.ini log.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Turn off 16-bit color mode. GameEx is actually trying to change the resolution but is failing with an error. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoggFanatic Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 Sorry, i will mark it as resolved again Thank you all for your effort and time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 OK I am confused. You marked the issue as resolved, yet are reporting a related error with resolution for the Attract Mode. If you mark an issue as resolved, the thread gets locked. I will give you some time to decide if the issue is truly resolved so you can edit the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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